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52 years ago (1972-05-10)</td></tr></tbody></table> The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, <a href="/wiki/Twinjet" title="Twinjet">twin</a>-<a href="/wiki/Turbofan" title="Turbofan">turbofan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Straight_wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Straight wing">straight-wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Subsonic_aircraft" title="Subsonic aircraft">subsonic</a> <a href="/wiki/Attack_aircraft" title="Attack aircraft">attack aircraft</a> developed by <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Aircraft" title="Fairchild Aircraft">Fairchild Republic</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> (USAF). <a href="/wiki/Initial_operating_capability" title="Initial operating capability">In service</a> since 1977, it is named after the <a href="/wiki/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt" title="Republic P-47 Thunderbolt">Republic P-47 Thunderbolt</a>, but is commonly referred to as the "<a href="/wiki/Warthog" title="Warthog">Warthog</a>" or simply "<a href="/wiki/Pig" title="Pig">Hog</a>".<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> The A-10 was designed to provide <a href="/wiki/Close_air_support" title="Close air support">close air support</a> (CAS) to ground troops by attacking enemy armored vehicles, tanks, and other ground forces; it is the only production-built aircraft designed solely for CAS to have served with the U.S. Air Force.<a href="#cite_note-Nijboer-4">[4]</a> Its secondary mission is to direct other aircraft in attacks on ground targets, a role called <a href="/wiki/Forward_air_control" title="Forward air control">forward air controller</a> (FAC)-airborne; aircraft used primarily in this role are designated OA-10. The A-10 was intended to improve on the performance and firepower of the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-1_Skyraider" title="Douglas A-1 Skyraider">Douglas A-1 Skyraider</a>. The Thunderbolt II's <a href="/wiki/Airframe" title="Airframe">airframe</a> was designed around the high-power <a href="/wiki/30_mm_caliber" title="30 mm caliber">30 mm</a> <a href="/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger" title="GAU-8 Avenger">GAU-8 Avenger</a> rotary <a href="/wiki/Autocannon" title="Autocannon">autocannon</a>. The airframe was designed for durability, with measures such as 1,200 pounds (540 kg) of titanium <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_armor" class="mw-redirect" title="Aircraft armor">armor</a> to protect the cockpit and aircraft systems, enabling it to absorb damage and continue flying. Its ability to take off and land from relatively short and/or unpaved runways permits operation from airstrips close to the front lines, and its simple design enables maintenance with minimal facilities. It served in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> (Operation Desert Storm), the American-led intervention against <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>'s invasion of <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>, where the aircraft distinguished itself. The A-10 also participated in other conflicts such as the <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Wars" title="Yugoslav Wars">Balkans</a>, <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%9314)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–14)">Afghanistan</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>, and against the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State" title="Islamic State">Islamic State</a> in the Middle East. The A-10A single-seat variant was the only version produced, though one pre-production airframe was modified into the YA-10B twin-seat prototype to test an all-weather night-capable version. In 2005, a program was started to upgrade the remaining A-10A aircraft to the A-10C configuration, with modern avionics for use with precision weaponry. The U.S. Air Force had stated the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II</a> would replace the A-10 as it entered service, but this remains highly contentious within the USAF and in political circles.<a href="#cite_note-t&p-wrench-5">[5]</a> The USAF gained congressional permission to start retiring A-10s in 2023, but further retirements were paused until the USAF can demonstrate that the A-10's close-air-support capabilities can be replaced. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Development">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Douglas_A-1_Skyraider_(AD-4NA,_126965)_(7911148090).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Douglas_A-1_Skyraider_%28AD-4NA%2C_126965%29_%287911148090%29.jpg/220px-Douglas_A-1_Skyraider_%28AD-4NA%2C_126965%29_%287911148090%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Douglas_A-1_Skyraider_%28AD-4NA%2C_126965%29_%287911148090%29.jpg/330px-Douglas_A-1_Skyraider_%28AD-4NA%2C_126965%29_%287911148090%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Douglas_A-1_Skyraider_%28AD-4NA%2C_126965%29_%287911148090%29.jpg/440px-Douglas_A-1_Skyraider_%28AD-4NA%2C_126965%29_%287911148090%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3670" data-file-height="2515" /></a><figcaption>By the time of the Vietnam War, the 1940s-vintage propeller-driven <a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-1_Skyraider" title="Douglas A-1 Skyraider">Skyraider</a> was the USAF's only dedicated close air support aircraft. It was slow, vulnerable to ground fire, and relatively lightly armed.</figcaption></figure> The development of conventionally armed <a href="/wiki/Attack_aircraft" title="Attack aircraft">attack aircraft</a> in the United States stagnated after World War II,<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> as design efforts for tactical aircraft focused on the delivery of nuclear weapons using high-speed designs such as the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F-101_Voodoo" title="McDonnell F-101 Voodoo">McDonnell F-101 Voodoo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief" title="Republic F-105 Thunderchief">Republic F-105 Thunderchief</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnaack1978151-7">[7]</a> As the U.S. military entered the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, its main ground-attack aircraft was the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>-era <a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-1_Skyraider" title="Douglas A-1 Skyraider">Douglas A-1 Skyraider</a>. A capable aircraft for its era, with a relatively large payload and long <a href="/wiki/Loiter_(aeronautics)" title="Loiter (aeronautics)">loiter</a> time, the propeller-driven design had become relatively slow, vulnerable, particularly to ground fire, and incapable of providing adequate firepower. The U.S. Air Force and Navy lost some 266 A-1s in action in Vietnam, largely from small-arms fire.