The Warthog, is a simple and tough twin-engine jet that was built around the enormous cannon mounted in its nose.
Yet the Air Force has a shiny new toy they’re eying, and they appear set on mothballing the rest of the Air Force for the hope that they will be able to afford a few more of these new F-47 sixth ...
Designed for all-weather, night attacks, the two-seat YA-10B was meant to counter Soviet Cold War armor tactics, but only one was built. Project A-X The ...
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Conley, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, steps from the OA-1K Skyraider II as part of a delivery ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 3, 2025. The ...
A deal last year to transfer an F-16 Fighting Falcon squadron from the District of Columbia Air National Guard to Maryland, ...
The decision is good news for Boeing's plant in St. Louis, which is scheduled to end production of the F/A-18 Super Hornet in ...
Though the urgency of developing new conventionally armed ... Phantom and F-11 Aardvark platforms, the Air Force conceptualized the A-X program. The Warthog provided the U.S. military with a ...
And yet, it turns out that the Air ... played by A-10 Warthog fighter jets in Afghanistan and Iraq. Amazingly, the contracted price of the planes implies each of the new fighters will cost as ...
The age of the piloted fighter aircraft may not be over but the US Air Force ... a new class of combat aircraft that can act as a loyal wingman for the human pilot, serving as a force multiplier ...
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Will the Air Force Sacrifice the A-10 Warthog for More F-47s?
If killing the A-10 program is the Air Force’s solution for paying for the F-47, then the Air Force is truly lost. President Donald J. Trump’s decision to award Boeing the contract for the new “Next ...
The new plane ... and forward air controller" missions in uncontested air environments. Essentially, the planes were to take over the kinds of roles played by A-10 Warthog fighter jets in ...