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39 je penzionisano do kraja fiskalne godine ( 1. oktobar) i prebaceno u pustinju.
Citat:The U.S. Air Force sent at least 39 A-10s to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona this year, more than double the number of Warthogs it sent into mothballs in 2023. The service is pushing steadily ahead with plans to retire the type for good before the end of the decade, if not well before then, though the venerable ground attack aircraft continues to see combat in the interim.
Data on A-10 retirements are available on official monthly inventory reports from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), released between January and September. The 309th AMARG manages the boneyard and received 17 Warthogs in 2023. There were 50 A-10As and 107 A-10Cs in storage in total, many of which are in non-flyable condition, as of September 2024. How many additional A-10s may have headed into retirement in the past three months is unknown.
When Fiscal Year 2024 began on Oct. 1 of last year, there were 218 A-10s in service across the Air Force, according to separate data released back in March as part of the annual U.S. defense budget request rollout. The 39 Warthogs that went to the boneyard this year represent nearly 20% of that total. The Air Force currently plans to retire the last of the ground attack jets, which it argues have ever-more limited survivability and general utility, especially in any future high-end operations, such as a conflict in the Pacific against China, no later than 2030.
https://www.twz.com/air/39-a-10-warthogs-went-to-t.....prior-year
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