Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Air Force plans to retire the A-10 Thunderbolt II by Fiscal Year 2028, as its role in counterinsurgency efforts has diminished with fewer U.S. ground forces deployed ...

The United States Air Force saw thirty-nine—or nearly 20 percent—of its fleet of 218 Cold War-era Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support (CAS) attack aircraft retired in 2024. In ...

Welcome Back to the Daily Aviation as we discover how the A-10 Thunderbolt II delivers powerful close air support with its ...

The Cold War-era “Warthog” was first deployed in combat during Operation Urgent Fury in 1983 and is now proving even more effective in Operation Epic Fury ...

In April of 2003, during the initial invasion phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Maj. Kim Campbell was flying an A-10 Thunderbolt II when it was struck by enemy fire over Baghdad. Maj. Campbell ...

America’s unsightly but effective A-10 Warthog jet is being deployed in the Persian Gulf, decades after the service wanted to ...

The aging attack plane has come close to retirement, but congressional and now military intervention has repeatedly thrown it a lifeline.

With the first Warthog sent to the Boneyard, Idaho ANG enters a new chapter while honoring three decades of A-10 Thunderbolt II heritage. The 124th Fighter Wing of the Idaho Air National Guard has ...

New US Navy photos show A-10 Warthog attack aircraft escorting a ballistic missile submarine. It's unusual to see ground-attack planes built for close-air support and anti-tank missions escorting a ...

Ever since the Joint Strike Fighter program took flight in 2001, the U.S. Air Force hasn't been quiet about what it wants out of the expensive fifth-generation aircraft: to have the F-35 Lightning II ...

The A-10 is a single-seat ground-attack aircraft powered by a pair of General Electric TF34-100 turbofans rated at 9,065-lb.-thrust each. First flight occurred in 1972, and production ended in 1984 ...