America’s unsightly but effective A-10 Warthog jet is being deployed in the Persian Gulf, decades after the service wanted to retire it.

The aging attack plane has come close to retirement, but congressional and now military intervention has repeatedly thrown it a lifeline.

Regardless of the A-10’s eventual fate, the Air Force must preserve a specialized “Attack Pilot” role—for which the Warthog ...

A US A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft flying in the Middle EastU.S. Air Force photo US Air Force A-10 Warthogs are now chasing down Iranian fast-attack boats in the Strait of Hormuz, the top US ...

The Air Force reversed its plan to decommission the A-10 Warthog by 2029, a decision that affects the attack jet flown by Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan.

WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force secretary extended the life of the A-10 "Warthog" attack plane until 2030, ‌sparing the aging but beloved close air support aircraft that has played ...