A-10 Warthog

Boeing is re-winging the United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II fleet in partnership with Korean Aerospace Industries and other suppliers. “Boeing is working diligently to deliver greatly needed new...

The U.S. Air Force is moving to divest as many as 260 A-10 Warthog aircraft to pursue alternative platforms for Close Air Support (CAS) given that the famous “flying tank”...

Is the Air Force finally going to sunset the A-10 Warthog? After years of contentious deliberations, the arrival of larger numbers of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and the advent of...

Over the past two decades of counter-terror combat operations the world over, few platforms have come to serve as unofficial symbols of American military might quite like the High Mobility...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Big, tough, and powerful, The A-10 Thunderbolt II “flying tank” is one of the most iconic non-fighter aircraft of its time. In the years following...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In September 1966, the Air Force launched the Attack-Experimental program. or A-X, to develop the new close-air-support plane. The new proposal specified a 30-millimeter rotary autocannon...

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...

The Air Force is headed for yet another defeat in its long-running quest to retire the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft. The House of Representatives passed a compromise version of...

Here’s What You Need to Know: By the time that the Hs 129 entered service in quantity, the German army was on the defensive. At first glance, you might think the...

Here’s What You Need to Know: “You’re always pining to go back and relive your glory days. I always look back fondly…” Ahh, the Warthog: A close air support death machine...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: A chorus of concern from lawmakers — and the A-10’s exemplary performance in the ongoing air attacks against ISIS — led the Air Force to...