The 40th Flight Test Squadron's Detachment 1, which executed A-10 developmental test operations, was officially inactivated ...

Key Points and Summary: The A-10 Warthog was literally built around its GAU-8/A Avenger, a 30mm, seven-barrel cannon that ...

Latest defense bill provisions would extend inventory requirements and restrict divestments across multiple fleets.

The last A-10 in the Air Force will be retired in 2026, two years earlier than previously planned. In priorities for its 2026 budget released this week, the Air Force asked Congress for permission and ...

The United States Air Force A-10 was designed as a Close Air Support aircraft, built around a potent armor-destroying 30 mm rotating barrel cannon known as the Avenger. Known as the A-10 ‘Thunderbolt ...

An A-10C was spotted with two Shahed-type UAS shapes painted on the nose while returning to its home base. An A-10C Thunderbolt II of the U.S. Air Force was spotted with two interesting kill markings ...

The Air Force sent at least 39 retired A-10 Thunderbolt IIs to the boneyard in 2024, a significant increase as the service moves toward removing the aircraft from its inventory even as it recently ...

The United States Air Force is deeply committed to divesting itself from the A-10 Warthog program. Once the final A-10s are retired by the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2028, the Air Force will have a great ...

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 made. In ...

The U.S. Air Force is accelerating plans to retire its entire A-10 "Warthog" fleet by 2027, with President Trump's FY2026 budget requesting $57 million to support this accelerated phaseout. This ...

The US Air Force (USAF) hopes to dramatically accelerate retirements of its Fairchild Republic A-10 attack fighters, with fiscal year 2026 budget plans calling for the entire fleet to be phased out by ...

The Air Force has finally backed down on replacing the venerable and highly effective A-10 with the F-35 -- at least, not any time soon. The A-10 will continue flying for another six years. Share on ...