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General: ‘We Don’t Have a Replacement’ for A-10, U-2
The Air Force does not have a suitable replacement for the planned divestiture of the A-10 Warthog aircraft and U-2 spy plane, senior service leaders said Sept. 16 at the Air Force Association Air and...
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A Tale of Two Gatling Guns: F-35 vs. A-10
The Daily Beast’s Dave Majumdar is out with another excellent story about how the gun on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Pentagon’s newest and most expensive fighter jet, won’t work for another...
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Group: AF Skewed Data in A-10 ‘Smear Campaign’
The U.S. Air Force manipulated casualty data to make the A-10 attack aircraft appear more hazardous than it really is, according to a watchdog group. The service “cherry-picked” information on...
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NATO Commander Glad to Have A-10s Back In Europe
Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove said Wednesday that the addition of A-10 Thunderbolts to his forces in Europe provided added deterrent as NATO and the U.S. European Command face new threats from...
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General: F-35 Will Initially Lag Older Aircraft in Close Air Support
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Pentagon’s newest and most expensive weapons program, will only offer limited close air support when it begins operational flights in the Air Force next year, a top...
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Chuck Norris Writes to Save the A-10 Warthog from Retirement
Air Force leaders wanting to send the A-10 Thunderbolt to the bone yard already have any number of lawmakers criticizing them from Capitol Hill. Now they’ve got “Lone Wolf McQuade” coming after them....
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Senators Want ‘Permanent’ Solution to Save A-10 from Retirement
The Senator leading the fight to keep the A-10 Thunderbolt in the active Air Force fleet said she wants a permanent solution that ends what has become an annual fight with the Air Force over the fate...
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F-35A Flies Close-Air-Support Missions in First Green Flag
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for the first time provided close-air support to ground troops in the Air Force’s Green Flag training exercise – the service’s large-scale air-to-ground mock combat...
View ArticleAir Force to Sustain A-10s ‘Indefinitely,’ General Says
The depot line for the A-10 Thunderbolt is cranking back up as part of an effort to keep the Cold War-era aircraft flying “indefinitely,” a general said. Depot maintenance for the popular...
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