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Watchdog Says USAF Is Wasting F-22s On Patrols And Deployments, Should Consolidate Force
F-22

Watchdog Says USAF Is Wasting F-22s On Patrols And Deployments, Should Consolidate Force

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 21, 2018

The U.S. Air Force Is Hiding Its Controversial Flyoff Between the A-10 and F-35
F-35

The U.S. Air Force Is Hiding Its Controversial Flyoff Between the A-10 and F-35

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 11, 2018

Air Force Says It Might Have The Data It Needs From Its Light Attack Experiment After All
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Says It Might Have The Data It Needs From Its Light Attack Experiment After All

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2018

U.S. Navy Pilot Pronounced Dead In A-29 Super Tucano Crash At White Sands Missile Range
U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy Pilot Pronounced Dead In A-29 Super Tucano Crash At White Sands Missile Range

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 24, 2018

Watch This A-10 Fly Right Up Against The Side Of Star Wars Canyon
U.S. Homeland

Watch This A-10 Fly Right Up Against The Side Of Star Wars Canyon

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 20, 2018

Czech And Israeli Team To Pitch Advanced L-159 Light Attack Jets To The U.S. Military
Israel

Czech And Israeli Team To Pitch Advanced L-159 Light Attack Jets To The U.S. Military

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 14, 2018

Marines Want Their Multi-Role Vertical Takeoff Combat Drone To Be A Flying Radar First
U.S. Navy

Marines Want Their Multi-Role Vertical Takeoff Combat Drone To Be A Flying Radar First

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 8, 2018

Senators Want Millions For Air Force And Marine Light Attack Planes In New Budget
U.S. Air Force

Senators Want Millions For Air Force And Marine Light Attack Planes In New Budget

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 1, 2018

New A-10 Wing Kits Won’t Arrive For At Least Four Years And That’s Bad News For The Warthog
A-10

New A-10 Wing Kits Won’t Arrive For At Least Four Years And That’s Bad News For The Warthog

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 19, 2018

A-10 Warthogs May Stop Firing Controversial Depleted Uranium Ammunition For Good
A-10

A-10 Warthogs May Stop Firing Controversial Depleted Uranium Ammunition For Good

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 15, 2018

Marines Want Contractor-Flown Russian Mi-24 Hind Helicopter Gunships At More Exercises
U.S. Marine Corps

Marines Want Contractor-Flown Russian Mi-24 Hind Helicopter Gunships At More Exercises

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 1, 2018

The Air Force May Have Managed A Way To Quietly Ground Roughly A Third Of The A-10 Fleet
A-10

The Air Force May Have Managed A Way To Quietly Ground Roughly A Third Of The A-10 Fleet

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 13, 2018

One of Afghanistan’s A-29s Has Finally Dropped a Laser-Guided Bomb in Anger
Afghanistan

One of Afghanistan’s A-29s Has Finally Dropped a Laser-Guided Bomb in Anger

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 28, 2018

USAF Says It Could Speed Up Buying Light Attack Aircraft, But Doesn’t Have an Actual Plan
U.S. Air Force

USAF Says It Could Speed Up Buying Light Attack Aircraft, But Doesn’t Have an Actual Plan

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

African Firm Has Big Hopes For Rebranded Bronco II Surveillance Plane In Americas Market
U.S. Homeland

African Firm Has Big Hopes For Rebranded Bronco II Surveillance Plane In Americas Market

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

The US Air Force Admits It Won’t Be Buying Any Light Attack Aircraft For Years
U.S. Air Force

The US Air Force Admits It Won’t Be Buying Any Light Attack Aircraft For Years

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Let’s Face It, The USAF Isn’t Serious About Buying a Light Attack Aircraft
U.S. Air Force

Let’s Face It, The USAF Isn’t Serious About Buying a Light Attack Aircraft

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

USAF Official in Charge of A-10s Says Re-Wing Program Is “Not Going to Happen”
A-10

USAF Official in Charge of A-10s Says Re-Wing Program Is “Not Going to Happen”

