Close Air Support

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Su-25 carried out its first combat missions during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, flying tens of thousands of bombing sorties against Mujahideen positions. The...

Close air support from the United States and NATO allies could be vital to help defend Ukraine if Russia chooses to invade. Ukraine is already armed with American-produced Javelin anti-tank...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Like the A-10, the Su-25 was all about winning a titanic clash between the ground forces of NATO and the Warsaw Pact by busting tanks...

Key point: Citing budgetary reasons, Air Force leaders had said they planned to begin retiring its fleet of A-10s as soon as this year. However, a chorus of concern from lawmakers and...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Air Force leaders had previously said that the emerging multi-role F-35 would be able to pick up the close-air-support mission. At the same time, there is...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: A Light Attack Aircraft would enable partner countries to develop effective indigenous close air support capabilities, reducing the burden on the U.S. Air Force. Later this month,...

Here’s What You Need to Know: While certain key missions such as medical evacuation or hostage rescue and recovery will likely still figure prominently when it comes to war preparations for...

The Pentagon is now testing a tank-killing weapon on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, something which will greatly expand the fifth-generation jet’s ability to conduct attacks from the air...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Interestingly, A-10s carrying out maritime attack missions is an old-school role for the plane, as the Warthog was originally envisioned in part as a sea...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The LAA procurement is a test of that service’s commitment to acquisition reform. It is the proverbial poster child for acquisition reform. The program seeks...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Air Force wanted to retire the A-10 early in order to free up around $5 billion for other investments. Now that retirement is off...

Here’s What You Need To Know: The Warthog is showing its age in 2021 but has so far survived the Air Force’s multiple attempts to retire it. The Warthog is showing...