In an about-face from earlier years, the Air Force announced Monday that it will maintain the A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack jet to 2030. “We will EXTEND the A-10 “Warthog” platform to 2030,” Air ...

A combination of budget constraints, strategic realignment, and the evolution of warfare in the decades since the A-10’s debut has contributed to the aircraft’s retirement. After four decades of ...

Both the Russian and American aircraft are entering the end of their useful service lives, as ground anti-air defenses grow increasingly sophisticated. In the 1970s, the US Air Force unveiled the ...

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 ...

Three months after Congress put the brakes on Air Force plans to retire its fleet of 162 A-10s this year, the versatile Warthog is back in the fight, this time in a maritime mission chasing Iranian ...