<a href="#cite_note-Hobson-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJacquesStrouble2010-9">[9]</a> The lack of modern conventional attack capability prompted calls for a specialized attack aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-Boyd-11">[11]</a> On 7 June 1961, the Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Robert_McNamara" title="Robert McNamara">Robert McNamara</a> ordered the USAF to develop two tactical aircraft, one for the long-range strike and <a href="/wiki/Interdictor" title="Interdictor">interdictor</a> role, and the other focusing on the <a href="/wiki/Fighter-bomber" title="Fighter-bomber">fighter-bomber</a> mission. The former was the Tactical Fighter Experimental (TFX) intended to be a common design for the USAF and the US Navy,<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> which emerged as the <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark</a>, while the second was filled by a version of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II</a>. While the Phantom went on to be one of the most successful fighter designs of the 1960s and proved to be a capable fighter-bomber, its short loiter time was a major problem, as was its poor low-speed performance, albeit to a lesser extent. It was also expensive to buy and operate, with a flyaway cost of $2 million in FY1965 ($19.3 million today), and operational costs over $900 per hour ($9,000 per hour today).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnaack1978265–76-13">[13]</a> After a broad review of its tactical force structure, the USAF decided to adopt a low-cost aircraft to supplement the F-4 and F-111. It first focused on the <a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">Northrop F-5</a>, which had air-to-air capability.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJacquesStrouble2010-9">[9]</a> A 1965 cost-effectiveness study shifted the focus from the F-5 to the less expensive A-7D variant of the <a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">LTV A-7 Corsair II</a>, and a contract was awarded. However, this aircraft doubled in cost with demands for an upgraded engine and new avionics.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJacquesStrouble2010-9">[9]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Army_helicopter_competition">Army helicopter competition</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Army helicopter competition">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lockheed_AH-56_Cheyenne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Lockheed_AH-56_Cheyenne.jpg/220px-Lockheed_AH-56_Cheyenne.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Lockheed_AH-56_Cheyenne.jpg/330px-Lockheed_AH-56_Cheyenne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Lockheed_AH-56_Cheyenne.jpg/440px-Lockheed_AH-56_Cheyenne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="554" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AH-56_Cheyenne" title="Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne">Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne</a> appeared to offer the possibility of handing much of the tactical air-to-ground role to the U.S. Army.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Key_West_Agreement" title="Key West Agreement">Key West Agreement</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pace-Finletter_MOU_1952" title="Pace-Finletter MOU 1952">Pace-Finletter MOU 1952</a></div> During this period, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> had been introducing the <a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1_Iroquois" title="Bell UH-1 Iroquois">Bell UH-1 Iroquois</a> into service. First used in its intended role as a transport, it was soon modified in the field to carry more machine guns in what became known as the <a href="/wiki/Gunship" title="Gunship">helicopter gunship</a> role. This proved effective against the lightly armed enemy, and new gun and rocket pods were added. Soon the <a href="/wiki/Bell_AH-1_Cobra" title="Bell AH-1 Cobra">Bell AH-1 Cobra</a> was introduced. This was an attack helicopter armed with long-range <a href="/wiki/BGM-71_TOW" title="BGM-71 TOW">BGM-71 TOW</a> missiles able to destroy tanks from outside the range of defensive fire. The helicopter was effective and prompted the U.S. military to change its defensive strategy in Europe into blunting any <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Pact" title="Warsaw Pact">Warsaw Pact</a> advance with anti-tank helicopters instead of the <a href="/wiki/Tactical_nuclear_weapon" title="Tactical nuclear weapon">tactical nuclear weapons</a> that had been the basis for NATO's battle plans since the 1950s.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> The Cobra was a quickly-made helicopter based on the UH-1 Iroquois and was introduced in the mid-1960s as an interim design until the U.S. Army's "Advanced Aerial Fire Support System" helicopter could be delivered. The Army selected the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AH-56_Cheyenne" title="Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne">Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne</a>, a more capable attack aircraft with greater speed for initial production. The development of the anti-tank helicopter concerned the USAF; a 1966 USAF study of existing <a href="/wiki/Close_air_support" title="Close air support">close air support</a> (CAS) capabilities revealed gaps in the escort and fire suppression roles that the Cheyenne could fill. The study concluded that the service should acquire a simple, inexpensive, dedicated CAS aircraft at least as capable as the A-1, and that it should develop doctrine, tactics, and procedures for such aircraft to accomplish the missions for which the attack helicopters were provided.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJacquesStrouble201024-15">[15]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A-X_program">A-X program</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: A-X program">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-X_Attack_Fighter_concept.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/A-X_Attack_Fighter_concept.png/220px-A-X_Attack_Fighter_concept.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/A-X_Attack_Fighter_concept.png/330px-A-X_Attack_Fighter_concept.