The Embraer A-29 Super Tucano is a cheap, flexible turboprop built for low-threat counterinsurgency and Special Operations ...
Summary and Key Points: The idea of converting the A-10 Warthog into a carrier-based aircraft is appealing but impractical due to significant engineering challenges. -The A-10, designed for close air ...
As Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced yesterday, the Pentagon is grappling with what to keep and what to cut in a time of tight budgets and national security challenges. At the Air Force, leaders ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Warthog is sitting pretty. Once on the brink of forced retirement, the A-10 attack plane with the ungainly shape and odd nickname has been given new life, spared by Air Force ...
These, and many more, are among factors now being analyzed as proponents of both the A-10 Warthog and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter assess their respective abilities to perform the crucial and highly ...
You can’t have a superhero without a nemesis, and the beloved A-10 Thunderbolt II attack plane, which has saved the bacon of countless ground troops over its 45-year career, is no exception. The thing ...
The P-47 Thunderbolt was the most versatile fighter aircraft of the Second World War. It was not “best in class” in any ...
Those futuristic spacecraft in "Star Wars" didn't come out of nowhere. X-wings are basically space Spitfires, and Y-wings rework this World War II fighter.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The old refrain is, "The president proposes, but Congress disposes." Never a truer phrase has been uttered when it comes to the nation's military budget. The Republican-controlled ...
Regarding Kate Bachelder Odell’s op-ed “What to Do With Those Polish MiGs” (March 21): The extensive deployment of Russian artillery and tanks in Ukraine should make the U.S. reconsider the retirement ...