Moody AFB bytter ut sine A-10 med F-35 - Stars & Stripes

 

Litt pussig, men Moody AFB og Laughlin AFB som flyene under fløy over, var begge Air Training Command baser på 60 og 70-tallet da jeg var flyelev på Williams AFB. Av disse tre er det bare Laughlin som driver med trening og opplæring.  (Red.)

Moody AFB will get F-35s as Air Force moves to retire its A-10 Warthogs

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Corey Dickstein

Stars and Stripes • June 27, 2023

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An A-10 Thunderbolt II and F-35 Lightning II fly side by side over Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, in October 2020. (David Phaff/U.S. Air Force)

ATLANTA — The Air Force will base F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter jets at Moody Air Force Base in the coming years as the installation retires its A-10 attack aircraft, the service announced Monday.

The Air Force will base two squadrons of the service’s most advanced fighters at the south Georgia base with the first aircraft set to arrive in fiscal 2027, according to the announcement. The decision comes as Congress appeared poised to allow the Air Force to retire much of its fleet of A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, affectionately known as Warthogs, a move long requested by the service.