An A-10 squadron is loading up with a lot more bombs for a new mission even as the Air Force tries to get rid of its attack planes

Fri, 04/28/2023 - 15:10

A-10 Thunderbolt in Afghanistan — An airman inspects and cleans a rack on an A-10 Thunderbolt at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan on December 2, 2011.
US Air Force/Senior Airman Corey Hook

A-10 Warthog attack planes are getting a new mission in the Middle East and more bombs.
The aircraft are getting a software update to give it more firepower, Defense One reported.
Air Force leadership has been trying for years to retire its aging fleet of Warthogs.

The US Air Force is giving some of its A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft a new mission and arming them with a lot more bombs, even as the service leadership tries to retire the aging planes.