WHY THE A-10 WARTHOG'S RESCUE OF A DOWNED F-15E PILOT FORCED THE US AIR FORCE TO REVERSE ITS RETIREMENT...
After 2026's Operation Epic Fury and the F-15E rescue operation in Iran , the Air Force said it would keep the much-loved Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog) in service until Fiscal 2030.
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.”
