Warthog

Maryland Air National Guard’s iconic ‘flying tank’ retires to Hagerstown museum.

Maryland’s Hagerstown Aviation Museum will serve as the military aircraft’s new home.

Modernization effort will replace aging attack aircraft with fourth- and fifth-generation fighters.

The service is planning to send its fleet of aging attack aircraft to the ‘boneyard’ within the next five years.

The close air support YA-9A had intriguing design features despite losing a pivotal contract to replace the aging Douglas A-1 Skyraider.