But these cuts come as the Air Force seeks to reassess its close-air support capabilities amid escalating tensions with China, even looking to scrap more A-10 Warthogs -- one of the main airframes ...

The Air Force has flown about 20,000 close-air support missions a year for the past seven years, Welsh said. "At what point do we get a little bit of acknowledgment for that?" he asked.

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 ...

Close-air support (CAS) is carried out by a variety of aircraft, including helicopters, the A-10 and fighter jets like the F-15E Strike Eagle and the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

Building on this statement, Air Force Chief of Staff Mark Welsh has said, “We’ve flown a number of close air support missions with multiple airplanes,” including the B-1 bomber, F-15E, and F-16.

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This contract provides complete contracted air support services for adversary air threats and close air support threats. Work will be performed throughout the contiguous United States and outside the ...

Air Force pilots realize the greater capabilities of the A-10 for CAS and F-22 for air superiority missions but incorrectly assume the F-35 saves the Air Force money. Operating a fleet of 881 A-10s ...

The US Air Force has begun retiring the A-10, an aircraft famed for its role in close air support. The service plans to reduce Tactical Air Control Party airmen, who call in airstrikes.

A U.S. Air Force Tactical Control Party airman (TACP) from the 165th Air Support Operations Squadron, Georgia Air National Guard, awaits a radio call to be transported out of Townsend Bombing ...

More than 30 A-10 Warthogs assembled in one place, with every squadron in the Air Force that currently flies the airframe represented in a friendly competition to see who is the best of the best.