Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs in South Korea are making their final flights during an annual joint exercise before the sturdy ground attack aircraft are retired.
The U.S. military led strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in the past week that resulted in the capture of an ISIS leader but caused the death of a non-U.S. coalition soldier and injured two non-U.S. personnel, U.S. Central Command said Monday.
The Air Force is retiring A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from South Korea and upgrading its F-16 Fighting Falcons there as part of a “modernization effort” across the service, a news release said.
Apache helicopter gunships let loose this week at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex as hundreds of U.S. and South Korean troops took part in drills near the Demilitarized Zone focused on tactical teamwork and readiness.
The U.S. military community is celebrating the day the U.S. Air Force became an independent branch of the military. The USAF has been the world’s most powerful air force for its entire history — and it has plans to stay that way.
While the A-10s have proven popular for their lifesaving ability to fend off enemy ground attacks when U.S. troops face little-to-no airborne threat, Air Force officials have long worried the aging Warthogs would prove easy targets against China or Russia.
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels Jet Demonstration Team, U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II and the U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II are among the highlights of the 60th Cleveland National Air Show over Labor Day weekend.