The A-10 Warthog. The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin turbofan engine, straight wing jet aircraft developed… Read More
The cool video in this post features pilots from the Air Force's 354th Fighter Squadron "Bulldogs" out of Davis-Monthan AFB,… Read More
“I love flying the A-10. Even after 32 years, it hasn’t gotten old,” Lt. Col. John “Karl” Marks, A-10 pilot.… Read More
The Night/Adverse Weather A-10 was redesignated the YA-10B in the early 1980s. In March 1979, the first preproduction A-10A (S/N… Read More
‘The Warthog does two things quickly: shoot bullets, and taxi. That pup wants to roll,’ Lynn Taylor, former A-10 Pilot.… Read More
The Department of the Air Force’s fiscal year 2022 budget request is seeking the retirement of 42 A-10 aircraft, 35… Read More
The Blacksnakes of the 122nd Fighter Wing conceptualized the A-10 design in order to commemorate 100 years of aviation in… Read More
A lot of people conflate “CAS” and “COIN” which leads to base-level confusion. As recently reported the US Air Force… Read More
Selection of the A-10 Thunderbolt II for CAS mission was based on the dramatic low altitude maneuverability, lethality, “get home… Read More
On Jun. 30, 2021 the Department of the Air Force announced to move close air support and rescue missions, including… Read More
“I thought to myself ‘this is it - I’m a dead man,’” Lt. Col. Rob Sweet, last serving USAF POW… Read More
The heritage scheme on the Idaho Air Guard A-10 is designed to replicate the paint as it appeared on the… Read More
The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon that is typically mounted in the… Read More
The 190th Fighter Squadron won all three team awards: overall champion, top bombing team and top tactical team. The overall… Read More
Davis-Monthan AFB is located in Arizona, so the maintainers and A-10 Warthog attack aircraft stationed there haven’t had a snow… Read More
"I put another 100 rounds down, and the helicopter jinked right into the last burst; the helicopter looked like it… Read More
This just-released video shows a rare formation with A-10s and the US Air Force Thunderbirds over Nevada. Brought to my… Read More
