The A-10 still serves the Air Force today after more than five decades in service. T he A-10 Thunderbolt II may be well into ...

The Air Force’s decision to award the contract to Fairchild Republic—which went on to build the A-10 Warthog—proved to be one of the greatest decisions Pentagon acquisitions experts have ever made.

Given the Pentagon’s antipathy toward the A-10, its proponents should offer meaningful ways to keep it relevant in the modern era—such as the incorporation of unmanned aerial drones.

The Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is one of the most formidable attack aircraft ever built in the United States.