Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: The A-10 Thunderbolt II, a revered close air support aircraft known for its ability to fly low and deliver devastating firepower, faces potential retirement as ...

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 ...

The A-10 Thunderbolt II has served the US Air Force for nearly half a century. While the service had wanted to retire all its A-10s, the Senate has saved some from the chopping block. Last month, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. US Air Force pilots recently practiced strafing runs in the A-10 Thunderbolt II, a close-air support plane also known as the ...

The Air Force will begin removing its A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from Osan Air Base, South Korea, starting in January 2025. (Senior Airman Daniel Snider/U.S. Air Force) The Air Force will begin ...

The 40th Flight Test Squadron’s Detachment 1, which executed A-10 developmental test operations, was officially inactivated as result of the jet’s ongoing divestment. The U.S. Air Force has announced ...

The U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team will be joining the Terre Haute Air Show on June 1 and 2, 2024. Air show officials learned of the decision Tuesday at the International ...

After almost five decades, the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base are beginning to be retired. The first of the many A-10s housed at the base, tail number 82-648, was ...

Many of the world's militaries employ drones for various purposes, but regardless on where they are deployed on this planet, and by whom, the vast majority of the big, professional drones used for ...

Pilots driving the A-10C Thunderbolt II completed several days of bombing practice at Fort McCoy in early September during bombing training runs with 1,000-pound munitions at the installation’s impact ...