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Air Force Sent More A-10s to the Boneyard in 2024, But It Continues to Use the Aircraft Overseas
« on: January 03, 2025, 12:57:41 pm »
Air Force Sent More A-10s to the Boneyard in 2024, But It Continues to Use the Aircraft Overseas
 
Military.com | By Thomas Novelly
Published January 02, 2025 at 5:54pm ET

The Air Force sent at least 39 retired A-10 Thunderbolt IIs to the boneyard in 2024, a significant increase as the service moves toward removing the aircraft from its inventory even as it recently used the planes in training exercises and in combat overseas.

Data from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona showed that 39 A-10C aircraft were brought to the boneyard -- the final resting place for retired planes and jets -- between January and September 2024. It's not clear how many were sent in the final three months of the year.
 
By comparison, there were 17 A-10s sent during the entire year prior, according to the inventory data -- about half as many as the 2024 number. It's a notable increase after Congress allowed the first A-10 retirements in decades in 2022.
 

The hefty 57-foot, 6-inch wingspan close-support aircraft known as the "Warthog" has been in service since the 1970s, and was used in Iraq and Afghanistan.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/01/02/air-force-sent-more-10s-boneyard-2024-it-continues-use-aircraft-overseas.html
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Re: Air Force Sent More A-10s to the Boneyard in 2024, But It Continues to Use the Aircraft Overseas
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2025, 12:58:39 pm »
This reminds me of the wise asset management of the Air Force and the B-1. :whistle:
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Re: Air Force Sent More A-10s to the Boneyard in 2024, But It Continues to Use the Aircraft Overseas
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2025, 05:39:37 pm »
The stupidity never ceases with the USAF.
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Re: Air Force Sent More A-10s to the Boneyard in 2024, But It Continues to Use the Aircraft Overseas
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2025, 08:30:57 pm »
Why not give them to the Arrny or USMC instead?
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Re: Air Force Sent More A-10s to the Boneyard in 2024, But It Continues to Use the Aircraft Overseas
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2025, 09:05:48 pm »
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