A-10 Returns To Flight After More Than 3 Years Of Repairs

A-10, tail number 80-0264, is towed to the flight line at Hill AFB, Utah, on Oct. 22 after more than three years of repairs.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
A U.S. Air Force A-10 is returning to service more than three years after it was severely damaged during an inflight emergency and belly landing in Michigan, after an extensive rebuild that required remanufacturing components of the attack jet. The A-10, tail number 80-0264, was flying a training...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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