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/A-X_Attack_Fighter_concept.png/440px-A-X_Attack_Fighter_concept.png 2x" data-file-width="538" data-file-height="416" /></a><figcaption>A-X Attack aircraft concept</figcaption></figure> On 8 September 1966, General <a href="/wiki/John_P._McConnell_(general)" title="John P. McConnell (general)">John P. McConnell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the USAF</a>, ordered that a specialized CAS aircraft be designed, developed, and obtained. On 22 December, a Requirements Action Directive was issued for the A-X CAS airplane,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJacquesStrouble201024-15">[15]</a> and the Attack Experimental (A-X) program office was formed.<a href="#cite_note-Jenk_p12-16">[16]</a> On 6 March 1967, the USAF released a <a href="/wiki/Request_for_information" title="Request for information">request for information</a> to 21 <a href="/wiki/Defense_contractor" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense contractor">defense contractors</a> for the A-X.<a href="#cite_note-Jenk_p12-16">[16]</a> In May 1970, the USAF issued a modified, more detailed <a href="/wiki/Request_for_proposal" title="Request for proposal">request for proposals</a> for the aircraft. The threat of Soviet armored forces and all-weather attack operations had become more serious. The requirements now included that the aircraft would be designed specifically for the <a href="/wiki/30_mm_caliber" title="30 mm caliber">30 mm</a> rotary cannon. The RFP also specified a maximum speed of 460 mph (400 kn; 740 km/h), takeoff distance of 4,000 feet (1,200 m), external load of 16,000 pounds (7,300 kg), 285-mile (460 km) mission radius, and a unit cost of US$1.4 million ($11 million today).<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> The A-X would be the first USAF aircraft designed exclusively for CAS.<a href="#cite_note-GAO-07-415-18">[18]</a> During this time, a separate RFP was released for A-X's 30 mm cannon with requirements for a high rate of fire (4,000 rounds per minute) and a high muzzle velocity.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> Six companies submitted aircraft proposals, with <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Corporation" title="Northrop Corporation">Northrop</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Aircraft" title="Fairchild Aircraft">Fairchild Republic</a> in <a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Maryland" title="Germantown, Maryland">Germantown, Maryland</a>,<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> selected to build prototypes: the <a href="/wiki/Northrop_YA-9" title="Northrop YA-9">YA-9A</a> and YA-10A, respectively. General Electric and Philco-Ford were selected to build and test <a href="/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger" title="GAU-8 Avenger">GAU-8</a> cannon prototypes.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Two YA-10 prototypes were built in the Republic factory in <a href="/wiki/Farmingdale,_New_York" title="Farmingdale, New York">Farmingdale, New York</a>, and first flown on 10 May 1972<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> by pilot Howard "Sam" Nelson. Production A-10s were built by Fairchild in <a href="/wiki/Hagerstown,_Maryland" title="Hagerstown, Maryland">Hagerstown, Maryland</a>. After trials and a fly-off against the YA-9, on 18 January 1973, the USAF announced the YA-10's selection for production.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> General Electric was selected to build the GAU-8 cannon in June 1973.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> The YA-10 had an additional fly-off in 1974 against the <a href="/wiki/Ling-Temco-Vought" title="Ling-Temco-Vought">Ling-Temco-Vought</a> <a href="/wiki/A-7D_Corsair_II" class="mw-redirect" title="A-7D Corsair II">A-7D Corsair II</a>, the principal USAF attack aircraft at the time, to prove the need for a new attack aircraft. The first production A-10 flew in October 1975, and deliveries commenced in March 1976.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> One experimental two-seat A-10 Night Adverse Weather (N/AW) version was built by Fairchild by converting the first Demonstration Testing and Evaluation (DT&E) A-10A for consideration by the USAF.<a href="#cite_note-NAW_A-10-26">[26]</a> It included a second seat for a <a href="/wiki/Weapon_systems_officer" title="Weapon systems officer">weapon systems officer</a> responsible for <a href="/wiki/Electronic_countermeasure" title="Electronic countermeasure">electronic countermeasures</a> (ECM), navigation and target acquisition. The N/AW version did not interest the USAF or export customers. The two-seat trainer version was ordered by the USAF in 1981, but funding was canceled by <a href="/wiki/U.S._Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Congress">U.S. Congress</a> and was not produced.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> The only two-seat A-10 resides at <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a>'s Flight Test Center Museum.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Production">Production</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Production">edit</a>]</div> On 10 February 1976, Deputy Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clements" title="Bill Clements">Bill Clements</a> authorized full-rate production while the first A-10 was accepted by the USAF Tactical Air Command on 30 March 1976. Production continued and reached a peak rate of 13 aircraft per month. By 1984, 715 airplanes, including two prototypes and six development aircraft, had been delivered.<a href="#cite_note-Spick_p17-52-2">[2]</a> When full-rate production was first authorized, the A-10's planned service life was 6,000 hours. A small design reinforcement was quickly adopted when initial <a href="/wiki/Fatigue_testing" title="Fatigue testing">fatigue testing</a> failed at 80% of testing; the A-10 passed fatigue tests with the fix. 8,000-flight-hour service lives were becoming common at the time, so fatigue testing of the A-10 continued with a new 8,000-hour target. This new target quickly discovered serious cracks at Wing Station 23 (WS23) where the outboard portions of the wings are joined to the fuselage. The first production change was to address this problem by adding cold working at WS23. Soon after, the USAF found that the real-world A-10 fleet fatigue was harsher than estimated, forcing a change to fatigue testing and introduced "spectrum 3" equivalent flight-hour testing.