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US Air Force seeks to retire all A-10 Warthogs by 2027
« on: June 27, 2025, 12:30:58 pm »
US Air Force seeks to retire all A-10 Warthogs by 2027
By Ryan Finnerty26 June 2025
 
The US Air Force (USAF) hopes to dramatically accelerate retirements of its Fairchild Republic A-10 attack fighters, with fiscal year 2026 budget plans calling for the entire fleet to be phased out by 2027.

Those plans were detailed by senior Pentagon officials, who provided FlightGlobal an overview of the president’s fiscal year 2026 defence budget request on 26 June. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity.

The spending package includes a request for $57 million that would be used to retire all of the remaining 162 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, which are more commonly known by the moniker Warthog.
 
The A-10C Thunderbolt II was designed to attack Soviet tanks, but instead became the favourite close air support platform of combat troops in the US Army and US Marine Corps fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan

The USAF has sought to retire the Cold War-era attack jets for more than a decade, describing them as vulnerable to modern air defences. A devoted following among ground combat troops from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, aided by supporters in Congress, prevented the divestments.

https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/us-air-force-seeks-to-retire-all-a-10-warthogs-by-2027/163588.article
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Re: US Air Force seeks to retire all A-10 Warthogs by 2027
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2025, 05:44:02 pm »
Better planes for CAS are the AC-130Js - they carry far more fire power, are precise in their targeting, and hit from 20,000 feet targets that are 5 miles distant.
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Re: US Air Force seeks to retire all A-10 Warthogs by 2027
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2025, 05:51:30 pm »
Quote from: BobfromWB on June 27, 2025, 05:44:02 pm
Better planes for CAS are the AC-130Js - they carry far more fire power, are precise in their targeting, and hit from 20,000 feet targets that are 5 miles distant.
Perhaps.
Granted, the C-130s have devastating effect from a safe distance.

But from the viewpoint of one on the ground watching that A10 pivot and swoop in like a hunting raptor has a gut level psychological effect the C-130s will not match, even when they strike.
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Re: US Air Force seeks to retire all A-10 Warthogs by 2027
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2025, 06:01:33 pm »
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Re: US Air Force seeks to retire all A-10 Warthogs by 2027
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2025, 11:05:57 pm »
The Air Force should turn it over to the Army and Marines and then get the hell out of the way.
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