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A-10 retirement

How Moody Maintainers Saved an A-10 Warthog from an Early Retirement

Aug. 28, 2023 | By David Roza
Maintainers at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. rescued an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack jet from the boneyard when they replaced a horizontal stabilizer after it had been severely damaged by a mid-flight bird strike on May 30.

Air Force ‘Doesn’t Just Need Airplanes’ to Modernize, Kendall Says

May 9, 2023 | By Chris Gordon
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall insists the service needs to modernize rapidly to face the threat of China. But modernization does not just mean fielding new aircraft, Kendall and other service leaders argue—the Air Force also needs to retire its aging airplanes. “The truth is ...

New ‘Power Projection Wing’ to Replace A-10s at Davis-Monthan

April 25, 2023 | By Greg Hadley
The Air Force plans to place a new Special Operations flying mission at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., in the coming years as a replacement for the base’s A-10s, service and Congressional officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine. The base is also slated to receive ...

After Years of Trying, Air Force Retires First A-10 to the Boneyard

April 14, 2023 | By Chris Gordon
The Air Force has begun to retire its A-10 Thunderbolt IIs. An A-10 from the 74th Fighter Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Ga, arrived at the Boneyard on April 5, the service said. The aircraft is the first of 21 A-10s that will be ...

Brown: Air Force Subtracting A-10 from ‘4+1’ Fighter Plan

March 15, 2023 | By John A. Tirpak
The Air Force's “4+1” fighter plan is rapidly becoming the “4” plan as the service retires A-10s faster than it expected to, Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. said March 15. The retirements are needed to pay for new systems to keep USAF ...

USAF Pauses Plan for Davis-Monthan Centers of Excellence as Congress Looks to Block A-10 Cuts

July 26, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Air Force is already suspending plans to send aircraft and personnel to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., after Congress signaled its intent to block the service from retiring A-10s. The service had said it intended to move A-10s and HH-60s to Davis-Monthan from Nellis ...

SASC Completes NDAA Markup With $25 Billion Extra, New Name for Air National Guard

July 22, 2021 | By Greg Hadley
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted to approve its markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2022, increasing the top line of President Joe Biden’s defense budget by $25 billion while seemingly nixing the possibility of a Space National Guard. The markup was approved ...
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