USAF has two airmen at Bagram AB, Afghanistan, who sew things that help keep A-10 Warthog pilots safe. Deployed from Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., SSgt. Andrew Topor and SrA. Adam Hatch, both survival equipment technicians, assemble everything thing A-10 drivers need from anti-gravity suits, parachutes, and survival vests to engine covers for their Warthogs.
If the Air Force is in line for a big budget bump from President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget in 2027, the head of Air Combat Command said he would make aircraft spare parts his top spending priority—but cautioned that more money to buy parts won’t equal a…


