In the late 1980s, the U.S. Air Force faced a serious question — could its famous A-10 Thunderbolt II, nicknamed the “Warthog,” survive in modern combat? The A-10 was a slow and heavily armed aircraft ...

The first United States Air Force aircraft built specifically for close air support of ground forces was the A-10C Thunderbolt II. All ground targets, anything from tanks to the most specialized ...