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJacquesStrouble2010-9">[9]</a> Spectrum 3 fatigue testing started in 1979. This round of testing quickly determined that more drastic reinforcement would be needed. The second change in production, starting with aircraft No. 442, was to increase the thickness of the lower skin on the outer wing panels. A tech order was issued to retrofit the "thick skin" to the whole fleet, but the tech order was rescinded after roughly 242 planes, leaving about 200 planes with the original "thin skin". Starting with aircraft No. 530, cold working at WS0 was performed, and this retrofit was performed on earlier aircraft. A fourth, even more drastic change was initiated with aircraft No. 582, again to address the problems discovered with spectrum 3 testing. This change increased the thickness of the lower skin on the center wing panel, but it required modifications to the lower <a href="/wiki/Wing_spar" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing spar">spar</a> caps to accommodate the thicker skin. The USAF found it economically unfeasible to retrofit earlier planes with this modification.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJacquesStrouble2010-9">[9]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Upgrades">Upgrades</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Upgrades">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fairchild_Republic_A-10A_Thunderbolt_II_cockpit_2_USAF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Fairchild_Republic_A-10A_Thunderbolt_II_cockpit_2_USAF.jpg/220px-Fairchild_Republic_A-10A_Thunderbolt_II_cockpit_2_USAF.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Fairchild_Republic_A-10A_Thunderbolt_II_cockpit_2_USAF.jpg/330px-Fairchild_Republic_A-10A_Thunderbolt_II_cockpit_2_USAF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Fairchild_Republic_A-10A_Thunderbolt_II_cockpit_2_USAF.jpg/440px-Fairchild_Republic_A-10A_Thunderbolt_II_cockpit_2_USAF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1754" data-file-height="1189" /></a><figcaption>An A-10A of pre-<a href="/wiki/Glass_cockpit" title="Glass cockpit">glass cockpit</a> design</figcaption></figure> The A-10 has received many upgrades since entering service. In 1978, it received the <a href="/wiki/Pave_Penny" title="Pave Penny">Pave Penny</a> laser receiver pod, mounted on a pylon attached below the right side of the cockpit, which receives reflected laser radiation from <a href="/wiki/Laser_designator" title="Laser designator">laser designators</a> to allow the aircraft to deliver <a href="/wiki/Laser-guided_bomb" title="Laser-guided bomb">laser-guided munitions</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Spick_p48-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> In 1980, the A-10 began receiving an <a href="/wiki/Inertial_navigation_system" title="Inertial navigation system">inertial navigation system</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Spick_p49-31">[31]</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Global_Positioning_System" title="Global Positioning System">Global Positioning System</a> navigation systems and a multi-function display.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> The LASTE system was upgraded with an Integrated Flight & Fire Control Computer (IFFCC).<a href="#cite_note-avtoday-33">[33]</a> Proposed further upgrades included integrated combat search and rescue locator systems and improved early warning and anti-jam self-protection systems, and the USAF recognized that the A-10's engine power was sub-optimal and had planned to replace them with more powerful engines since at least 2001 at an estimated cost of $2 billion.<a href="#cite_note-forecastinternational.com-34">[34]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="HOG_UP_and_Wing_Replacement_Program">HOG UP and Wing Replacement Program</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: HOG UP and Wing Replacement Program">edit</a>]</div> In 1987, <a href="/wiki/Grumman_Aerospace" class="mw-redirect" title="Grumman Aerospace">Grumman Aerospace</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGarlandColombi2010192–93-35">[35]</a> During inspections in 1995 and 1996, cracks at the WS23 location were found on many A-10s; while many were in line with updated predictions from 1993, two of these were classified as "near-critical" size, well beyond predictions. In August 1998, Grumman produced a new plan to address these issues and increase life span to 16,000 hours. This led to the "HOG UP" program, which commenced in 1999. Additional aspects were added to HOG UP over time, including new fuel bladders, flight control system changes, and engine nacelle inspections. In 2001, the cracks were reclassified as "critical", which meant they were considered repairs and not upgrades, which allowed bypassing normal acquisition channels for more rapid implementation.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGarlandColombi2010193–94-36">[36]</a> An independent review of the HOG UP program, presented in September 2003, concluded that the data on which the wing upgrade relied could no longer be trusted. Shortly thereafter, fatigue testing on a test wing failed prematurely and also mounting problems with wings failing in-service inspections at an increasing rate became apparent. The USAF estimated that they would run out of wings by 2011. Of the plans explored, replacing the wings with new ones was the least expensive, at an initial cost of $741 million and a total cost of $1.72 billion over the program's life.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJacquesStrouble2010-9">[9]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fearsome_four-ship,_188th_Warthogs_train_at_Razorback_Range_131230-F-UL677-787.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Fearsome_four-ship%2C_188th_Warthogs_train_at_Razorback_Range_131230-F-UL677-787.jpg/220px-Fearsome_four-ship%2C_188th_Warthogs_train_at_Razorback_Range_131230-F-UL677-787.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Fearsome_four-ship%2C_188th_Warthogs_train_at_Razorback_Range_131230-F-UL677-787.jpg/330px-Fearsome_four-ship%2C_188th_Warthogs_train_at_Razorback_Range_131230-F-UL677-787.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Fearsome_four-ship%2C_188th_Warthogs_train_at_Razorback_Range_131230-F-UL677-787.jpg/440px-Fearsome_four-ship%2C_188th_Warthogs_train_at_Razorback_Range_131230-F-UL677-787.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3280" /></a><figcaption>Two A-10s in formation</figcaption></figure> In 2005, a business case was produced with three options to extend the fleet's life. The first two options involved expanding the service life extension program (SLEP) at a cost of $4.6 billion and $3.16 billion, respectively. The third option, worth $1.72 billion, was to build 242 new wings and avoid the need to expand the SLEP. In 2006, option 3 was chosen and Boeing won the contract.