The A 29 Super Tucano How a Propeller Plane Became a 21st Century War Machine. Posted: February 10, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025.

A Super Cost-Effective CAS Aircraft. As an aircraft design, it is far newer than the F-15 or F-16, and though a turboprop aircraft, the A-29 Super Tucano was developed in the 1990s.

A-29 Super Tucano: The Future of Close Air Support With a vocal subset of fans and proponents, the A-10 Warthog is one of the most recognizable combat aircraft in the U.S. Air Force’s arsenal.

Such systems have been widely used in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, severely limiting the use of unstealthy fourth-generation fighter aircraft, which can fly much faster and higher than the A-29.