• US Air Force A-10 Warthogs were part of the rescue operation for downed airmen in Iran.
• The A-10s were in a “Sandy” role supporting search and rescue.
• The Air Force has pushed for the retirement of its A-10 fleet, deeming them obsolete.

US Air Force A-10 Warthogs, decades-old attack aircraft the service has been pushing into retirement, were part of the risky rescue missions to retrieve downed American airmen in Iran.

The Warthogs flew in their “Sandy” roles, supporting search and rescue while engaging in close-in battles at low altitudes. The rescue marks the latest involvement of the A-10 in the US war in Iran despite the Air Force’s plans to imminently shelve its remaining fleet.

Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shared details on the aircraft used in the mission during a Monday briefing on the rescue of the pilot and weapon systems officer after an F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over Iran last week.

Caine said that a task force including A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft, commonly called Warthogs, “audaciously penetrated enemy territory in broad daylight” to rescue the F-15E pilot. “This was an incredibly dangerous mission,” he added, sharing the task force faced Iranian fire while locating and retrieving the downed pilot.

In the operation, the A-10s, along with other aircraft, including drones, flew in so-called “Sandy” roles, “violently suppressing and engaging the enemy in a close-in gunfight” to draw attention away from the rescue activities, as well as keep the enemy at bay.

During the engagement, one A-10 aircraft was hit by enemy fire. The pilot flew it into friendly airspace but determined that they wouldn’t be able to land it. The pilot ejected as the plane went down. They were recovered safely.

“A ‘Sandy’ has one mission: get to the survivor, bring the rescue force forward, and put themselves between that survivor on the ground and the enemy,” Caine said.

The “Sandy” role originated during the Vietnam War as the call sign for A-1 Skyraiders leading combat search-and-rescue missions. These aircraft located downed airmen, coordinated rescue efforts, and suppressed enemy fire to protect helicopters.

As the A-1 retired, the Sandy role — a mission, not a platform — passed to aircraft like the A-10 Warthog.

These “Sandy” aircraft are part of the larger CSAR package, which includes HH-60 helicopters and highly trained rescue personnel, HC-130 refueling tankers, fighter escorts, and intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance assets.

“The A-10 force and the rescue force did a fantastic job,” Caine said Monday. Earlier in the war, the top general highlighted the involvement of Warthogs in hunting down Iranian fast-attack boats in the Strait of Hormuz.

The A-10’s days are, however, numbered. The Air Force is planning the aircraft’s retirement, though it has run into roadblocks. Congressional intervention has repeatedly thrown the attack plane a lifeline and prevented the service from fully retiring the entire fleet. There are over 160 Warthogs in service.

Pushing for the retirement of the fleet, Air Force leadership has previously argued that “the aircraft does not deter or survive against our pacing challenge,” a reference to China. The service has been looking into whether F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters can fulfill the A-10’s missions, such as close-air support. Supporters of the A-10 argue no other aircraft can currently fulfill its missions.

The A-10 was introduced in the 1970s and intended to be a tank-killer capable of blunting a Soviet armored assault. It can carry rockets, missiles, and bombs, but is best known for its 30mm GAU-8 Avenger seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon.

A US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II was shot down in Iran while attempting to rescue crew members from the downed F-15 Strike Eagle fighter jet. According to US officials, the pilot safely ejected over friendly territory and was unharmed.

Known as the Warthog, the A-10 has been in service since 1977… but the Air Force has been pushing to retire it from service, deeming the aircraft obsolete.

• TikTok advertising executive Khartoon Weiss is leaving the company.
• Weiss, who spent almost six years at TikTok, oversaw its North America ads business for the past year.
• Weiss is one of several advertising and marketing execs to leave TikTok this year.

TikTok’s advertising team is undergoing another big shake-up.

Khartoon Weiss, the lead exec for TikTok’s North American ads business, is exiting the company, four people familiar with the matter told Business Insider.

Weiss, who pitched TikTok’s suite of ad products to marketers onstage at its NewFronts event last month, joined the company almost six years ago from Spotify. She oversaw TikTok’s global agency and accounts teams before being promoted to lead the North America division of the global business solutions team in March 2025, following the departure of advertising head Blake Chandlee.

Digiday first reported on Weiss’ exit.

Weiss’ exit is the latest in a string of advertising and marketing team departures at TikTok.

Zuber Mohammed, TikTok’s global head of consumer marketing, left the company in March. Sofia Hernandez, the global head of business marketing and commercial partnerships, and Rema Vasan, who headed up business marketing in North America, left the company last quarter.

Other teams at TikTok have also seen leadership changes this year, including the company’s content division, which lost its global head of creators, Kim Farrell, in January.

Some of the executive exits have shifted control of North America teams to leaders from Singapore or China. When Chandlee left last year, oversight of the sales team, known as global business solutions, moved to Singapore-based executive Will Liu, for example.

TikTok’s US team restructured in January while forming a new joint venture to transfer certain work, like US user data management, to a separate group that includes Oracle and investment firms MGX and Silver Lake. Its advertising and marketing teams remain under the control of parent company ByteDance.

