The Air Force sent at least 39 retired A-10 Thunderbolt IIs to the boneyard in 2024, a significant increase as the service moves toward removing the aircraft from its inventory even as it recently ...

The U.S. Air Force is pulling old and nonoperational F-16s out of its airplane graveyard known as "the boneyard" to send to Ukraine for spare parts. An Air Force spokesperson confirmed the donated ...

The United States Air Force saw thirty-nine—or nearly 20 percent—of its fleet of 218 Cold War-era Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support (CAS) attack aircraft retired in 2024. In ...

An A-10 at Davis-Monthan AFB taxis toward the boneyard on Feb. 6, 2024. (Staff Sgt. Nicholas Ross/U.S. Air Force) The first set of A-10 Warthogs from the 355th Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, ...

The U.S. Air Force is sending some retired F-16s that are not operational to Ukraine for the embattled nation to use as spare parts in its fight against Russia. (SSgt. Desiree N. Palacios/U.S. Air ...