{"id":3721204,"date":"2026-07-04T16:28:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/a-10-warthog-final-range-day-davis-monthan-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T16:29:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:29:03","slug":"a-10-warthog-final-range-day-davis-monthan-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/a-10-warthog-final-range-day-davis-monthan-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"One Last Growl: The Warthog\u2019s Final Range Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<p>It is 107 degrees on the range tower at Gila Bend, and a photographer is shielding his camera in the shade between passes so it will not overheat. Then the sound arrives \u2014 that unmistakable, chest-rattling <em>BRRRT<\/em> \u2014 and an A-10C Thunderbolt II drops out of the Arizona haze, guns blazing at the desert floor. On June 24 and 25, 2026, crowds gathered at the Barry M. Goldwater Range to watch the Warthog do the one thing it does better than any aircraft ever built. Most of them knew it was the last time they would see it here.<\/p>\n<p>Davis-Monthan Air Force Base hosted its final public A-10 Range Day \u2014 the end of a tradition the 355th Wing had run roughly every other month for years. For nearly five decades, the growl of the Warthog\u2019s gatling gun has echoed across Tucson\u2019s skies. Now the fleet is winding down, and the range days are winding down with it.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f4f6f9;border-radius:8px;padding:18px 22px;margin:24px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a1a;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:.3px\">QUICK FACTS<\/p><table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5\"><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#666;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Event<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">Final public A-10 Range Day<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#666;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Where<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">Barry M. Goldwater Range, Gila Bend, Arizona<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#666;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>When<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">June 24\u201325, 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#666;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Host<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">355th Wing \/ 357th Fighter Generation Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#666;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Aircraft<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">A-10C Thunderbolt II \u201cWarthog\u201d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#666;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Status<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">Fleet now extended to 2030 after Congress blocked retirement<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A farewell that almost didn\u2019t need to happen<\/h2>\n<p>Here is the twist: the A-10 is not actually dead. The type had been earmarked to leave service by the end of 2026, but Congress refused to let the Air Force retire it without a replacement. The 2026 defense bill barred the service from cutting the fleet below 103 aircraft through September 2026, and in the spring the Air Force confirmed the Warthog would soldier on until 2030.<\/p>\n<p>So this was not the A-10\u2019s last flight. It was the last of the <em>public<\/em> range days \u2014 a casualty of a training pipeline that has already closed. On April 3, 2026, the 357th Fighter Squadron graduated its final class of A-10 pilots. The developmental test detachment at Davis-Monthan shut its doors in December 2025. The jets keep flying; the ecosystem around them is being dismantled piece by piece.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=1789228244  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/a-10-final-range-day-low-pass-june-2026.jpg\" alt=\"A-10C low pass at the final range day\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The Warthog makes a low pass at Davis-Monthan\u2019s final public range day, June 25, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Najzee Kuzu)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The men who watched it grow up<\/h2>\n<p>Among the spectators was retired Lt. Gen. Glen \u201cWally\u201d Moorhead, who has known the aircraft across 38 years of service. Moorhead delivered the very first A-10 to Davis-Monthan nearly half a century ago and was among the first pilots to fly the upgraded A-10C. For him, the day was about the people as much as the machine.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;The culture of attack is a special culture inside the United States Air Force. The people flying the airplanes, the people working on them, loading them, making them work \u2014 that culture of mission is just strong, it\u2019s extremely strong. And it\u2019s always been a pride of mine.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Retired Lt. Gen. Glen \u201cWally\u201d Moorhead<\/strong> &mdash; delivered the first A-10 to Davis-Monthan and flew the A-10C<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>For Tucson, the range days have long been more than an air show. As the 355th Wing put it, the growl of the gun and the sight of a Warthog in the clouds became a wordless message from the base to the city that supports it \u2014 a message that the people inside the fence are mission-ready, constantly.