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An A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nev., during a weapons evaluation mission Sept. 15, 2022.
An A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nev., during a weapons evaluation mission Sept. 15, 2022.

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Makenna Gott

  • The 355th Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base has started retiring its A-10s.
  • The base was the first to receive the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft nearly 50 years ago.
  • The entire Warthog fleet is expected to be divested in the next three to five years and replaced with F-35s.

The first US Air Force wing to receive operational A-10 attack aircraft nearly 50 years ago has officially begun retiring its fleet and sending them to the Boneyard.

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