A newly emerged report offers a few new details on a test that compared the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack plane and the F-35 strike fighter, but raises more questions about the 5th-generation jet’s ...

Ever since the Joint Strike Fighter program took flight in 2001, the U.S. Air Force hasn't been quiet about what it wants out of the expensive fifth-generation aircraft: to have the F-35 Lightning II ...

Summary and Key Points: Comparative testing between the F-35 Lightning II and A-10 Thunderbolt II Warthog, conducted from 2018 to 2019, revealed that the F-35 did not outperform the A-10 in all ...

The good news is the Pentagon is finally pitting its tried-and-true A-10 Warthog against its brand-new F-35 Lightning II to see which one is better when it comes to helping out troops on the ground.

The USAF has been trying to kill the A-10 for as long as the Warthog has been in service. Part of this effort saw the A-10's huge GAU-8 Avenger 30mm cannon shrunk down into a pod that could be carried ...

The A-10 Thunderbolt II (left) and the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet squared off in a series of unpublicized close-air support tests this week. (Air Force) The much-anticipated A-10 vs. F-35 close-air ...

The A-10 was designed to fly low and slow over the battlefield and offer troops sustained fire support. With the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II slated for retirement, the Lockheed Martin F-35 ...