Maryland loses last A-10s, becomes the only Air Guard without planes

Zita Fletcher
Wed, September 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM EDT
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Maryland Air National Guard Lt. Col. Steven Montalvo gestures farewell to fellow guardsmen while taxiing to the runway in an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Martin State Airport, Maryland, on March 26, 2025. The aircraft was the first to be sent from the 175th Wing to the boneyard in Tucson, Arizona, as part of the process of divesting the Maryland Air National Guard A-10C Thunderbolt II fleet. (Airman 1st Class Sarah Hoover/Air National Guard)

The long-planned divestment of Maryland’s A-10C Thunderbolt II warplanes this week left the state’s Air National Guard as the only one in the U.S. without a flying mission.

While the state’s Army National Guard still retains Chinook, Lakota and Black Hawk helicopters for air missions, its Air National Guard no longer has aircraft, a representative of the Maryland National Guard Public Affairs Office confirmed to Military Times.

The removal of the last two A-10s, known as “Warthogs,” from the Maryland Air National Guard’s 104th Fighter Squadron took place Tuesday at Martin State Airport.

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