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U.S. Air Force loses Warthog attack jet near Hormuz
(defence-blog.com)
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Warthog is a nickname that they couldn't get rid of. It's officially the Thunderbolt II.
I think its kind of dumb because the P-47 Thunderbolt was a high altitude interceptor/fighter that also happened to be good at ground pounding.
The A-10 is exclusively a ground pounder that becomes a sitting duck if it ever gets caught with its pants down.
Dunno why they copted a fighter name.
A-10 is live target practice for Iran's domestically produced manpads. It should not be anywhere near this conflict. That they are using it at all shows massive incompetence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misagh-2
The whole reason why there isn't a modern equivalent to the A-10 is because the Air Force knew that said plane wouldn't be able to survive in a conflict where the enemy had any surface-to-air attack capability.