BIG AVIATION REPORT

Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:40:42 MT

THE AVIATIONIST · DEFENSE

FINAL A-10C THUNDERBOLT II LEAVES NELLIS AFB...

A month after the final training sortie with the 66th Weapons Squadron, the last A-10C Thunderbolt II assigned to Nellis AFB has left the base.

SCOTT: Types leave the inventory the same way they arrived — one last student, one last crew. Worth remembering the next time someone says a mission airplane is “too ugly to kill.”

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