The A-10 still serves the Air Force today after more than five decades in service. The A-10 Thunderbolt II may ... to as the “Warthog,” the Fairchild Republic-created A-10 remains the sole ...

Pilots who have flown the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II in combat will tell you, gratefully, that the airplane is tough to shoot down. That hasn’t stopped the U.S. Air Force from trying.

The smaller firm, Fairchild Republic, was much more thorough in ... The YA-10 became the A-10 Thunderbolt II (or Warthog), and would go on to become one of the Air Force’s most storied planes ...