While a popular myth suggests the A-10 was "built around" the massive gun, it's more accurately an "integrated CAS system." ...

Article Summary and Key Details – The U.S. Air Force is seeking to accelerate the retirement of its entire fleet of 162 A-10 ...

A-10 Warthog Replacement The Air Force argues that such a slow-moving and single-role aircraft is not necessary for today's battlefields. The A-10 wasn't built to fly against today's air ...

A-10 Headed Towards Retirement. In 2023, after years of debate, Congress granted the Air Force permission to begin retiring A-10s. Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Brown said that he expects all A ...

Initially built by Fairchild Republic Company, the Warthog was first put into service in 1976 and has been used by the Air Force as its primary low-altitude close air support aircraft ever since.

The U.S. Air Force has all but given up on retiring the A-10 Warthog close-air-support jet. Instead, the flying branch is upgrading the tough ground-attackers so they can fight and survive in high ...

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Monday that the Air Force will retire the entire fleet of A-10 Warthogs, an aircraft that ground forces view as their guardian in the sky.

The American Airpower Museum has filled a gap in its collection with a long-desired Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II partly built at the East Farmingdale site now occupied by the museum.

Two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs flown by Lt. Col. Michael Millen and Col. John Cherrey taxi down the runway after completing 10,000 hours of flying during a six-month deployment Jan. 1, 2010, at Kandahar ...