A-10 Warthog Lives On: The Close-Air Support Beast Too Tough to Ground
The legendary A-10 Warthog’s 30mm cannon can unleash 70 rounds per second, earning its status as a “flying tank” that refuses to quit.
A-10 Warthog
The Pic of the Day: 8 decades of American airpower in a picture
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Lopez, F-22 Demo Team commander flies alongside a U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation P-51 Mustang, and U.S. Air Force A-10 Demonstration Team during the Thunder over South Georgia Air Show at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Nov. 2, 2019. The Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation celebrates U.S. air […]
Watch: See what it’s like to be on the receiving end of an A-10 Warthog strafing run
The 30 mm General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger rotary canon first entered into service in 1977. The 619 pound monster Gatling gun measured just shy of 2 feet wide and 20 feet long when completed, but more than compensated for its gargantuan size by boasting a terrifying fire rate of 3,900 rounds per minute, fired from […]
Watch the cockpit shake as the A-10 unleashes its 30mm cannon on a strafing run
The A-10 Thunderbolt II has earned a reputation among American war fighters as perhaps the best close air support aircraft ever to take to the skies. In service since 1977, the A-10 has seen repeated service extensions and updates aimed at keeping it in the fight for years to come for one reason and one […]
Despite the new Russian stealth fighter, the US will maintain air superiority
The Russian military has been showcasing its latest fifth-generation jet fighter, but the U.S. will continue to maintain its advantage in the aerial battlespace. Lately, the Russian military deployed the Su-57 to Syria in an attempt to test its capabilities and performance in combat conditions. During the flights, the Russian pilots tested the aircraft’s on-board systems, […]
Watch: See what it’s like to be on the receiving end of an A-10 Warthog strafing run
The 30 mm General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger rotary canon first entered into service in 1977. The 619 pound monster Gatling gun measured just shy of 2 feet wide and 20 feet long when completed, but more than compensating for its gargantuan size by boasting a terrifying fire rate of 3,900 rounds per minute, fired from […]
Picture of the Day: A-10 Battle Damage the Story of Kim ‘Killer Chick’ Campbell
Great story! A heavily damaged A-10 Warthog which was successfully landed back at a USAF Air base by pilot “Killer Chick” Kim Campbell. Damage was sustained over Baghdad in 2003. Featured image By SSgt Jason Haag, United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
A-10 replacement requirements do actually exist but they’re mired in bureaucratic limbo
The Secretary of the Air Force, Heather Wilson, recently offered some unusually strong support for the A-10 Warthog, going so far as to say she is a “fan” of a plane her service has been looking for ways to retire for decades. This might be because she knows that, at least as of yet, there is still no […]
Watch: Start Your Monday With a Bang…or a Brrrrrrt
Another example of why the A-10 Thunderbolt is such a powerful close air support (CAS) platform. Great asset for the Air Force arsenal. What do you think? Comment below! Featured image of an A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft performing a low-level strafing run with its 30 mm cannon during a combat search and rescue […]
Watch: Flying the A-10 Thunderbolt II! Rare Video Footage
Great video showing you what it looks like from inside the A-10 cockpit! The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin turbofan engine, straight wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). Commonly referred to by the nicknames “Warthog” or “Hog”, its official name comes from the Republic P-47 […]
The US Air Force makes it official: The A-10 will not be retired for the F-35
A US Air Force spokeswoman just confirmed a huge win for Congress and the infantry who have come to know and love the A-10 Warthog, telling Defense News that the beloved flying gun would not be retired. Once facing retirement in favor of the world’s most expensive weapons system, the F-35, the A-10 was placed […]
Behind host nation jump ops… Nature calls on the flightline
My unit was conducting an exercise that included an airborne insertion into a friendly host nation airfield that was followed by a relatively short dismounted movement to our objective. Once we got to the objective, we’d be there for a certain amount of time before our relief showed up to augment our force and further […]
