The Air Force would keep all of its 184 F-22 Raptors until at least the end of fiscal 2032 under an amendment added to the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the National Defense Authorization bill.

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The Air Force wants to divest 149 older aircraft and buy 108 new ones in fiscal 2027, continuing a trend that shrinks the overall fleet. Among the planes to be divested are the last 23 U-2 Dragon Lady spy planes in the inventory and nearly half of the remaining A-10 Thunderbolt IIs.

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Almost the same time as an F-15E Strike Eagle went down over Iran, the U.S. Air Force lost an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft near the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. officials told NYT that the jet’s pilot was safely rescued. While search and rescue efforts for at least one of the crew members of an […]

Longtemps considéré comme dépassé, l’A-10 Warthog s’impose pourtant comme un acteur clé dans les opérations américaines en Iran. Conçu pour un autre conflit, cet avion d’attaque continue de démontrer sa redoutable efficacité sur les théâtres modernes, notamment au Moyen-Orient, où ses capacités uniques restent difficilement remplaçables.

U.S. Air Force A-10s in maritime attack role are hunting small Iranian fast attack boats that could threaten shipping or naval forces in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. Air Force A-10 Thundebolt II jets supporting operation Epic Fury have started flying a different type of mission. As explained by General Dan Caine, Chairman of […]