As part of the structural change, Adam Presser, a trust and safety executive, became CEO of the US joint venture. Presser appeared alongside Weiss at TikTok’s March NewFronts presentation to assure advertisers that the company’s ads experience would not be disrupted amid internal changes.

• Saks Global filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year.
• Now the luxury retailer is looking to sell off its corporate jet for $6 million.
• The sale, which requires court approval, would boost Saks’ liquidity, the retailer said in a filing.

Bankrupt luxury retailer Saks Global is looking to shed a high-end executive perk — its sole corporate jet.

In a recent court filing, Saks Global, the owner of department stores Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Bergdorf Goodman, detailed its plan to sell its 2003 Gulfstream G400 jet for $6 million to a private buyer.

The jet, which can carry up to 16 passengers and is powered by two Rolls-Royce engines, was primarily used by Saks executives for business travel and to “meet operational needs,” attorneys for the retailer said in the Sunday filing.

When the jet was not in use for business purposes, Saks “allowed certain current and former executives and directors” of the company to use the aircraft for personal travel under time-sharing agreements, the court papers said.

The proposed sale, which requires approval from the federal Texas bankruptcy court where Saks filed for Chapter 11, would “enhance” Saks’ liquidity “by eliminating unnecessary costs and expenses,” the retailer’s attorneys wrote in the filing.

Saks hired aviation broker Guardian Jet to market the aircraft after the luxury giant filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January, the court filing said.

The broker and Saks negotiated with prospective buyers and ultimately secured the “best and highest sale price” from the buyer, identified in the court documents as Jones Aviations LLC.

Under the terms of the agreement, the buyer would put down a $250,000 refundable deposit. The deal also includes a $210,000 broker fee for Guardian Jet.

A Saks spokesperson told Business Insider in a statement on Tuesday that the retailer’s “leadership has made the decision to sell the company’s legacy plane as it continues prioritizing the disciplined use of capital.”

“This action represents another deliberate step to direct investments toward the areas of the business that will drive meaningful growth for a stronger Saks Global,” the spokesperson said.

Saks filed for Chapter 11 on January 13 after missing payments to vendors and building a precarious debt load. At the time, Saks owed hundreds of millions of dollars to creditors, including Chanel and LVMH.

The cost cutting started almost immediately. In February, Saks said it would shutter nearly all of its discount Saks Off Fifth and Neiman Marcus Last Call locations, as well as several Saks Fifth Avenue locations. The next month, the company announced more closures.

Following the move, 15 Saks Fifth Avenue locations and 33 Neiman Marcus locations remain.

The retailer expects to emerge from bankruptcy during the summer.

While Saks said in the Sunday court filing that selling off the Gulfstream jet would “maximize value for the benefit of all creditors,” won’t cover much. Roughly two weeks of Saks’ legal bills in January totaled $7.2 million, court papers showed.

• President-elect Donald Trump has 11 grandchildren.
• They range in age from 11 months to 18 years old.
• His second-youngest child, Tiffany Trump, gave birth to her first baby in May 2025.

A lot has changed for the Trump family since President Donald Trump first moved to the White House in 2017.

Back then, his oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was still married to his now ex-wife, Vanessa Trump, and the president had three fewer grandchildren.

His newest grandchild, Alexander, was born on May 15, 2025, to his daughter Tiffany and son-in-law Michael Boulos.

In all, Donald Trump has five children — Donald Jr., Ivanka, Eric, Tiffany, and Barron — and the four eldest each have children of their own. Barron, who’s 20, started his freshman year of college in 2024.

Donald Trump’s eldest grandchild, Kai, is already stepping into the spotlight. She spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention and frequently posts photos on Instagram with her grandfather — she even posted on X in November 2024 that Elon Musk had “uncle status.”

Kai has since attended sporting events with her grandfather, like the 2025 Ryder Cup, and most recently made headlines for a vlog featuring her visit to Erewhon, an upscale grocery store.

Another of Trump’s grandchildren, 10-year-old Theodore Kushner, sat center stage at Super Bowl LIX when his grandfather became the first president in history to attend the game.

And most recently, some of Trump’s grandchildren — including his youngest, Alexander — joined the president and first lady at the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday.

Here’s a guide to all 11 of Donald Trump’s grandchildren.

Kai Madison Trump

Kai Trump is the oldest of Donald Trump’s grandchildren at 18 years old. She’s also the oldest child of Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump, and was born in May 2007.

Her parents, who were married from 2005 to 2018, have five children together.

Kai spoke onstage at the Republican National Convention in 2024, making her first foray onto the public stage, and sat on the inauguration stage in January 2025 when Trump was sworn in.

She’s since become a YouTuber, with 1.47 million subscribers.

She’s also set to play college golf and verbally committed to playing at the University of Miami beginning this year, she shared on Instagram in August 2024.

She thanked Donald Trump, who owns more than a dozen golf courses, in the post, writing, “I would like to thank my Grandpa for giving me access to great courses and tremendous support.”

Donald John Trump III

After Kai came Donald J. Trump III, who celebrated his 17th birthday on February 18. Donald Trump Jr. posted a photo with all of his kids, including his son, on Christmas.

