SIMPLE FLYING · DEFENSE
THE AIRCRAFT THE US AIR FORCE SAYS WILL REPLACE THE A-10 WARTHOG, BUT HERE'S WHY CRITICS SAY IT CAN'T...
The jet the United States Air Force says will inherit the Fairchild A-10 Warthog ’s job carries enough ammunition for roughly three seconds of continuous gunfire.
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.”