F-15 Eagles and F-35 Lightning II fighters may take on future combat search and rescue missions, as the Air Force aims to ...

When an aircraft is built to fly low and slow in areas of intensive ground combat, one can expect that aircraft to take enemy fire. And if an aircraft is expected to take enemy fire, said aircraft ...

Air Force officials are testing disassembling and reassembling the Skyraider II so it can be deployed in hours instead of ...

Moody AFB says the modification enhances the Warthog’s ability to support combat search and rescue and close air support ...

The skill and institutional knowledge preserved by the US Air Force’s A-10 pilots is easily lost, and not easily regained. The F-35’s multirole design prevents it from excelling at close air ...

The concept of converting the F-16 Viper into a close air support platform may sound appealing, but it was ultimately doomed from the start. Originally designed as a lightweight dogfighter, the F-16 ...

The A-10 Thunderbolt II was purpose-built entirely around CAS survivability and direct ground support. AC-130 gunships became the gold standard for precision night CAS with unmatched persistence. MQ-1 ...

You've probably heard that everyone's favorite combat jet, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, is due to be retired any day now. Most estimates peg the date as sometime in early to mid-2026, so time is running ...

The crew provided Close Air Support and precision fire power to the U.S. land forces on the ground in Panama. The attack also involved a series of precision strikes by F-117A Nighthawks. Crews of ...