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The A-10 aircraft: from the Cold War to the War on Terror
The A-10's design philosophy was to support ground troops and make it difficult for enemy anti-aircraft fire to shoot down the aircraft. Specifically, this...
The death of the legendary A-10 Warthog’s father
“There was a major in the Air Force... He saw the first couple of ones. He said, ‘Geez, that thing is as ugly as...
A-10 was able to RTB after her right engine had been struck by an Iraqi SAM
“This is a true testament to the combat survivability of the A-10,” Maj. Gary “Wolfman” Wolf (retired), former A-10 pilot
The then-110th Fighter Wing (FW)...
This is why the A-10 Warthog can’t be replaced by F-16 CAS variants
Due to the F-16's severe vulnerability to ground fire down low during Desert Storm, the A-10 performed better in the CAS role
The U.S. Air...