The United States Air Force saw thirty-nine—or nearly 20 percent—of its fleet of 218 Cold War-era Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support (CAS) attack aircraft retired in 2024.
Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, of the US Air Force (USAF), arriving at the Zaragoza ... [+] military base from Whiteman Air Base (Missouri), during the NATO Defender Europe 23 (Swift ...