DefenceTalkThe Administration’s fiscal 2015 budget proposed to retire the entire fleet of A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft beginning in FY2016. This report covers the background to that decision and legislative action as of the end of 2014. Background The A-10 was designed in the 1970s to perform air interdiction, battlefield air interdiction, and close air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/proposed-retirement-of-a-10-aircraft-background-in-brief-61923/

DefenceTalkRussian attack aircraft repeatedly flew near the USS Donald Cook in international waters in the Black Sea on April 12, a Pentagon spokesman said today. The USS Cook was patrolling in the western Black Sea when an unarmed Russian Su-24 Fencer attack aircraft repeatedly flew near the Navy ship, Army Col. Steve Warren told reporters. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-aircraft-flies-near-us-navy-ship-in-black-sea-59321/