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> The base contract is for 117 wings with options for 125 additional wings.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> In 2013, the USAF exercised a portion of the option to add 56 wings, putting 173 wings on order with options remaining for 69 additional wings.<a href="#cite_note-FG_continue_wing_prod-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-fighter_force-40">[40]</a> In November 2011, two A-10s flew with the new wings fitted. The new wings improved mission readiness, decreased maintenance costs, and allowed the A-10 to be operated up to 2035 if necessary.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> Re-winging work was organized under the Thick-skin Urgent Spares Kitting (TUSK) Program.<a href="#cite_note-FG_continue_wing_prod-39">[39]</a> In 2014, as part of plans to retire the A-10, the USAF considered halting the wing replacement program to save an additional $500 million;<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> however, by May 2015 the re-winging program was too advanced to be financially efficient to cancel.<a href="#cite_note-flightglobal20may15-44">[44]</a> Boeing stated in February 2016 that the A-10 could operate to 2040 with the new TUSK wings.<a href="#cite_note-FG_continue_wing_prod-39">[39]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Modernization_(A-10C)">Modernization (A-10C)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Modernization (A-10C)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-10C_Warthog_Cockpit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/A-10C_Warthog_Cockpit.jpg/170px-A-10C_Warthog_Cockpit.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/A-10C_Warthog_Cockpit.jpg/255px-A-10C_Warthog_Cockpit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/A-10C_Warthog_Cockpit.jpg/340px-A-10C_Warthog_Cockpit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1489" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>A-10C cockpit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, 2012</figcaption></figure> From 2005 to June 2011,<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> the entire fleet of 356 A-10s and OA-10s were modernized in the Precision Engagement program and redesignated A-10C.<a href="#cite_note-not_fade-46">[46]</a> Upgrades included all-weather combat capability,<a href="#cite_note-avtoday-33">[33]</a> an improved <a href="/wiki/Fire-control_system" title="Fire-control system">fire-control system</a> (FCS), electronic countermeasures (ECM), smart bomb targeting, a modern communications suite including a <a href="/wiki/Link_16" title="Link 16">Link 16</a> radio and <a href="/wiki/Satcom_(satellite)" title="Satcom (satellite)">Satcom</a>,<a href="#cite_note-avtoday-33">[33]</a> and cockpit upgrades comprising two <a href="/wiki/Multifunction_display" class="mw-redirect" title="Multifunction display">multifunction displays</a> and <a href="/wiki/HOTAS" title="HOTAS">HOTAS</a> configuration mixing the F-16's flight stick with the F-15's throttle.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Government_Accountability_Office" title="Government Accountability Office">Government Accountability Office</a> in 2007 estimated the cost of upgrading, refurbishing, and service life extension plans to total $2.25 billion through 2013.<a href="#cite_note-GAO-07-415-18">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-Higher-Tech_Hog-49">[49]</a> In July 2010, the USAF issued Raytheon a contract to integrate a Helmet Mounted Integrated Targeting (HMIT) system into the A-10C.<a href="#cite_note-Higher-Tech_Hog-49">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> The LASTE system was replaced with the integrated flight and fire control computer (IFFCC) included in the PE upgrade.<a href="#cite_note-avtoday-33">[33]</a> Throughout its life, multiple software upgrades have been made. While this work was to be stopped under plans to retire the A-10 in February 2014, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary of the Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Deborah_Lee_James" title="Deborah Lee James">Deborah Lee James</a> ordered that the latest upgrade, designated Suite 8, continue in response to congressional pressure. Suite 8 software includes <a href="/wiki/Aviation_transponder_interrogation_modes" title="Aviation transponder interrogation modes">IFF Mode 5</a>, which modernizes the ability to identify the A-10 to friendly units.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> Additionally, the Pave Penny pods and pylons were removed as their receive-only capability has been replaced by the AN/AAQ-28(V)4 LITENING AT targeting pods or Sniper XR targeting pod, which both have laser designators and laser rangefinders.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> In 2012, <a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a> requested the testing of a 600-US-gallon (2,300 L; 500 imp gal) external fuel tank which would extend the A-10's loitering time by 45–60 minutes; flight testing of such a tank had been conducted in 1997 but did not involve combat evaluation. Over 30 flight tests were conducted by the <a href="/wiki/40th_Flight_Test_Squadron" title="40th Flight Test Squadron">40th Flight Test Squadron</a> to gather data on the aircraft's handling characteristics and performance across different load configurations. It was reported that the tank slightly reduced stability in the yaw axis, but there was no decrease in aircraft tracking performance.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Design">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overview">Overview</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Overview">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_cross_section.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Side-view drawing of aircraft with cut throughs showing crucial internal components" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_cross_section.jpg/260px-Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_cross_section.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_cross_section.jpg/390px-Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_cross_section.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_cross_section.jpg/520px-Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_cross_section.