The A-10 Warthog is a legendary aircraft. Generally regarded as the greatest close air support airframe ever, the A-10 is best known for being built around a massive Gatling gun. But after nearly ...

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II sits on the flight line April 15, 2021, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. Air Force officials are phasing out the aircraft, bringing in new missions ...

The service moved up the retirement of the final 162 close attack fighters by two years in a budget request and asked for far ...

The Air Force is hoping to retire more A-10 Warthogs in 2025, as the service continues to readjust its overall strategies and future aircraft based on China's growing threat in the Pacific.. In ...

The Air Force has other aircraft that can fly close air support missions, including F-16s, F-15Es, B-1 bombers, AC-130 gunships, and F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek ...

The F-15EX Eagle II is also intended to operate in a networked environment with the Air Force’s new NGAD or Next Generation Air ... close air support and search and rescue support aircraft.

The group has also fought against cuts to the A-10 Warthog, the close-support aircraft with a more than 57-foot wingspan has been flown by the military since the 1970s.

The report describes the results of a close-air-support flyoff between the F-35A and the A-10C, which was mandated by Congress in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act and carried out in 2019.

Minnesota's 133rd Airlift Wing will receive eight new C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to replace their C-130Hs. Latest U.S.

Networks of manned and unmanned aircraft will command the skies. These teams will be increasingly modular and optimized for counterair, interdiction, and close air support missions. A mix of war games ...

The A-10 will always be remembered, however, as arguably the best close air support aircraft ever flown. Harrison Kass is a senior defense and national security writer with over 1,000 total pieces ...