Ground attack aircraft tend to be faster and smaller than purpose-built bombers, yet heavier and more plodding than fighter aircraft. Occupying a middle ground, ground-pounders have pulled double duty ...

“Air-to-ground” missions are launched to use air capabilities to achieve tangible outcomes on the ground—chiefly the destruction of enemy forces. Air-to-ground (A2G) operations are exactly what they ...

Europe’s last Sukhoi Su-22 ground attack aircraft have been formally withdrawn from Polish Air Force service after 41 years in the air. Several of the remaining Su-22s, known to NATO as “Fitter,” made ...