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Report: A-10 Retirement Indefinitely Delayed

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Oriana Pawlyk

A pilot assigned to the 104th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron prepares an A-10 Thunderbolt II for a mission May 27, 2012, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The A-10 is a specialized ground-attack aircraft that provides close air support to ground forces operating in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Raymond Geoffroy)

As predicted by Air Combat Command commander Gen. Hawk Carlisle in November, the Air Force is indefinitely freezing all plans to retire the A-10 Warthog, a warplane many officials, airmen and congressional members have rallied behind since the announcement of its withdrawal from the battlefield.

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