August 13, 2019
See This Strange Looking 'New' A-10 Warthog? It Is Special for 1 Big Reason.
The new wings for the A-10 fleet are expected to last for up to 10,000 equivalent flight hours without a depot inspection.
by Dario Leone
Workers at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex at Hill Air Force Base have installed the last of 173 new wings on A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, finalizing a project that started in 2011 with aircraft 80-0173.
As explained by Alex Lloyd, Ogden Air Logistics Complex, in the article From 173 to 173: A-10 Enhanced Wing Assembly program comes to an end, the ALC’s 571st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron swapped wings on 162 A-10s as part of the A-10 Enhanced Wing Assembly replacement program. The remaining 11 were installed at Osan Air Base in the Republic of Korea.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/see-strange-looking-new-10-warthog-it-special-1-big-reason-73166