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In 2020, an average training flight over Georgia left A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot Capt. Taylor Bye without landing gear and a cockpit canopy.
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In 2020, an average training flight over Georgia left A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot Capt. Taylor Bye without landing gear and a cockpit canopy.
It is difficult to envision the existence of any combat aircraft as cherished, celebrated, and loved as the iconic A-10 Warthog. Is retirement possible?
The Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II is known to those who fly it as the “Warthog.” Often described as a flying tank, it was tailor-made...
The A-10 Warthog: Does It Have a Place on the Modern Battlefield? “Oh I wish I had a gun just like the A-10/I’d be happy...
The A-10 Thunderbird II, better known as the A-10 Warthog in popular culture, has a rotary cannon called the GAU-8 Avenger. It can fire...
Say it ain’t so! After all these years of the U.S. Air Force brass on the one side and Congressional advocates on the other...
Back a few months, this reporter happened to be outside on a warm and sunny early autumn day – when an unmistakable sound quickly...
The A-10 Warthog has been revered, cherished, and celebrated for generations by grateful ground forces who credit the famous “flying tank” for saving them...
The GAU-8 Avenger is one impressive weapon system and the foundation of the A-10 Warthog, despite its age, won’t go away anytime soon. Used...
Despite its history and performance, the A-10 has been on the chopping block for years as something the Air Force has been planning to...