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"max-width:550px;margin:0 auto 28px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?id=2071969924193337600&theme=light\" style=\"width:100%;height:500px;border:none;border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Still lethal, right to the end<\/h2>\n<p>The Warthog earned its reprieve the hard way. In 2026, A-10s flew combat over the Middle East against Iran, sporting a newly fitted nose refueling probe and electronic-warfare pods. Some came home wearing kill markings \u2014 little bombs and the silhouettes of Iranian naval vessels stenciled on their flanks. An aircraft written off as too old, too slow and too vulnerable had just proved it could still find and destroy targets that mattered.<\/p>\n<p>That is the paradox the attack community has lived with for years: the jet everyone keeps trying to kill refuses to stop being useful. The pilots who fly it tend to fall for it hard.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;The attitude, the atmosphere around the A-10 is special. The pilots grow to love each other, and the attack community is a unique bunch.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Retired Col. Bill Pitts<\/strong> &mdash; flew the A-10 for more than 14 years<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>Col. Jose Cabrera, the 355th Wing commander, watched the final passes alongside the families and civic leaders. The service called the demonstration \u201cpowerful and precise\u201d \u2014 a living portrait of everything the A-10 mission has represented: discipline, dedication, and an unwavering commitment to the troops on the ground looking up.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1jrcl215OCk\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>The Warthog will keep flying until 2030. But the crowds on the range tower at Gila Bend have watched their last live-fire show. When the guns finally fall silent for good, Tucson will notice the quiet.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources: Davis-Monthan AFB \/ 355th Wing public affairs; U.S. Air Force; DVIDS; Stars and Stripes; Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- mf-faq -->\n\n<div class=\"mf-faq-block\"><style>.mf-faq-block{margin:34px 0}.mf-faq-item:not([open]) .mf-faq-answer{display:none !important}.mf-faq-block h2.mf-faq-h{padding-top:22px;margin-bottom:14px}.mf-faq-item{border:1px solid #e2e8f5;border-radius:8px;margin:0 0 10px;background:#fff}.mf-faq-item summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;padding:15px 50px 15px 18px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;position:relative;line-height:1.45;user-select:none}.mf-faq-item summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mf-faq-item summary::after{content:\"+\";position:absolute;right:18px;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);font-size:1.5em;font-weight:400;color:#5C91FF;line-height:1}.mf-faq-item[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mf-faq-item[open] summary{border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f8}.mf-faq-item summary:hover{background:#f5f8ff}.mf-faq-answer{padding:14px 18px;color:#333;line-height:1.6}.mf-faq-answer p{margin:0}<\/style><h2 class=\"mf-faq-h\">Related Questions<\/h2><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>What is an A-10 range day?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>A range day is a live-fire demonstration the U.S. Air Force\u2019s 355th Wing holds at the Barry M. Goldwater Range near Gila Bend, Arizona. An A-10C Thunderbolt II shows off its combat mission \u2014 gun runs, rockets and flares \u2014 for Airmen, families and civic guests. The events had been held roughly every other month for years.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>Is the A-10 Warthog being retired?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>The A-10 was scheduled to leave service by the end of 2026, but Congress blocked a full retirement and the Air Force extended the fleet to 2030. The 2026 defense bill barred cutting the fleet below 103 aircraft through September 2026. Training and events like the public range days are still winding down as the fleet shrinks.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>Why is the A-10 called the Warthog?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>\u201cWarthog\u201d (often shortened to \u201cHog\u201d) is the affectionate nickname crews gave the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II for its blunt, ungainly looks. It was built around its 30mm GAU-8\/A Avenger cannon to kill tanks and support troops on the ground.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>Did the A-10 see combat in 2026?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>Yes. A-10s flew combat missions against Iran in 2026, fitted with a new nose-mounted aerial-refueling probe and electronic-warfare pods, and some returned with kill markings depicting bombs and Iranian naval vessels \u2014 part of the reason Congress and the Air Force kept the type flying.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>Where are most U.S. A-10s based?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, is home to one of the largest concentrations of A-10s and to the boneyard where retired aircraft are stored. 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