Donald J. Trump III was also onstage at the 2024 RNC and attended the 2025 inauguration.

Tristan Milos Trump

Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump’s third child, Tristan, was born in October 2011 and is now 14.

Spencer Frederick Trump

Spencer is the fourth of Donald Trump Jr.’s five children; he was born in October 2012 and is 13 years old.

His middle name comes from his great-great-grandfather, Frederick Trump, and great-grandfather, Frederick Trump Sr.

Donald Trump also had an older brother, Frederick Trump Jr., who died in 1981.

Chloe Sophia Trump

Chloe is the youngest child of Donald Trump’s eldest child. She was born in June 2014, making her 11 years old.

Her dad posted a photo on Instagram in December 2024 of her and her older brother Spencer fishing.

Arabella Rose Kushner

Donald Trump’s second child is Ivanka Trump, who married Jared Kushner in 2009. She gave birth to their first child, Arabella, in July 2011. Arabella is now 14 years old.

Ivanka Trump regularly shares photos of her kids on social media. In a July 2024 Instagram post about Arabella’s birthday, Ivanka wrote that her daughter loved singing, playing the piano, riding horses, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

In 2025, she attended the US Open finals with her father, Jared, and her grandfather.

Joseph Frederick Kushner

Ivanka’s second child, Joseph, was born in October 2013, making him 12 years old now.

Ivanka said on her Instagram that Joseph liked computers, dirt biking, and skateboarding.

Joseph and his cousin Spencer, who are 11 months apart, share the same middle name.

Theodore James Kushner

Ivanka’s youngest child, Theodore, was born in March 2016. He’s 10 years old and loves football, parkour, poker, and Rubik’s cubes, his mom wrote on Instagram.

He was seen alongside his mother at his grandfather’s inauguration in January 2025.

Eric Luke Trump

Donald Trump’s third child, Eric, has been married to Lara Trump since 2014.

Their first child, Eric Luke (who goes by his middle name), turns 9 years old on September 12.

Luke has appeared at Trump rallies, such as the September 2024 North Carolina rally pictured above, and appeared at the 2024 RNC with his sister. He also attended the White House Easter Egg Roll, alongside his parents and sister, on April 6.

Carolina Dorothy Trump

Until last year, 6-year-old Carolina was Donald Trump’s youngest grandchild. She was born to Eric and Lara Trump in August 2019.

Alexander Trump Boulos

Tiffany Trump announced the birth of her first child, Alexander, on May 15, 2025, with her husband, Michael Boulos, via Instagram. He’s now the president’s youngest grandchild and his seventh grandson.

He was seen at the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday with his parents and some of his cousins.

• Jamie Dimon said JPMorgan’s Texas workforce is booming, as its NYC workforce shrinks.
• He said high corporate and individual income taxes could push people and businesses out of the city.
• His warnings haven’t come true yet — in the first quarter, demand for NYC office space was up.

Jamie Dimon warned that companies could leave high-tax cities like New York — but so far, they aren’t.

In his annual letter to shareholders, the JPMorgan CEO said New York City has “much going for it,” but it also has high corporate and individual income taxes that are inhospitable to some businesses.

Dimon, the man behind JPMorgan’s new $3 billion building in Manhattan, said some individuals might move, noting that the wealthy are already fleeing a few states with high taxes and costs of living. A proposed wealth tax in California, the state with the most billionaires, has drawn sharp criticism from some lawmakers and business leaders. Some big names are already leaving, like Google cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who moved entities linked to them out of the state ahead of a deadline tied to the proposal.

In his letter, Dimon didn’t name New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who supports increasing taxes on the wealthy and corporations, and has proposed raising residents’ property taxes to address the city’s $5.4 billion budget deficit.

“Companies need to remain competitive in this very tough, fast-moving world,” he wrote. “And higher taxes mean lower returns on capital and less competitiveness by their nature.”

For now, though, the shift Dimon is warning about isn’t showing up in the office market.

Commercial real estate firm JLL found that in the first quarter of 2026, companies are continuing to sign leases for high-quality office spaces in Manhattan, and vacancies are down 2.2% compared to a year ago. AI companies are driving some of the demand for office space, JLL reported, as they anticipate near-term hiring. Rents were up 3.5% year-over-year.

In its report, JLL mentioned two financial firms’ recent commitments to New York City: Bank of America’s plans to expand its Midtown office space, and American Express’ commitment to open a new headquarters building in the Financial District.

Dimon, however, highlighted in his letter that some financial firms and their employees are migrating south.

“Sometimes you see companies leaving states, but migration also shows up in shifts of employees out of certain states,” he wrote.

JPMorgan’s head count in New York City dropped from 30,000 to 24,000 over the past decade, Dimon said, while its head count in Texas has gone from 26,000 in 2015 to 32,000 today.

“This trend will likely continue,” he said.

JPMorgan, which employs more than 12,000 people at its campus in the Dallas suburb of Plano, Texas, isn’t alone in building up its presence in the Lone Star State, dubbed “Y’all Street” by some. Both Goldman Sachs and Bank of America have announced plans to build new campuses in Dallas, and Apollo recently said it is searching for a second headquarters in Texas or Florida.