Review: Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II

Qnext · 11-24-2006, 08:35 AM

Originally conceived as a counter-insurgency aircraft to help the US war effort in Southeast Asia, the A-10 emerged as a dedicated close air support aircraft with the primary role of destroying enemy armour. The A-10 was built around the 30-mm GAU-8 Avenger cannon, the most powerful gun ever flown. The A-10 was also required to carry large numbers of ground-attack stores and be survivable in the face of intense battlefield anti-aircraft fire.

Details:
http://www.military-today.com/aircra...nderbolt_2.htm

omon · 11-24-2006, 10:31 AM

no matter how advanced our af will be: stealth,uav, a10 will always have it,s place in af. i personally don,t think it'll be going away anytime soon,it's a great aircraft.

Anon · 12-04-2006, 05:16 AM

There's already a HUGE thread on the A-10 here.

11-24-2006, 08:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
Qnext Banished Join Date: 11-20-06 Posts: 31 Country:	Review: Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II Originally conceived as a counter-insurgency aircraft to help the US war effort in Southeast Asia, the A-10 emerged as a dedicated close air support aircraft with the primary role of destroying enemy armour. The A-10 was built around the 30-mm GAU-8 Avenger cannon, the most powerful gun ever flown. The A-10 was also required to carry large numbers of ground-attack stores and be survivable in the face of intense battlefield anti-aircraft fire. Details: http://www.military-today.com/aircra...nderbolt_2.htm

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11-24-2006, 10:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
omon Field mechanik *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 11-01-06 Location: bk Posts: 2,058 Country:	no matter how advanced our af will be: stealth,uav, a10 will always have it,s place in af. i personally don,t think it'll be going away anytime soon,it's a great aircraft.

12-04-2006, 05:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
Anon New Member Join Date: 08-03-03 Posts: 0	There's already a HUGE thread on the A-10 here.

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