Attack Aircraft

A Harrier jump jet crashed on Monday near Havelock, North Carolina, near Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.

The 4th Special Operations Squadron, 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field received its first AC-130J Block 30.

The U.S. Marine Corps' F/A-18C/D Hornet fighter fleet is getting a radar upgrade.

An AV-8B Harrier aircraft operating aboard the USS Kearsarge in the Mediterranean was damaged earlier this month.

The Air Force may be backtracking from its stated plan to keep the A-10 Thunderbolt II flying until 2030.

Secretary Wilson said that new wings for the A-10 will keep the aircraft in the inventory for another dozen years.

Lawmakers have been pressing the U.S. Air Force the last few weeks about its light attack program.

Critics should look at recent problems with the Air Force's newest AC-130J gunship as routine the command's top general said.

The service is requesting that defense companies submit ideas on how best to develop new wings for the A-10 fleet,

The Air Force has selected two aircraft in its "light attack experiment" to undergo more demonstration fly-offs.