The United States Air Force saw thirty-nine—or nearly 20 percent—of its fleet of 218 Cold War-era Fairchild Republic A-10 ...
A-10s are currently permanently stationed in around 11 airbases in the US and abroad, although this number is dropping.
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.
In 2014, when the Air Force announced its intention to retire the Warthog, one company saw new life for the aircraft as a firefighter.
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 ...