US intensifies campaign to reopen Strait of Hormuz, deploys A-10s, Apaches - report

The United States and its allies have ramped up efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, deploying low-flying warplanes to strike Iranian boats and Apache helicopters to intercept drones, US officials said told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.

Earlier in the day, the top US general, Dan Caine, announced that US A-10 Thunderbolt II jets, commonly known as the Warthog, had entered the war and were on missions along Iran’s southern flank.

The A-10 is “hunting and killing fast-attack watercraft in the Straits of Hormuz,” Gen. Caine said in remarks to the press at the Pentagon. “In addition, AH-64 Apaches have joined the fight on the southern flank, and they continue to work on the southern side. And that includes some of our allies who are using Apaches to handle one-way attack drones.”

US deploys A-10s, Apaches to reopen Strait of Hormuz | The Jerusalem Post

Top US general Dan Caine had announced that American A-10 Thunderbolt II jets had entered the war and were on missions along Iran’s southern flank.

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[mattfivefour]

As you can see in another thread here, the A10 is a ferocious and deadly weapon. Nothing can survive its attack.

 

[Tall Timbers]

As you can see in another thread here, the A10 is a ferocious and deadly weapon. Nothing can survive its attack.

Had I been young enough to become a pilot when I came into the Air Force, I would have tried to become an A-10 pilot. Fighter jocks keep wanting to replace the A-10 with lawn darts but that design simply can't perform the mission of an A-10 like an A-10 can.