The Air Force’s decision to award the contract to Fairchild Republic—which went on to build the A-10 Warthog—proved to be one of the greatest decisions Pentagon acquisitions experts have ever made.

Given the Pentagon’s antipathy toward the A-10, its proponents should offer meaningful ways to keep it relevant in the modern ...

And yet, it turns out that the Air Force's newest fighter plane is built by -- you guessed it -- L3Harris.

And yet, it turns out that the Air Force's newest fighter plane is ... the planes were to take over the kinds of roles played by A-10 Warthog fighter jets in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Air Force provided statistics on how many of each kind of aircraft it had in 2024, as well as the percentage of time each aircraft was ready to carry out its mission. Those st ...

Michael Conley, head of the Air Force Special Operations Command, announced in March 2025 that the newly developed OA-1K ...

The Air Force wants to meet that mandate by accelerating ... But the service’s previous efforts to cut planes like the A-10 Warthog and older F-22 Raptors have shown that making such plans ...

Languages: English. Email: [email protected]. The U.S. Air Force is facing a readiness crisis, with only around six out of 10 of its fleet mission-capable on an average day in fiscal year 2024 ...