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Watch The “Final Cut” Of A Glowing Film About The A-10 That The USAF Tried to Suppress
A-10

Watch The “Final Cut” Of A Glowing Film About The A-10 That The USAF Tried to Suppress

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Afghan A-29s Aren’t Dropping Laser-Guided Bombs or Engaging Targets at Night
Afghanistan

Afghan A-29s Aren’t Dropping Laser-Guided Bombs or Engaging Targets at Night

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Top USAF Civilian Is a “Fan” of the A-10, but Dozens Will Still Likely Get Grounded
A-10

Top USAF Civilian Is a “Fan” of the A-10, but Dozens Will Still Likely Get Grounded

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Blackwater Founder’s Private Afghan Air Arm Pitch Included An-26 Gunships And AH-1 Cobras
Afghanistan

Blackwater Founder’s Private Afghan Air Arm Pitch Included An-26 Gunships And AH-1 Cobras

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Jaded Thunder Exercise Trains Elite Troops to Call in Almost Any Sort of Fire Support
U.S. Marine Corps

Jaded Thunder Exercise Trains Elite Troops to Call in Almost Any Sort of Fire Support

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

The USAF Is Rebuilding World War II-Era 40mm Shells for its AC-130U Gunships
AC-130

The USAF Is Rebuilding World War II-Era 40mm Shells for its AC-130U Gunships

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

B-52s Are Dropping Hundreds of Dumb Bombs in Afghanistan to Literally Shape the Terrain
Afghanistan

B-52s Are Dropping Hundreds of Dumb Bombs in Afghanistan to Literally Shape the Terrain

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Saudi Arabia Puts Textron’s Scorpion Light Attack Jet Through Its Paces
Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Puts Textron’s Scorpion Light Attack Jet Through Its Paces

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

The U.S. Military’s Incident In Niger Has Been a Long Time Coming
Africa

The U.S. Military’s Incident In Niger Has Been a Long Time Coming

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

At Hearing, Dunford Highlights Plans for Afghan Black Hawk Gunship Variant
U.S. Homeland

At Hearing, Dunford Highlights Plans for Afghan Black Hawk Gunship Variant

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

A-10 Warthogs Drop Bunker Buster Bombs in Combat for the First Time
A-10

A-10 Warthogs Drop Bunker Buster Bombs in Combat for the First Time

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

USAF’s OA-X Light Attack Experiment is Looking More Like an International Arms Fair
U.S. Air Force

USAF’s OA-X Light Attack Experiment is Looking More Like an International Arms Fair

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Early On, The A-10 Warthog’s Legendary Gun Was Both a Blessing and a Curse
A-10

Early On, The A-10 Warthog’s Legendary Gun Was Both a Blessing and a Curse

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

The Best Hog Is A Filthy Hog: If USAF Had Its Way This Jet Wouldn’t Be Devouring ISIS
A-10

The Best Hog Is A Filthy Hog: If USAF Had Its Way This Jet Wouldn’t Be Devouring ISIS

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 13, 2017

Is The USAF Finally Serious About Fielding A Light Air Support Aircraft?
Light Air Support

Is The USAF Finally Serious About Fielding A Light Air Support Aircraft?

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 2, 2017

Here We Go Again: USAF Aims to Stand Up Dedicated F-16 CAS Squadron At Nellis AFB
F-16

Here We Go Again: USAF Aims to Stand Up Dedicated F-16 CAS Squadron At Nellis AFB

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 19, 2016

How a Small-Town Girl Ended Up in the Cockpit of an A-10 Warthog
Confessions Of Series

How a Small-Town Girl Ended Up in the Cockpit of an A-10 Warthog

By Frank Crebas, Rich Cooper and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

Ride Along For Strafing Practice In Afghanistan’s Spunky Little MD530 Attack Chopper
Afghanistan

Ride Along For Strafing Practice In Afghanistan’s Spunky Little MD530 Attack Chopper

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 21, 2016