On May 10, 1972, the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt had its maiden flight. The development of the aircraft began in the early 1960s when the United States military was still relying on the Korean ...

Imagine an unstoppable commercial Learjet with a full-automatic cannon in its nose and an iron bathtub surrounding the cockpit. That gives you some idea of the A-10's appearance and performance. Every ...

A-10 Thunderbolt II cockpit video during the 2nd annual Salute To American Heroes Air And Sea Show. Air Force Lieutenant ...

Swain was about to score the first air-to-air kill in the A-10’s operational history. But he didn’t know that; he was just ...

Congress is working again, and the A-10 is saved. That's the upshot of a story just out of the Military Times, which reports that House and Senate negotiators in Washington have agreed to send the ...

The United States Air Force saw thirty-nine—or nearly 20 percent—of its fleet of 218 Cold War-era Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support (CAS) attack aircraft retired in 2024. In ...

A version of this story appeared in the Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each Wednesday. A squadron of A-10 ...

They officially call it the A-10 Thunderbolt, but because of how ugly and rugged it is, another moniker for it is Warthog. We’re talking about a plane like none other in the arsenal of the world ...

The last A-10 “Warthog” combat squadron has been retired at Tucson’s Davis-Monthan Air Force Base as the storied base shifts to a new special-operations mission. The 355th Wing’s historic 354th ...

In the world of military aircraft, the term “strafing” means shooting the plane’s guns at ground targets like crazy, all while flying fast and low. Luckily, it’s not something we get to see in the ...

TULSA, Okla. — The Tulsa Air and Space Museum is looking for donations to restore the legendary A‑10 Thunderbolt II, also known as "Warthog." The Tulsa Air and Space Museum (TASM) said the iconic ...