The A-10 has been performing extremely well in ongoing attacks against ISIS, creating an operational demand for the durable aircraft and therefore reportedly informing this Air Force decision.
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as of the time of writing, mass-retirement is all but off the table.
The A-10 Thunderbolt II is a unique, and remarkably long-lived, war machine that continues to offer impressive combat performance despite its years.
In the decades following the end of World War II, western demand for close-air-support (CAS) aircraft that is, armored strike fighters that carry out attack missions in conjunction with friendly units dropped precipitously. Instead, the Air Force turned its attention to long-range fighters and nuclear-capable bombers. The Soviet Union, by contrast, continued to place heavy emphasis on its ground forces, producing the Su-25 Grach “flying tank” that went on to enjoy a storied service history with the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Then came the Vietnam War. The Air Force found that its deployed fighters flew slightly too high, and too fast, to serve a meaningful CAS role over the densely forested Vietnamese terrain. The Vietnam years prompted the Army’s�
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One person was hurt when two boats collided near the Training Ship Kennedy at Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay. The injured person was taken to a local hospital with