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A combination of budget constraints, strategic realignment, and the evolution of warfare in the decades since the A-10’s debut has contributed to the aircraft’s retirement.
Steven Parker began his Air Force career at the age of 17, and following basic and military police training, found himself enforcing the law at McConnell Air Force Base, but things quickly changed … ...
Steven Parker began his Air Force career at the age of 17, and following basic and military police training, found himself enforcing the law at McConnell Air Force Base, but things quickly changed ...
In his speech at the ceremony, Po said that the air force was retiring all of the remaining F-5F jets and RF-5E ...
France formally retired the last of its Boeing KC-135 tankers on 30 June, bringing to an end an operational run with the type which began in 1964.
The U.S. Air Force is reportedly speeding up plans to retire the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, better known as the “Warthog." ...
The Air Force wants to retire its final 162 A-10 Warthog attack jets in fiscal 2026, as part of a plan to divest 340 total aircraft. The Pentagon also plans to cancel the E-7 Wedgetail program ...
Congress must approve the plan, which would see the US Air Force accelerate retirement of its entire A-10 fleet by two years.
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Flosi, the service's top enlisted leader, didn't mince his words in an internal message to top noncommissioned officers last week.
BUTTE, Mont. — Air Force 2 landed at Butte’s Bert Mooney Airport on June 10, with Vice President JD Vance aboard. A source confirms that Vance then got in a motorcade and traveled to the ...
The U.S. Air Force operates different types of spy aircraft and maintains forward-deployed units around the globe.