Key Points and Summary: The A-10 Warthog was literally built around its GAU-8/A Avenger, a 30mm, seven-barrel cannon that spits depleted-uranium rounds at nearly 4,000 rpm and shreds armor with the ...
In spite of ongoing debate over its value in a future great-power conflict, the A-10 Warthog remains beloved by many in the Pentagon—and has demonstrated continuing effectiveness.
The long-awaited upgrade improves networked situational awareness but has been fielded on only a handful of Warthogs, with the new antenna nearly indistinguishable from the existing TACAN installation ...
The Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Fighter Wing officially began the divestment of its A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, with the first jet departing Boise’s Gowen Field on Tuesday. The Warthog aircraft ...
Close Air Support (CAS) is a seriously underrated task that the United States military has a very finite number of systems capable of performing. Warplanes like the A-10 Warthog and the A-29 Tuscano ...
OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — Air Power Days resumed over the weekend, welcoming the public for the first time in nearly six years and marking the final public appearance in South Korea of the A-10 ...
Given the Pentagon’s antipathy toward the A-10, its proponents should offer meaningful ways to keep it relevant in the modern era—such as the incorporation of unmanned aerial drones. It’s undoubtedly ...
NAMPA — A departing flight from Gowen Field to the Nampa Municipal Airport on Tuesday morning marked the final voyage of an A-10 aircraft, which will now call Nampa its home. Over 100 plane ...