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Time to Send the A-10 Warthog to Ukraine to Battle Putin
I have always said it is time to retire the venerable A-10 “Warthog” Thunderbolt II. The close-air support jet has enjoyed a ...
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Will the Air Force Sacrifice the A-10 Warthog for More F-47s?
If killing the A-10 program is the Air Force’s solution for paying for the F-47, then the Air Force is truly lost. President Donald J. Trump’s decision to award Boeing the contract for the new “Next ...
Designed for all-weather, night attacks, the two-seat YA-10B was meant to counter Soviet Cold War armor tactics, but only one was built. Project A-X The ...
Last week the 104th Fighter Squadron gave up their first A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft that had long been stationed out of ...
A deal last year to transfer an F-16 Fighting Falcon squadron from the District of Columbia Air National Guard to Maryland, ...
Wednesday marked the start of the dismantling of the Maryland Air National Guard A-10 unit. The first of the "Warthog" aircraft took off Wednesday morning, destined for a boneyard at an Air Force base ...
Due to their high visibility in the local community, many pilots feared revenge attacks after the Taliban takeover. Khan told CNN that in his time in the air force, “eight to 10” of his ...
Islamabad (CNN) — The first time he flew his cargo plane through the clouds over his hometown of Kabul, Tauheed Khan swelled with pride. “I flew over my childhood home,” he told CNN, on a ...
The Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog is the best premium PC joystick for good reason. The Warthog is modeled after the joystick found in the real U.S. Air Force ... and spaceship pilots is the lack ...
many pilots feared revenge attacks after the Taliban takeover. Khan told CNN that in his time in the air force, “eight to 10” of his colleagues were killed in “targeted explosions and ...
There are 6-8 Crew Chiefs assigned to the aircraft, which is very unlike the rest of the Air Force, where 2-3 are typical. “The biggest difference between the U-2 and A-10 pilots is that one thought ...