Lt. Col. Ryan Richardson, 514th Flight Test Squadron commander and A-10 test pilot, rolls out after landing following a functional check flight on an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, July 25, 2019. The aircraft is from the Moody Air Force Base, Ga., and was the last of 173 A-10s to receive new wings under the Enhanced Wing Assembly program to extend the flying service life of the fleet. (Alex R. Lloyd/Air Force)
Business Insider/Military.com: The Air Force just finished strapping new wings onto the A-10 Warthog to keep it flying until the late 2030s
* The Air Force has installed new wings on 173 of its A-10 Thunderbolts, which are about 61% of the service's 282 A-10s.
* The future of the A-10 has been in doubt in recent years, but the new wings are expected to keep the ground-attack aircraft flying until the late 2030s.
The Air Force said Monday that it has finished installing new wings on the last of 173 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs.
The re-winging of the venerable attack aircraft, popularly known as the Warthog, is expected to allow it to keep flying until the late 2030s, Air Force Materiel Command said in a release.
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.
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