The DOD's fiscal 2026 budget calls for the Air Force to retire its remaining 162 A-10 attack planes. The Senate's version ...

In a recurring “Groundhog Day” scenario, the U.S. Air Force is once again proposing to retire its entire fleet of A-10 “Warthog” attack aircraft. -This time, however, the plan is more aggressive: the ...

The service moved up the retirement of the final 162 close attack fighters by two years in a budget request and asked for far ...

Warthogs may narrowly escape total retirement once again as members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees push to reverse the cuts proposed in the Pentagon's fiscal year 2026 budget. The ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has finally begun the long-sought retirement of its Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack jets. The service said on 10 April it had retired the first A-10C ...

Recently, Air Force operators completed A-10 training on post in September 2023 when Airmen were practicing takeoffs and landings with A-10s at Fort McCoy's Young Air Assault Strip on South Post.

This would be the second year in a row in which Congress would allow the Air Force to retire A-10s, following years of disagreements.

Congress must approve the plan, which would see the US Air Force accelerate retirement of its entire A-10 fleet by two years.

The U.S. Air Force will cut personnel assigned to its elite Tactical Air Control Party career field nearly in half as the service looks to continue retiring the A-10 Warthog.

Maj. Lindsay Johnson, who leads the Air Force's A-10 demo team, recalls exhibiting the Warthog's famed combat prowess as the jet's retirement looms.

The Air Force wants to speed up the retirement of its remaining A-10 Warthogs to fund new weapons it says are better suited to counter China. Service leaders have long sought to eliminate the ...