USAF has two airmen at Bagram AB, Afghanistan, who sew things that help keep A-10 Warthog pilots safe. Deployed from Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., SSgt. Andrew Topor and SrA. Adam Hatch, both survival equipment technicians, assemble everything thing A-10 drivers need from anti-gravity suits, parachutes, and survival vests to engine covers for their Warthogs.
Air Force senior statesmen explained the reasons they jointly sent a letter to Congress urging restoration of the E-7 Wedgetail and more F-35s to the fiscal 2026 defense budget.