A-10C Thunderbolt II

Time-lapse video shows Moody Maintainers replacing damaged horizontal stabilizer of an A-10 Warthog to prevent it from being decommissioned

Time-lapse video shows Moody Maintainers replacing damaged horizontal stabilizer of an A-10 Warthog to prevent it from being decommissioned

The interesting time-lapse video in this post features an A-10C Warthog being repaired after it was scheduled to be decommissioned… Read More

4 weeks ago

A-10C Warthog retired to 309 AMARG after 14,125 flight hours and after 43 Years of Service

This is the first of 21 A-10 Warthog CAS aircraft authorized to be retired under the FY23 National Defense Authorization… Read More

6 months ago

This A-10C pilot received the Distinguished Flying Cross for exceptional flying skill by BRRRRTTTTing as close as five meters from friendly forces

“The quality training the A-10 community provided and faith in the superb capability of the A-10 gun system helped us… Read More

10 months ago

“Low thrust, Not enough thrust, Engines that don’t generate enough thrust.” Former A-10 pilot explains why the engines are the biggest weakness of the Warthog.

‘We joke that the A-10 is really a single-engine aircraft, with half an engine on each side,’ Lynn Taylor, former… Read More

11 months ago

A-10C Warthog that belly landed last year is back flying again, with the same pilot at the controls

On Apr. 7, 2020 USAF A-10C Warthog tail-995 flown by Capt. Taylor Bye from 75th Fighter Squadron was forced to… Read More

2 years ago

A-10 pilot who made a successful emergency belly landing last year receives Air Combat Command Airmanship Award

On a basic surface attack ride, A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot Capt. Taylor Bye’s attempts to fire her gun were met… Read More

2 years ago

Moody’s Air Force Base A-10 makes emergency belly landing

An A-10C Thunderbolt II belonging to the 75th Fighter Squadron made an emergency belly landing at Moody Air Force Base… Read More

3 years ago

[Videos] A-10 Pilots Explains why Flying the Warthog is Greatest Job in the World

Both are US Air Force (USAF) Reserve pilots, both fly the Warthog, both like to fly low and slow and… Read More

4 years ago

A Quick Look at ‘HObIT’ the HGU-55/P Helmet Add-On that Makes the A-10 Hog More Lethal on the Battlefield

One HGU-55/P add-ons is the Hybrid Optical-based Inertial Tracker, or HObIT, which allows A-10 pilots to use their helmet-mounted cueing… Read More

4 years ago

Moody’s Airmen update A-10 Avionics and Make Warthog even More Lethal

“Suite 9 Spiral 1 was [released] to address a critical [problem] found [during testing], [where] after [releasing munitions for multiple… Read More

4 years ago

Unique photo shows USAF A-10 with F-22 and F-16 Kill Marks

The interesting image in this post shows an A-10 Warthog featuring what they seem to be two kill marks of… Read More

5 years ago

74th FS pilots have been awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for their actions in support of OIR

The Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded to someone who distinguishes themselves in support of operations by heroism or extraordinary achievement… Read More

5 years ago

Pilot error behind last September A-10C collision

The A-10C aircrews failed to adhere to established altitude and deconfliction procedures The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has recently determined… Read More

5 years ago

A-10 drivers receive Distinguished Flying Cross medals for strafing mission in Syria that saved over 50 U.S. personnel

Schultz and Harvey were awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for having displayed superior flight leadership and exemplary Airmanship while engaging fighters from… Read More

6 years ago

A QUICK LOOK AT THE WEAPONS USED BY THE A-10C WARTHOG AGAINST ISIS

The A-10C employs a wide variety of conventional munitions in support of OIR and the destruction of the Islamic State… Read More

6 years ago

30 FULLY ARMED HOGs CONDUCT ELEPHANT WALK EXERCISE AT MOODY AFB 

The term elephant walk dates to WW II when those who observed this said that the taxiing of these large… Read More

6 years ago

HERE’S WHAT IT TAKES TO LEAD A SQUADRON OF GUTSY A-10 THUNDERBOLT II PILOTS

When Col. Aaron “Marco” Redfern took command of 75th Fighter Squadron his immediate goal was prepping his unit for the first A-10 combat deployment to… Read More

6 years ago