A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthog" preflight checks at Kandahar Airbase, AF before a combat overwatch sortie on June 27th, 2018.

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The U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, commonly referred to as ‘Warthog’, was one of the aircraft on display at the Joint Base Andrews Air & Space Expo 2019 that was held last weekend in Camp Springs ...

U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog) attack planes fire 2.75" rockets and the deadly GAU-8 Avenger gun at exercise ...

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 ...

Video Shows One Reason Proponents Say A-10’s Heavy Gun Still Remains Relevant. Arguments about weapons systems tend to be circular and hard to win. The discussion about close air support, the ...

We met Major Cody “ShIV” Wilton, commander of the A-10C Thunderbolt II demonstration team who continues to showcase the raw power of the most unique jet in the USAF inventory. The A-10 Thunderbolt II ...

All of you out there who've had the chance to experience the A-10 Thunderbolt firsthand know how strange-looking this plane really is. The ones who’ve only seen it in pics and videos can only imagine, ...

The iconic A-10 Thunderbolt II has an impressive set of upgrades coming just years removed from surviving the Air Force’s financial chopping block. Air Force Major Matthew Kading, the A-10 Test ...

Fifty years after its first flight, variations and progeny of the venerable A-10 Thunderbolt are still flying. And the mechanical beast known as the “Warthog” will return Oct. 15-16 to the 2022 Wings ...

29 Sep 2023, 16:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk // To understand why the U.S. Air Force and the Pentagon might be ready to change their attitude towards the A-10, we need to go back to the program's beginning ...