Regardless of the A-10’s eventual fate, the Air Force must preserve a specialized “Attack Pilot” role—for which the Warthog ...

The legendary A-10 Warthog has been granted retirement in 2026 for several reasons, including the changing landscape of modern combat and military budget limitations. Due to the aircraft's effective ...

The Air Force’s statements concerning the next year’s budget proposal suggest that the service is buying 31 additional F-15EXs on top of the existing order—bringing the total number to 150. With ...

A US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II was shot down in Iran while attempting to rescue crew members from the downed F-15 Strike Eagle fighter jet. According to US officials, the pilot safely ejected over ...

“The A-10 Warthog is now in the fight across the southern flank and is hunting and killing fast-attack watercraft in the Straits of Hormuz,” General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ...

There’s another personal angle to the story: McSally is the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat, and the first to command a fighter squadron — and in those roles she flew the A-10, logging ...