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The A-10 Thunderbolt II, better known as the Warthog, has been an American airpower staple for nearly a half-century now, and in a real way, so has the effort to retire it. Now, the Pentagon has decided to keep these jets in service through at least 2030... But it isn't for the reasons you might think.
Watch our previous video on the Stealth A-10 Concept:
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sandboxx.us/news/americas-replicator-initiative-signals-a-shift-in-combat-philosophy
sandboxx.us/news/believe-it-or-not-the-a-10-can-hold-its-own-in-a-dogfight
https://x.com/WillPBach/status/2046747217290027514
washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/03/f-15-crash-iran-missing
airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2015/02/06/a-10-warplane-tops-list-for-friendly-fire-deaths
pbs.org/newshour/nation/critics-accuse-air-force-manipulating-data-support-10-retirement
jalopnik.com/pierre-spreys-anti-f-35-diatribe-is-half-brilliant-and-1592445665
airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2015/02/06/a-10-warplane-tops-list-for-friendly-fire-deaths
theaviationgeekclub.com/a-10-pilot-tells-how-many-bullets-the-warthogs-gau-8-a-cannon-carries-into-battle-and-for-how-long-the-avenger-can-fire-continuously
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Combat_damage_assessment_team_A-10-GAU-8_low_angle_firings_versus_individual_Soviet_tanks_%28February-March_1978%29_%28IA_combatdamageasse00stol%29.pdf
2951clss-gulfwar.com/about-gulf-war-a10s.html
theaviationgeekclub.com/highest-time-a-10-pilot-who-destroyed-23-tanks-in-one-day-during-operation-desert-storm-retires-after-37-year-career-and-7500-hours-in-the-warthog
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104490/a-10c-thunderbolt-ii/
airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2025/11/USAF-Fighter-Force-Structure-Report_Oct-2025.pdf
breakingdefense.com/2025/10/air-force-needs-hundreds-more-fighters-service-says
airandspaceforces.com/air-force-divest-fleet-2025
theaviationist.com/2026/02/24/jassm-lrasm-jsm-mq-9b
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The A-10 Thunderbolt II, better known as the Warthog, has been an American airpower staple for nearly a half-century now, and in a real way, so has the effort to retire it. Now, the Pentagon has decided to keep these jets in service through at least 2030... But it isn't for the reasons you might think.
Watch our previous video on the Stealth A-10 Concept:
youtube.com/watch?v=uKJ-D9HY-Do
Watch our previous video about the Fighter Mafia:
youtube.com/watch?v=KbiNmKDqQBU
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Citations:
sandboxx.us/news/americas-replicator-initiative-signals-a-shift-in-combat-philosophy
sandboxx.us/news/believe-it-or-not-the-a-10-can-hold-its-own-in-a-dogfight
https://x.com/WillPBach/status/2046747217290027514
washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/03/f-15-crash-iran-missing
airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2015/02/06/a-10-warplane-tops-list-for-friendly-fire-deaths
pbs.org/newshour/nation/critics-accuse-air-force-manipulating-data-support-10-retirement
jalopnik.com/pierre-spreys-anti-f-35-diatribe-is-half-brilliant-and-1592445665
airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2015/02/06/a-10-warplane-tops-list-for-friendly-fire-deaths
theaviationgeekclub.com/a-10-pilot-tells-how-many-bullets-the-warthogs-gau-8-a-cannon-carries-into-battle-and-for-how-long-the-avenger-can-fire-continuously
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Combat_damage_assessment_team_A-10-GAU-8_low_angle_firings_versus_individual_Soviet_tanks_%28February-March_1978%29_%28IA_combatdamageasse00stol%29.pdf
2951clss-gulfwar.com/about-gulf-war-a10s.html
theaviationgeekclub.com/highest-time-a-10-pilot-who-destroyed-23-tanks-in-one-day-during-operation-desert-storm-retires-after-37-year-career-and-7500-hours-in-the-warthog
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104490/a-10c-thunderbolt-ii/
airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2025/11/USAF-Fighter-Force-Structure-Report_Oct-2025.pdf
breakingdefense.com/2025/10/air-force-needs-hundreds-more-fighters-service-says
airandspaceforces.com/air-force-divest-fleet-2025
theaviationist.com/2026/02/24/jassm-lrasm-jsm-mq-9b
