Ops Brief 140: Daily Drop - 1 Apr 2026 - F-35 Crash & The A-10 Comeback!
Send us Fan MailPeaches is back for April 1st—and no, this isn’t a joke.An F-35 goes down near Nellis, the A-10 Thunderbolt II is suddenly “needed again,” and we’re now talking about laser weapons for base defense. If that sounds like chaos… it kind of is. Meanwhile, the USS George H.W. Bush is deploying, more Marines are moving, and leadership still won’t rule out ground troops.Peaches calls it straight—this is what happens when strategy, politics, and reality collide. The Air Force tried to kill the A-10… now it’s doubling down on it. Acquisition is still slow. And we’re just now getting…
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