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The U.S. Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, in Nevada, recently completed its final weapons instructor course for the A-10 Warthog. Despite an extension in service for three A-10 squadrons to 2030, and recent combat operations in the Middle East, the Weapons School has shuttered its elite training course in line with USAF divestment plans for the type, which were previously set for the end of 2026.

TWZ’s Jamie Hunter recently visited the 66th Weapons Squadron (WPS) and got a detailed cockpit and walk-around tour of an A-10C with “Trippin,” an experienced instructor pilot attached to the unit.

A full episode that goes in-depth with the A-10 Weapons School will kick-off TWZ’s first season of Special Access on YouTube soon, so stay tuned!

A-10 Cockpit And Walk-Around Tour With A Warthog Weapons Instructor

May 30 (UPI) — A United Airlines flight traveling from Chicago to Minneapolis had to be diverted after an unruly passenger attempted to breach the cockpit.

The Minnesota-bound flight instead safely landed at Dane County Regional Airport near Madison, Wisc., “to address a security concern with an unruly passenger,” the airline told The Guardian and NBC News.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and local police responded to reports about the passenger, who was detained at the airport after the flight landed.

“I do not believe they ever cuffed him, but they were able to finally get control of him after multiple attempts to try to breach the cockpit,” a crew member told air traffic controllers.

“I believe at this point he is seated in a seat and flanked with law enforcement officers on either side,” the crew member said.

The Dane County sheriff’s office told USA Today that the 75-year-old passenger who attempted to breach the cockpit several times appeared to be having a mental health crisis and seemed to be confused.

None of the 147 passengers and six crew members aboard the Boeing 747 was hurt in the incident.

Police said that the man’s family was traveling to Madison from Minneapolis to meet him and that no criminal charges are expected to be filed against him.