The Department of the Air Force’s fiscal year 2022 budget request is seeking the retirement of 42 A-10 aircraft, 35 of…
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35 of the oldest Hogs to be retired at Davis-Monthan AFB. They will be replaced by A-10 and HH-60 Pave weapons schools and test squadrons.
by Dario LeoneOn Jun. 30, 2021 the Department of the Air Force announced to move close air support and rescue missions, including A-10…
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USAF Plans to retire 42 A-10 Warthogs. Indiana ANG and one squadron at Davis-Monthan will lose their aircraft, but both units will pick up new missions.
by Dario LeoneThe USAF wants to come down from nine A-10 Warthog operational squadrons to seven and keep one “full-up” operational squadron at…
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On Jun. 4, 2021 during a ceremony at the Lincoln Airport, the 55th Wing officially retired its final OC-135 Open Skies…
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First of two OC-135B Open Skies observation aircraft that the USAF is retiring will make its final flight this week
by Dario LeoneThe USAF is retiring its two OC-135B Open Skies aircraft, with the first, #61-2672, making the final flight this week. The…
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Video Shows Wise Guy, the second B-52H to be resurrected from Davis-Monthan boneyard, arriving at Minot AFB to join 5th Bomb Wing
by Dario LeoneWhen the Air Force lost one of its bombers in 2016, it started a chain of events that made “Wise Guy”…
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These cool photos of Davis-Monthan A-10s under a snowstorm give a whole new meaning to “Brrrr-t”!
by Dario LeoneDavis-Monthan AFB is located in Arizona, so the maintainers and A-10 Warthog attack aircraft stationed there haven’t had a snow day…
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Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Tucson, identified the proposed cuts in letters to the Air Force and to House committees that said cutting the planes…
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First Final Flight for Compass Call: USAF Retires its first Specially Modified EC-130H Aircraft
On Mar. 19, 1982, the first specially modified EC-130H “Compass Call” aircraft, tail number 1587, arrived at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base,…
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Video Shows A-10 Demo Team Pilot performing Training BRRRRRTTTTTTT Run
by Dario LeoneAlthough he is assigned to the A-10 Demo Team, Captain Cody “ShIV” Wilton still maintains his combat mission readiness. Taken on…
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