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Air Force’s last serving prisoner of war, shot down in Desert Storm, retires after 33 years

“I don’t regret going over there, fighting and getting shot down ... That’s what I took an oath to do.”

Why the Air Force wants to cut dozens of A-10s, everyone’s favorite close air support aircraft

Brrrt why?

This A-10’s new paint job pays tribute to the original flying tank of World War II

"The Thunderbolt was the hammer: big and strong, it could take a lot of punishment and still deliver a lethal blow."

Feds charge retired Air Force officer for allegedly taking part in the Capitol Hill insurrection

Larry Rendell Brock was arrested on Sunday.

Lawmakers just saved dozens of A-10 Warthogs from the boneyard

The beloved A-10 will keep on BRRRTing in the free world for the time being.

Check out these incredible photos of all four Air Force tactical demo team jets flying in formation

What's better than one Air Force demonstration team? How about all four — at the same time?

A-10 pilot awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for dramatic landing with missing canopy and no landing gear

Bad. Ass.

Major Devries Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross

Confessions of an A-10 pilot: What it’s like to fly a cannon with wings

Task & Purpose asks an A-10 pilot what it it’s like to fly a cannon with wings; how it feels when it "BRRRRTs"; what unit traditions are unique to Warthog...

The A-10 Thunderbolt II in action

Get up close and personal with the A-10 Thunderbolt II in this Air Force-produced video

The Air Force wants to retire aging aircraft. It will have to get past Congress first

For some U.S. Air Force leaders, retiring the A-10 Warthog close-air support aircraft was a simple decision.

DoD: We’re retiring 44 A-10s. Arizona lawmakers: fight me

Sen. McSally said she told Air Force leaders she "would not allow their plan to mothball 44 A-10s starting in October to happen."

The Air Force wants to get rid of some of its most well-known aircraft. Here’s what’s on the chopping block

The $207.2 billion total spending in the Air Force's 2021 budget request would part with a number of noteworthy aircraft, including 17 B-1B Lancer bombers and 44 A-10 Thunderbolt ground-attack...

Bye-bye to BRRRT: the Air Force wants to retire 44 A-10 Warthogs

Despite multiple efforts to push the iconic A-10 Warthog's retirement date further into the future, the U.S. Air Force is now slated to shelve dozens of the Cold War-era ground-attack...

BRRRT vs. BRRAPP: How Americans describe the glorious sound of the A-10 firing, in 2 maps

One airman's BRRRT is another airman's VRRRT

This video of 6 A-10 Warthogs dropping flares over the Persian Gulf is absolutely glorious

There are few things that scream 'America' more than the incredible might of the U.S. military. Warm apple pie with … Continued

Survey: How do you spell the sound that an A-10 Warthog’s autocannon makes?

There are few sounds more welcome to U.S. military personnel than the sound of an A-10 Thunderbolt II's GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm autocannon raining down a hail of lead on an...

We salute the Air Force girlfriend with a ‘BRRRT’ jacket at an A-10 pilot’s homecoming

Some things are just so good, they bring tears to your eyes.

Two A-10 pilots receive the Distinguished Flying Cross for rescuing troops under heavy fire in Afghanistan

The Distinguished Flying Cross is rarely awarded, let alone awarded twice on the same day to two members of the same fighter squadron, but that's exactly what happened for two...

Move over A-10: The Air Force is picking up some brand new light attack aircraft

After years of uncertainty, the Air Force has finally decided to add two new light attack aircraft to its inventory

The A-10 Warthog will now BRRRT! in surround sound

The beloved A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft is picking up a brand new "three-dimensional" surround-sound audio system too boost Warthog pilots' situational awareness

Here’s what it looks like on the receiving end of an A-10 Warthog’s scary-as-f*ck gun run

There are few things more glorious than the furious BRRRT! of the A-10 Warthog's GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm autocannon laying the law on ground-based foes — and now we know exactly...

The Air Force’s entire A-10 Warthog fleet is getting a raft of lethal new upgrades

Fresh off a fraught decade-long rewinging effort, the Air Force's beloved A-10 Thunderbolt II fleet is poised to keep on BRRRTing in the free world for at least another decade...

An A-10 accidentally fired a rocket near Tucson during training mission

Fortunately, the white phosphorous M-156 rocket landed about 60 miles northeast of Tucson in a remote area.

Air Force A-10 gets hit by bird, ‘inadvertently’ drops 3 dummy bombs in Florida

An Air Force A-10 pilot dropped three dummy rounds after being hit by a bird during a routine training flight on Monday in Florida.