The US Air Force is finally getting rid of its A-10s, and its focus may be straying from the Warthog's unique mission

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A-10 over Germany
An A-10 over central Germany in February 2000.

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PHOTO: A U-2 pilot took a selfie with the Chinese spy balloon the day before the Air Force shot it down

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A U-2 Dragon Lady flies above the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, California, Mar. 23, 2016.
A U-2 over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California in March 2016.

US Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert M. Trujillo)

The US military let artificial intelligence fly a fighter jet and even battle simulated enemies in air-to-air combat

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The X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft, or VISTA, flies over Palmdale, Calif., Aug. 26, 2022. A joint Department of Defense team executed 12 artificial intelligence, or AI, flight tests in which AI agents piloted the X-62A VISTA to perform advanced fighter maneuvers at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 1-16, 2022.
The X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft, or VISTA, flies over Palmdale, Calif., Aug.

The newest Sidewinders have become 'the weapons of choice' against unidentified objects over the US, top general says

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The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, U.S. February 4, 2023.
A suspected Chinese spy balloon after being shot down off the coast of South Carolina on February 4.

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An F-16 fighter jet missed on its first try to shoot down a mysterious object over Lake Huron, top US general says

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A US Air Force F-16D Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 421st Fighter Squadron from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, conducts low surface attack tactics and low altitude navigation training over the Utah Test and Training Range on May 17, 2017.
A US Air Force F-16D Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 421st Fighter Squadron from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, conducts low surface attack tactics and low altitude navigation training over the Utah Test and Training Ran

Here's why mysterious flying objects are suddenly popping up all over the place, according to the military command that's been shooting them down

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U.S. Air Force Maj. Josh Gunderson, F-22 Demonstration Team commander, performs during a practice at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., May 29, 2020.
U.S. Air Force Maj. Josh Gunderson, F-22 Demonstration Team commander, performs during a practice at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., May 29, 2020.

US Air Force photo by Lt. Sam Eckholm

US general refuses to rule out aliens after third suspicious flying object is shot down by the military over its airspace

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An F-16C Fighting Falcon flies by during a US Air Force firepower demonstration on September 14, 2007 near Indian Springs, Nevada.

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After nearly 2 decades in service, the F-22 has its first air-to-air kills — neither against the jets it was designed to fight

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F-22 Raptor
F-22 Raptor

US Air Force photo by Lt. Sam Eckholm

The US military didn't know if the missile that took out a Chinese spy balloon would work when an F-22 took the shot, commander says

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US Marines with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 533 load an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile onto an F/A-18D Hornet aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 28, 2022.
US Marines load an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile onto an F/A-18D Hornet at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Japan in September.

US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriel Durand

B-52 crews are getting special brain training to help them fly the US Air Force's oldest bomber

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B-52 bomber lands in UK
A US Air Force B-52 bomber lands at RAF Fairford in February 2022.

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