{"id":32201,"date":"2019-08-13T18:24:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T18:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/13\/a-10-re-winging-completed-will-keep-warthog-in-the-air-until-late-2030s\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:05:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:05:56","slug":"a-10-re-winging-completed-will-keep-warthog-in-the-air-until-late-2030s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/08\/13\/a-10-re-winging-completed-will-keep-warthog-in-the-air-until-late-2030s\/","title":{"rendered":"A-10 re-winging completed, will keep Warthog in the air until late 2030s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Air Force said Monday that it has finished installing new wings on the last of 173 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The re-winging of the venerable attack aircraft<\/a>, popularly known as the Warthog<\/a>, is expected to allow it to keep flying until the late 2030s, Air Force Materiel Command said in a release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The upgraded wings should last for up to 10,000 flight hours without requiring a depot inspection, AFMC said. And they have an improved, newly designed wire harness to make the wings easier to remove, and lessen the chance of damaging the wing during the removal process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These aircraft account for about 61 percent of the Air Force\u2019s roughly 282 Warthogs. Boeing received a $1.1 billion contract in 2007 to build replacement wings at its Macon, Georgia, plant, and work began in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 571st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex at Hill Air Force Base in Utah handled re-winging for 162 A-10s, the bulk of the project. The final A-10 was also re-winged at Ogden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Osan Air Base in South Korea replaced the wings for the other 11 aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\t