Aviation

Air Force Secretary Troy ​Meink announced on social media earlier this week that the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II attack plane will remain active until 2030. The aging, obsolete aircraft had a retirement deadline this year. The Air Force is now stuck with the A-10 for another four years. This announcement sparked an onslaught of …

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This illustration depicts aircraft B-52G 0248. Although the image is too small to read clearly, the nose art shows the nickname “In Harms [sic] Way.” Back in 1991, on the first night of Operation Desert Storm, an F-4G Wild Weasel fired an AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missile at B-52G 0248. The Wild Weasel crew mistook the …

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