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Wilson, Michael (20 March 1976), "Fairchild A-10", Flight International, pp.707–17, archived from the original on 28 April 2015 This Aircraft is NOT A TOY. It is not suitable for children under 14 years of age. Children under the age of 14 must not operate this product alone. They must be accompanied by an experience adult at all times. Campbell, Douglas N. The Warthog and the Close Air Support Debate. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2003. ISBN 1-55750-232-3 Piehler, G. Kurt, ed. (2013). Encyclopedia of Military Science. associate editor: M. Houston Johnson. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. ISBN 978-1412969338.

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a b "Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II". Military Aircraft Forecast. Forecast International. 2002. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Pratt, Everett (3 March 2022). "Transfer three A-10 aircraft squadrons to Ukraine now". Defense News . Retrieved 8 March 2022. Coyne, James P. (June 1992). "Total Storm", Air Force magazine. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2016. a b Keller, Jared (8 June 2017). "Fighter Pilot Turned Congresswoman Throws Wrench in Quiet Plans To Cut A-10 Squadrons". Task & Purpose. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Air Force R&D Chief Lt. General Arnold Bunch testified that the service "is committed to maintaining a minimum of six A-10 combat squadrons flying and contributing to the fight through 2030 [with] additional A-10 force structure is contingent on future budget levels and force structure requirements.NSIAD-97-134 Operation Desert Storm: Evaluation of the Air Campaign. U.S. Government Accountability Office. 1997. p.94.

Revell Monogram RVM5521 A-10 Warthog Plastic Model kit

Better The features that already made the V1 version so have been maintained. The V2 version comes now with improved servos for more precision, more powerful controllers with BEC, an improved chassis and many more small but fine improvements. Feel the difference! With the Further development of the A-10 no detail was overlooked. In 1987, Grumman Aerospace took over support for the A-10 program. In 1993, Grumman updated the damage tolerance assessment and Force Structural Maintenance Plan and Damage Threat Assessment. Over the next few years, problems with wing structure fatigue, first noticed in production years earlier, began to come to the fore. Implementation of the maintenance plan was greatly delayed by the base realignment and closure commission (BRAC), which led to 80% of the original workforce being let go. [35] Melampy, Jake. Modern Hog Guide: The A-10 Exposed. Trenton, Ohio: Reid Air Publications, 2007. ISBN 0-9795064-2-5. In the early 1990s, the A-10 began to receive the Low-Altitude Safety and Targeting Enhancement (LASTE) upgrade, which provided computerized weapon-aiming equipment, an autopilot, and a ground-collision warning system. In 1999, aircraft began receiving Global Positioning System navigation systems and a multi-function display. [32] The LASTE system was upgraded with an Integrated Flight & Fire Control Computer (IFFCC). [33]The A-10 was involved in the killing of 35 Afghan civilians from 2010 to 2015, more than any other U.S. military aircraft and also involved in killing ten U.S. troops in friendly-fire over four incidents between 2001 and 2015. These incidents have been assessed as "inconclusive and statistically insignificant" in terms of the plane's capability. [126] The two most common markings applied to the A-10 have been the European I woodland camouflage scheme and a two-tone gray scheme. The European woodland scheme was designed to minimize visibility from above, as the threat from hostile fighter aircraft was felt to outweigh that from ground fire. It uses dark green, medium green, and dark gray to blend in with the typical European forest terrain and was used from the 1980s to the early 1990s. Following the end of the Cold War, and based on experience during the 1991 Gulf War, the air-to-air threat was no longer seen to be as important as that from ground fire, and a new color scheme known as "Compass Ghost" was chosen to minimize visibility from below. This two-tone gray scheme has darker gray color on top, with a lighter gray on the underside of the aircraft, and started to be applied in the early 1990s. [87] Operational history [ edit ] Service entry [ edit ] Arkansas Air National Guard A-10C firing an AGM-65 air-to-surface missile on a firing range at Davis-Monthan AFB The cannon also creates so much smoke while firing that it could choke out a jet engine. The engines, in original testing, could not get enough oxygen while the cannon were firing, so a unique combustion chamber was created to keep the engines running while the gun was firing. Lastly, the recoil from the cannon is so powerful that it affects the airplanes’ trajectory. Therefore, the GAU-8/A 30mm cannon was installed off-center slightly to offset that change caused by the recoil. With the weapon’s massive recoil offsetting the front landing gear from the center, it causes the A-10 Warthog to have an unequal turning radius. Turning right on the ground takes less distance than turning left. The Warthog gun makes a distinctive brrrrt sound when firing. The Air Force nearly chose the Northrop YA-9A over the A-10. The deciding factor came down to YA-9A’s vulnerability left by the engines mounted to the root of the wings, and its single tail.