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Not all planes have undercarriages capable to sustain a landing on an unprepared runway. The A-10 is not among them. Although the reader who sent us this ...
Having survived the halls of power, the A-10 would soon prove it critics wrong with its survival skills on the battlefield. No, the Warthog isn’t fast—not by a longshot.
Since the A-10 Warthog, recently seemingly destined for the scrap yard, is now engaging enemy Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Taliban forces in Afghanistan in the form of a new weapon with a ...
The beefy, bad-ass A-10 Thunderbolt II—better know by its nickname of "the Warthog"—has been in service since the late 1970s. But with the F-35 hot on its heels, its retirement has been looming.
Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Air Force acquired the subsonic, twin-engine planes in the 1970s and 1980s in order to destroy Soviet tanks. The stubby Warthog with its powerful 30 ...
Amid an unconventional Pentagon budget rollout, the future of the A-10 Warthog hangs in the balance. A look into spending cuts made in the 2026 defense budget.
Two people were arrested this week in connection with the theft of a statue depicting a Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt ...
The A-10 Warthog is legendary - but how much of that reputation is earned? This video breaks down what makes the A-10 iconic, and what might be holding it back in today’s battles.
A-10 Warthogs Escort Ohio-Class Submarine in Rare Military Exercise Earlier this month, TWZ reported that a quarter of A-10 Warthogs were used to escort an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine.
The Air Force recently released a bunch of crazy pictures of A-10 Thunderbolt IIs getting refueled over Afghanistan, where the US recently redeployed a squadron of 12 Warthogs.
New US Navy photos show A-10 Warthog attack aircraft escorting a ballistic missile submarine. It's unusual to see ground-attack planes built for close-air support and anti-tank missions escorting ...
Amid an unconventional Pentagon budget rollout, the future of the A-10 Warthog hangs in the balance. A look into spending cuts made in the 2026 defense budget.