Air Force Sent More A-10s to the Boneyard in 2024, But It Continues to Use the Aircraft Overseas The hefty 57-foot, 6-inch wingspan close-support aircraft known as the "Warthog" has been in service since the 1970s, and was...
The Air Force's Biggest Supporter Gets a Spotlight from Gary Sinise in 'The Real American' There aren't a lot of folk legends in America anymore, but pilots at Nellis Air Force Base who flew missions for the past...
Air Force Wants to Send Historic Number of A-10s to the Boneyard in 2025, Continuing Shift Away from Warthogs The Air Force is hoping to retire more A-10 Warthogs in 2025, as the service continues to readjust its overall strategies and...
A-10s Were Saved from Retirement for Years. Congress May Not Swoop to the Rescue This Time. A draft of the House's version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act policy bill would allow the service to reduce...
21 Avenger Salute: Congress Sentences a Batch of A-10s to the Boneyard for the First Time in Decades A-10s from the Indiana Air National Guard's 122nd Fighter Wing will be retired and sent to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base...
Everything You Need to Know About the A-10 'Warthog' Thunderbolt II The Warthog, Hawgs, Thunderbolt II -- whatever you call it, it's the Air Force's flying tank. It's both beloved by ground...
Ukraine Official Says Country Doesn't Want Old American A-10s Yuriy Sak -- an adviser to Ukraine's minister of defense -- says country needs the more modern F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter...
Air Force Open to Sending A-10s to Ukraine for Fight Against Russia Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said that some of America's aging A-10 Thunderbolt combat jets could potentially be given...
Congress Rebuffs Air Force's Plan to Retire Older Aircraft, Putting A-10 Move on Hold Lawmakers would block the retirement of the A-10s again if the recent Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the bill...
In New Realignment, Air Force Wants to Shift Some HH-60s, A-10s and F-22s The move is predicated on Congress approving the Air Force's request to get rid of 42 A-10s outlined in its 2022 budget.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...