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1167" /></a><figcaption>A-10 inboard profile drawing</figcaption></figure> The A-10 has a cantilever low-wing monoplane wing with a wide <a href="/wiki/Chord_(aeronautics)" title="Chord (aeronautics)">chord</a>.<a href="#cite_note-forecastinternational.com-34">[34]</a> It has superior maneuverability at low speeds and altitude due to its large wing area, high <a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(wing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aspect ratio (wing)">wing aspect ratio</a>, and large <a href="/wiki/Aileron" title="Aileron">ailerons</a>. The wing also allows <a href="/wiki/STOL" title="STOL">short takeoffs and landings</a>, permitting operations from austere <a href="/wiki/Forward_airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward airfield">forward airfields</a> near front lines. The A-10 can loiter for extended periods and operate under 1,000-foot (300 m) ceilings with 1.5-mile (2.4 km) visibility. It typically flies at a relatively low speed of 300 knots (350 mph; 560 km/h), which makes it a better platform for the ground-attack role than fast fighter-bombers, which often have difficulty targeting small, slow-moving targets.<a href="#cite_note-Donald_p8-55">[55]</a> The leading edge of the wing has a <a href="/wiki/Honeycomb_structure" title="Honeycomb structure">honeycomb structure</a> panel construction, providing strength with minimal weight; similar panels cover the flap shrouds, elevators, rudders and sections of the fins.<a href="#cite_note-AI_May_74_p224-56">[56]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Skin_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Skin (aircraft)">skin</a> panels are integral with the <a href="/wiki/Stringer_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stringer (aircraft)">stringers</a> and are fabricated using computer-controlled machining, reducing production time and cost. Combat experience has shown that this type of panel is more resistant to damage. The skin is not load-bearing, so damaged skin sections can be easily replaced in the field, with makeshift materials if necessary.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> The ailerons are at the far ends of the wings for greater <a href="/wiki/Roll_moment" title="Roll moment">rolling moment</a> and have two distinguishing features: The ailerons are larger than is typical, almost 50 percent of the <a href="/wiki/Wingspan" title="Wingspan">wingspan</a>, providing improved control even at slow speeds; the aileron is also split, making it a <a href="/wiki/Deceleron" title="Deceleron">deceleron</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Stephens_WAPJ_16_p64-58">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-Janes_82_p363-4-59">[59]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A10WarthogFront.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/A10WarthogFront.jpg/220px-A10WarthogFront.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/A10WarthogFront.jpg/330px-A10WarthogFront.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/A10WarthogFront.jpg/440px-A10WarthogFront.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Front view of an A-10. Note the 30 mm cannon and offset front landing gear</figcaption></figure> The A-10 is designed to be refueled, rearmed, and serviced with minimal equipment.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> Its simple design enables maintenance at forward bases with limited facilities.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-Donald_p18-62">[62]</a> An unusual feature is that many of the aircraft's parts are interchangeable between the left and right sides, including the engines, main landing gear, and vertical stabilizers. The sturdy landing gear, low-pressure tires and large, straight wings allow operation from short rough strips even with a heavy <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_ordnance" title="Aircraft ordnance">aircraft ordnance</a> load, allowing the aircraft to operate from damaged airbases, flying from taxiways, or even <a href="/wiki/Highway_strip" class="mw-redirect" title="Highway strip">straight roadway sections</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p58-63">[63]</a> The front landing gear is offset to the aircraft's right to allow placement of the 30 mm cannon with its firing barrel along the centerline of the aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-Spick_p44-64">[64]</a> During ground taxi, the offset front landing gear causes the A-10 to have dissimilar <a href="/wiki/Turning_radius" title="Turning radius">turning radii</a>; turning to the right on the ground takes less distance than turning left.<a href="#cite_note-65">[Note 1]</a> The wheels of the main landing gear partially protrude from their <a href="/wiki/Nacelle" title="Nacelle">nacelles</a> when retracted, making gear-up <a href="/wiki/Belly_landing" title="Belly landing">belly landings</a> easier to control and less damaging. All landing gears retract forward; if hydraulic power is lost, a combination of gravity and aerodynamic drag can lower and lock the gear in place.<a href="#cite_note-Janes_82_p363-4-59">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Survivability">Survivability</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Survivability">edit</a>]</div> The A-10 is able to survive direct hits from <a href="/wiki/Armor-piercing" class="mw-redirect" title="Armor-piercing">armor-piercing</a> and <a href="/wiki/High-explosive" class="mw-redirect" title="High-explosive">high-explosive</a> projectiles up to 23 mm. It has double-redundant <a href="/wiki/Hydraulic_machinery" title="Hydraulic machinery">hydraulic</a> flight systems, and a mechanical system as a backup if hydraulics are lost. Flight without hydraulic power uses the manual reversion control system; pitch and yaw control engages automatically, and roll control is pilot-selected. In manual reversion mode, the A-10 is sufficiently controllable under favorable conditions to return to base, though control forces are greater than normal. It is designed to be able to fly with one engine, half of the tail, one elevator, and half of a wing missing.<a href="#cite_note-66">[65]</a> As the A-10 operates close to enemy positions, making it an easy target for <a href="/wiki/Man-portable_air-defense_system" title="Man-portable air-defense system">man-portable air-defense system</a> (MANPADS), surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), and enemy aircraft, it carries both <a href="/wiki/Flare_(countermeasure)" title="Flare (countermeasure)">flares</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chaff_(countermeasure)" title="Chaff (countermeasure)">chaff</a> cartridges.