Air Force Sent More A-10s to the Boneyard in 2024, But It Continues to Use the Aircraft Overseas The hefty 57-foot, 6-inch wingspan close-support aircraft known as the "Warthog" has been in service since the 1970s, and was...
The Air Force's Biggest Supporter Gets a Spotlight from Gary Sinise in 'The Real American' There aren't a lot of folk legends in America anymore, but pilots at Nellis Air Force Base who flew missions for the past...
Air Force Wants to Send Historic Number of A-10s to the Boneyard in 2025, Continuing Shift Away from Warthogs The Air Force is hoping to retire more A-10 Warthogs in 2025, as the service continues to readjust its overall strategies and...
A-10s Were Saved from Retirement for Years. Congress May Not Swoop to the Rescue This Time. A draft of the House's version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act policy bill would allow the service to reduce...
21 Avenger Salute: Congress Sentences a Batch of A-10s to the Boneyard for the First Time in Decades A-10s from the Indiana Air National Guard's 122nd Fighter Wing will be retired and sent to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base...
Everything You Need to Know About the A-10 'Warthog' Thunderbolt II The Warthog, Hawgs, Thunderbolt II -- whatever you call it, it's the Air Force's flying tank. It's both beloved by ground...
Ukraine Official Says Country Doesn't Want Old American A-10s Yuriy Sak -- an adviser to Ukraine's minister of defense -- says country needs the more modern F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter...
Air Force Open to Sending A-10s to Ukraine for Fight Against Russia Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said that some of America's aging A-10 Thunderbolt combat jets could potentially be given...
Congress Rebuffs Air Force's Plan to Retire Older Aircraft, Putting A-10 Move on Hold Lawmakers would block the retirement of the A-10s again if the recent Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the bill...
In New Realignment, Air Force Wants to Shift Some HH-60s, A-10s and F-22s The move is predicated on Congress approving the Air Force's request to get rid of 42 A-10s outlined in its 2022 budget.
Fired: Joint Chiefs Chairman, Top Navy Leader, Air Force Vice Chief, Service Judge Advocates General In a historic and unprecedented move, the Trump administration on Friday night fired the Joint Chiefs chairman, the Navy's...
Thousands of Pentagon Civilian Workers Will Be Fired Next Week as Trump Purge Begins The massive round of firings is part of an "initial effort" to cut the Defense Department's civilian workforce by 5% to 8%...
VA Crisis Line Employees Among Those Fired Amid Federal Workforce Purge Of the 1,000 employees fired last week from the Department of Veterans Affairs, some were employees who had worked for the...
What's in Store for VA Disability Benefits with New Office of Management and Budget Chief? New OMB Director Russell Vought has contributed to two conservative playbooks that advocate for the revamping of veterans'...
Fort Moore Was Named After My Parents. A Letter Mom Wrote Shows Why It Shouldn’t Go Back to Benning My Dad was a commander in the Vietnam War. My Mom changed how the military cares for widows.
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-11/1time%20evan%20thompson%20real%20american%201200.jpg?itok=_Q-k99Ln "Evan Thompson and his flag at his home in Beatty, Nevada, in the new film "The Real American." (I.F. Productions)")
