This is the long-forgotten Northrop YA-9, a prototype attack jet that very nearly took the A-10's title as America's sweetheart plane.

U.S. Marines conduct a close-air-support exercise in a UH-1Y Venom helicopter. The GAU-21 machine gun is a lightened version of the powerful M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun. The M134 (aka GAU-17 ...

Key Points and Summary - Beloved for saving troops in Desert Storm and the war on terror, the A-10 Warthog is finally headed for retirement. -The Air Force plans to divest all 162 jets by 2026, ...

A U.S. Marine fires a GAU-21 machine gun from a UH-1Y Venom helicopter attached to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, during close ...

Each member of the BRT unit is set to receive roughly 1,000 hours of annual training—working alongside mission partners at Whiteman AFB, where the B-2s are stationed.

The A-10 was designed to fly low and slow over the battlefield and offer troops sustained fire support. With the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II slated for retirement, the Lockheed Martin F-35 ...

Attack aviation provides flexible close air support in theaters under Army control, but modern surface-to-air missiles make Apaches vulnerable, and there is no easy fix because physics favors anti-air ...

The Air Force plans to move several special operations units from Florida to Arizona’s Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in a shakeup of initial plans to replace the installation’s retiring A-10s with a ...

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