<a href="#cite_note-67">[66]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kim_campbell_damage_a10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Kim_campbell_damage_a10.jpg/220px-Kim_campbell_damage_a10.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Kim_campbell_damage_a10.jpg/330px-Kim_campbell_damage_a10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Kim_campbell_damage_a10.jpg/440px-Kim_campbell_damage_a10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>This A-10 took heavy damage during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Iraqi Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a> in 2003, including to the hydraulic system, and pilot Captain <a href="/wiki/Kim_Campbell_(pilot)" title="Kim Campbell (pilot)">Kim Campbell</a> safely flew it back to base on manual reversion mode.</figcaption></figure> The cockpit and parts of the flight-control systems are protected by 1,200 lb (540 kg) of <a href="/wiki/Titanium" title="Titanium">titanium</a> <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_armor" class="mw-redirect" title="Aircraft armor">aircraft armor</a>, referred to as a "bathtub".<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_tub-68">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[68]</a> The armor has been tested to withstand strikes from 23 mm (0.91 in) cannon fire and some indirect hits from 57 mm (2.2 in) shell fragments.<a href="#cite_note-Donald_p18-62">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_tub-68">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[69]</a> It is made up of titanium plates with thicknesses varying from 0.5 to 1.5 inches (13 to 38 mm) determined by a study of likely trajectories and deflection angles. The armor makes up almost six percent of the A-10's empty weight. Any interior surface of the tub directly exposed to the pilot is covered by a multi-layer nylon <a href="/wiki/Spall" title="Spall">spall</a> shield to protect against shell fragmentation.<a href="#cite_note-Stephens_WAPJ_16_p42-71">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-AI_Jun_79_p270-72">[71]</a> The front windscreen and canopy are resistant to small arms fire.<a href="#cite_note-73">[72]</a> Its durability was demonstrated on 7 April 2003 when Captain <a href="/wiki/Kim_Campbell_(pilot)" title="Kim Campbell (pilot)">Kim Campbell</a>, while flying over <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">2003 invasion of Iraq</a>, suffered extensive <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">flak</a> damage that damaged one engine and crippled the hydraulic system, requiring the stabilizer and flight controls to be operated via manual reversion mode. Despite this, Campbell's A-10 flew for nearly an hour and landed safely.<a href="#cite_note-74">[73]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[74]</a> The A-10 was intended to fly from forward air bases and semi-prepared runways where <a href="/wiki/Foreign_object_damage" title="Foreign object damage">foreign object damage</a> to an aircraft's engines is normally a high risk. The unusual location of the <a href="/wiki/GE_Aviation" class="mw-redirect" title="GE Aviation">General Electric</a> <a href="/wiki/General_Electric_TF34" title="General Electric TF34">TF34-GE-100</a> <a href="/wiki/Turbofan" title="Turbofan">turbofan</a> engines decreases ingestion risk and also allows the engines to run while the aircraft is serviced and rearmed by ground crews, reducing turn-around time. The wings are also mounted closer to the ground, simplifying servicing and rearming operations.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] The heavy engines require strong support: four bolts connect the engine pylons to the airframe.<a href="#cite_note-Bell_p64-76">[75]</a> The engines' high 6:1 <a href="/wiki/Bypass_ratio" title="Bypass ratio">bypass ratio</a> ±contributes to a relatively small <a href="/wiki/Infrared_signature" title="Infrared signature">infrared signature</a>, and their position directs exhaust over the tailplanes further shielding it from detection by <a href="/wiki/Infrared_homing" title="Infrared homing">infrared homing</a> <a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile">surface-to-air missiles</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] To reduce the likelihood of damage to the fuel system, all four fuel tanks are located near the aircraft's center and are separated from the fuselage; projectiles would need to penetrate the aircraft's skin before reaching a fuel tank's outer skin.<a href="#cite_note-Stephens_WAPJ_16_p42-71">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-AI_Jun_79_p270-72">[71]</a> Compromised fuel transfer lines self-seal; if damage exceeds a tank's self-sealing capabilities, check valves to prevent fuel from flowing into a compromised tank. Most fuel system components are inside the tanks so component failure will not lead to fuel loss. The refueling system is also purged after use.<a href="#cite_note-Wilson_p714-77">[76]</a> <a href="/wiki/Reticulated_foam" title="Reticulated foam">Reticulated polyurethane foam</a> lines both the inner and outer sides of the fuel tanks, retaining debris and restricting fuel spillage in the event of damage. The engines are shielded from the rest of the airframe by <a href="/wiki/Firewall_(construction)#Firewalls_outside_of_building_construction" title="Firewall (construction)">firewalls</a> and fire extinguishing equipment. If all four main tanks were lost, two self-sealing sump tanks contain fuel for 230 miles (370 km) of flight.<a href="#cite_note-Stephens_WAPJ_16_p42-71">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-AI_Jun_79_p270-72">[71]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weapons">Weapons</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Weapons">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv/220px--A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="45" data-mwtitle="A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv/A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv/A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv/A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv/A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv/A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv/A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv/A-10_Exercise_USAF.