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 ...
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Why the A-10 Is Known as the Flying Cannon

The Fairchild Republic A 10 Thunderbolt II, better known as the Warthog, earned its reputation for one reason: its cannon. In ...
The A-10 still serves the Air Force today after more than five decades in service. The A-10 Thunderbolt II may be well into its fifth decade of service with the U.S. Air Force, but the legendary ...
The A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat ground-attack aircraft powered by a pair of General Electric TF34-GE-100 turbofan engines rated at 9,065 lb. thrust each. First flight of an A-10 prototype ...
Boeing has begun delivering new wing sets to the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) fleet of A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack jets. More commonly known as the Warthog, the A-10 was developed for the USAF by ...
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, ...
All of you out there who've had the chance to experience the A-10 Thunderbolt firsthand know how strange-looking this plane really is. The ones who’ve only seen it in pics and videos can only imagine, ...
When one thinks of military airplanes, beauty is a word that perfectly describes most of them. In the chase to come up with the best design for whatever use airplanes are intended for, companies have ...
Today Gaijin Entertainment released a new teaser trailer for the upcoming “Winds of Change” update for its multiplayer game War Thunder. War Thunder was born as a game about tanks, but players will ...
The A-10 is a single-seat ground-attack aircraft powered by a pair of General Electric TF34-100 turbofans rated at 9,065-lb.-thrust each. First flight occurred in 1972, and production ended in 1984 ...
The close air support YA-9A had intriguing design features despite losing a pivotal contract to replace the aging Douglas A-1 Skyraider. FLYING is the definitive voice of aviation — trusted by pilots, ...