The aging attack plane has come close to retirement, but congressional and now military intervention has repeatedly thrown it a lifeline.
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The A-10 Warthog’s stay of execution is not 'mission accomplished'
Regardless of the A-10’s eventual fate, the Air Force must preserve a specialized “Attack Pilot” role—for which the Warthog ...
In an about-face from earlier years, the Air Force announced Monday that it will maintain the A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack jet to 2030. “We will EXTEND the A-10 “Warthog” platform to 2030,” Air ...
The Air Force reversed its plan to decommission the A-10 Warthog by 2029, a decision that affects the attack jet flown out of Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan. Earlier this year the 107th ...
The Air Force has agreed to keep three squadrons of the A-10 operational at least until 2029, but its survival beyond then is doubtful. The US Air Force has announced that it is extending the service ...
One type of aircraft used by the U.S. in its 2026 war with Iran is the A-10 Thunderbolt II, which is impressive given that the plane first deployed in March 1976, half a century earlier.
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