The A-10 Warthog earned devotion by saving lives at low altitude with a giant cannon and stubborn armor. -But the Air Force is retiring it for five interlocking reasons: it can’t survive modern air ...

Why It Refuses to Retire. T he A-10 Thunderbolt II, more famously known as the Warthog, is one of the most iconic aircraft in U.S. Air Force history. Designed during ...

A new report to Congress pitching the Air Force’s 10-year fighter jet plan is missing key details and explanations, raising ...

The A-10 has a better track record in battle—in terms of saving US warfighters in tough ground combat conditions—since 1991 than any of America’s advanced warplanes have shown. With the news that the ...

Other programs, such as the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, complement, not substitute, manned fighter aircraft.

The Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Fighter Wing officially began the divestment of its A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, with the first jet departing Boise’s Gowen Field on Tuesday. The Warthog aircraft ...

The Avenger has seen use in multiple conflicts, earning a reputation that will linger long after the A-10 platform is retired. The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is finally slated for ...

Their goal is to minimize the gap between when the A-10s leave Selfridge and a replacement flying mission, F-15EX fighters, ...

The Maryland Air National Guard on Tuesday marked an end to its A-10 Thunderbolt Flying Mission. Two aircraft, along with the 175th Operations Group, 175th Maintenance Group and all subordinate units, ...