A-10 Warthog
Maryland Scraps Its A-10 Warthogs
With the continued divestment from the A-10, other aircraft will be called upon to fill the close air support role.
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 A-10 Thunderbolt II Is Slowly Heading to the Boneyard
The A-10 still serves the Air Force today after more than five decades in service.
A-10 Pilots Kim Campbell and Martha McSally Earned Their Places in History
These American female pilots flew one of the fiercest American warplanes ever made, the A-10 Warthog.
A-10 vs. YA-9: The Fight for the Perfect Close-Air Support Plane
The Air Force’s decision to award the contract to Fairchild Republic—which went on to build the A-10 Warthog—proved to be one of the greatest decisions Pentagon acquisitions experts have ever...
Give The A-10 Warthog Drone Swarms
Given the Pentagon’s antipathy toward the A-10, its proponents should offer meaningful ways to keep it relevant in the modern era—such as the incorporation of unmanned aerial drones.
America’s A-10 Warthog Is Still at War Against the Islamic State
According to U.S. Central Command, these jets were tasked with supporting ground forces in eliminating ISIS fighters within a cave. Although the American-made A-10 Thunderbolt II is nearing its fifth decade in...
The PZL-230 Skorpion was the Soviet Response to the A-10 Warthog
It should come as no surprise that the Eastern Bloc powers came up with their own aerial counterparts to the A-10. Though the Republic Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II, far better known...
The A-10 Warthog Was the Best Close Air Support Aircraft Ever Flown
The A-10 Warthog is a legendary aircraft. Generally regarded as the greatest close air support airframe ever, the A-10 is best known for being built around a massive Gatling gun....
The A-10 Warthog is the Greatest Plane Ever
Close Air Support (CAS) is a seriously underrated task that the United States military has a very finite number of systems capable of performing. Warplanes like the A-10 Warthog and the A-29 Tuscano are about...
2024 Marked the Beginning of the End for the A-10 Thunderbolt II
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 fact, these birds...
The A-10 Warthog Made a Rare Appearance in the Philippines
Earlier in December, an A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support aircraft made a rare appearance in southeast Asia in what could be a picture from the future. The American aircraft worked with...