This is the long-forgotten Northrop YA-9, a prototype attack jet that very nearly took the A-10's title as America's sweetheart plane.

The United States Air Force A-10 was designed as a Close Air Support aircraft, built around a potent armor-destroying 30 mm rotating barrel cannon known as the Avenger. Known as the A-10 ‘Thunderbolt ...

The A-10 Thunderbolt II, affectionately known as the Warthog, has been in service since the late 1970s and served as a close air support combat aircraft in conflicts such as the Gulf War, Operation ...

Old doesn’t mean obsolete. The Army’s longest-serving aircraft still fly because they do jobs newer platforms sometimes can’t ...

Both the Russian and American aircraft are entering the end of their useful service lives, as ground anti-air defenses grow increasingly sophisticated.

Defence contractor L3Harris appears unconcerned about the Pentagon’s move to reduce annual purchases of its new close-air support turboprop. The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) fiscal year 2026 ...

Y-20B transport aircraft is reviewed a September 3, 2025. Photo: CCTV News. Aerial echelons composed of aircraft for early warning, reconnaissanc ...

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A Russian aircraft recently flew within a few hundred meters of a German frigate in the Baltic Sea. The encounter came amid a series of Russian drone and aircraft incursions into NATO airspace. A top ...

The United States Air Force A-10 was designed as a Close Air Support aircraft, built around a potent armor-destroying 30 mm rotating barrel cannon known as the Avenger. Known as the A-10 ‘Thunderbolt ...