Air Force Sent More A-10s to the Boneyard in 2024, But It Continues to Use the Aircraft Overseas The hefty 57-foot, 6-inch wingspan close-support aircraft known as the "Warthog" has been in service since the 1970s, and was...
The Air Force's Biggest Supporter Gets a Spotlight from Gary Sinise in 'The Real American' There aren't a lot of folk legends in America anymore, but pilots at Nellis Air Force Base who flew missions for the past...
Air Force Wants to Send Historic Number of A-10s to the Boneyard in 2025, Continuing Shift Away from Warthogs The Air Force is hoping to retire more A-10 Warthogs in 2025, as the service continues to readjust its overall strategies and...
A-10s Were Saved from Retirement for Years. Congress May Not Swoop to the Rescue This Time. A draft of the House's version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act policy bill would allow the service to reduce...
21 Avenger Salute: Congress Sentences a Batch of A-10s to the Boneyard for the First Time in Decades A-10s from the Indiana Air National Guard's 122nd Fighter Wing will be retired and sent to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base...
Everything You Need to Know About the A-10 'Warthog' Thunderbolt II The Warthog, Hawgs, Thunderbolt II -- whatever you call it, it's the Air Force's flying tank. It's both beloved by ground...
Ukraine Official Says Country Doesn't Want Old American A-10s Yuriy Sak -- an adviser to Ukraine's minister of defense -- says country needs the more modern F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter...
Air Force Open to Sending A-10s to Ukraine for Fight Against Russia Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said that some of America's aging A-10 Thunderbolt combat jets could potentially be given...
Congress Rebuffs Air Force's Plan to Retire Older Aircraft, Putting A-10 Move on Hold Lawmakers would block the retirement of the A-10s again if the recent Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the bill...
In New Realignment, Air Force Wants to Shift Some HH-60s, A-10s and F-22s The move is predicated on Congress approving the Air Force's request to get rid of 42 A-10s outlined in its 2022 budget.
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration from Sending National Guard Troops to Oregon A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon at all, after...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Veterans, Who Saw One of Their Own Arrested by ICE and Charged, Say Feds Are Undermining Democracy Days after a 70-year-old Air Force veteran was among five people charged while protesting outside a suburban U.S. Immigration...
As Hegseth Orders Changes to the Pentagon Watchdog, Advocates Say It Will Silence Complaints Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accused the independent watchdog for the Pentagon of being “weaponized” and says he’s...
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