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video><figcaption>A-10C combat exercise at Nevada Test & Training Ground against hard targets</figcaption></figure> The A-10's primary built-in weapon is the 30×173 mm <a href="/wiki/GAU-8/A_Avenger" class="mw-redirect" title="GAU-8/A Avenger">GAU-8/A Avenger</a> <a href="/wiki/Autocannon" title="Autocannon">autocannon</a>. One of the most powerful aircraft cannons ever flown, the GAU-8 is a hydraulically driven seven-barrel <a href="/wiki/Rotary_cannon" title="Rotary cannon">rotary cannon</a> designed for the <a href="/wiki/Anti-tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-tank">anti-tank</a> role with a high <a href="/wiki/Rate_of_fire" title="Rate of fire">rate of fire</a>. The original design could be switched by the pilot to 2,100 or 4,200 <a href="/wiki/Depleted_uranium" title="Depleted uranium">depleted uranium</a> armor-piercing shells per minute;<a href="#cite_note-78">[77]</a> this was later changed to a fixed rate of 3,900 rounds per minute.<a href="#cite_note-79">[78]</a> The cannon takes about a half second to spin up to its maximum rate of fire, firing 50 rounds during the first second, and 65 or 70 rounds per second thereafter. It is accurate enough to place 80 percent of its shots within a 40-foot (12.4 m) diameter circle from 4,000 feet (1,220 m) while in flight.<a href="#cite_note-80">[79]</a> The GAU-8 is optimized for a slant range of 4,000 feet (1,220 m) with the A-10 in a 30-degree dive.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p64-81">[80]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GAU-8_in_A-10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/GAU-8_in_A-10.jpg/220px-GAU-8_in_A-10.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/GAU-8_in_A-10.jpg/330px-GAU-8_in_A-10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/GAU-8_in_A-10.jpg/440px-GAU-8_in_A-10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1446" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption>Front view of the A-10's GAU-8 installation</figcaption></figure> The aircraft's fuselage was designed around the cannon. The GAU-8 is mounted slightly to the port side; the barrel in the firing location is on the starboard side so it is aligned with the aircraft's centerline. The gun's 5-foot, 11.5-inch (1.816 m) ammunition drum can hold up to 1,350 rounds of 30 mm ammunition,<a href="#cite_note-Spick_p44-64">[64]</a> but generally holds 1,174 rounds.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p64-81">[80]</a> To protect the rounds from enemy fire, armor plates of differing thicknesses between the aircraft skin and the drum are designed to detonate incoming shells.<a href="#cite_note-Spick_p44-64">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-AI_Jun_79_p270-72">[71]</a> The A-10 commonly carries the <a href="/wiki/AGM-65_Maverick" title="AGM-65 Maverick">AGM-65 Maverick</a> air-to-surface missile. Targeted via electro-optical (TV-guided) or infrared systems, the Maverick can hit targets much farther away than the cannon, and thus incur less risk from anti-aircraft systems. During <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Desert Storm</a>, in the absence of dedicated <a href="/wiki/Forward-looking_infrared" title="Forward-looking infrared">forward-looking infrared</a> (FLIR) cameras for night vision, the Maverick's infrared camera was used for night missions as a "poor man's FLIR".<a href="#cite_note-Stephens_WAPJ_16_p53-4-82">[81]</a> Other weapons include <a href="/wiki/Cluster_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Cluster bomb">cluster bombs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hydra_70" title="Hydra 70">Hydra 70</a> rocket pods.<a href="#cite_note-Stephens_WAPJ_16_p54-6-83">[82]</a> The A-10 is equipped to carry GPS- and laser-<a href="/wiki/Guided_bomb" title="Guided bomb">guided bombs</a>, such as the <a href="/wiki/GBU-39_Small_Diameter_Bomb" title="GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb">GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paveway" title="Paveway">Paveway</a> series bombs, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Direct_Attack_Munition" title="Joint Direct Attack Munition">Joint Direct Attack Munitions</a> (JDAM), <a href="/wiki/Wind_Corrected_Munitions_Dispenser" title="Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser">Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser</a> and <a href="/wiki/AGM-154_Joint_Standoff_Weapon" title="AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon">AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon</a> <a href="/wiki/Glide_bomb" title="Glide bomb">glide bombs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-84">[83]</a> A-10s usually fly with an ALQ-131 Electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod under one wing and two <a href="/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder" title="AIM-9 Sidewinder">AIM-9 Sidewinder</a> air-to-air missiles for self-defense under the other wing.<a href="#cite_note-Stephens_WAPJ_16_p53-85">[84]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colors_and_markings">Colors and markings</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Colors and markings">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Low-vis.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Low-vis.JPEG/220px-A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Low-vis.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Low-vis.JPEG/330px-A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Low-vis.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Low-vis.JPEG/440px-A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Low-vis.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2820" data-file-height="1900" /></a><figcaption>An A-10 from the 343rd Tactical Fighter Wing prepares to drop <a href="/wiki/Mark_82_bomb" title="Mark 82 bomb">Mark 82 bombs</a> at the Yukon Command Training Site in 1988.</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_camouflage" title="Aircraft camouflage">Aircraft camouflage</a> is used to make the A-10 more difficult to see as it flies low to the ground at subsonic speeds. Many types of paint schemes have been tried. These have included a "peanut scheme" of sand, yellow, and field drab; black and white colors for winter operations; and a tan, green, and brown mixed pattern.<a href="#cite_note-86">[85]</a> The most common Cold War-era scheme was the European I woodland camouflage, whose dark green, medium green, and dark gray was meant to blend in with the typical European forest terrain. It reflected the assumption that the threat from hostile fighter aircraft outweighed that from ground fire. After the 1991 Gulf War, the threat from ground fire was deemed more pressing than the air-to-air threat, leading to the "Compass Ghost" scheme with darker gray on top and a lighter gray on the underside of the aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-Stephens_WAPJ_16_p47-87">[86]</a> Many A-10s also had a <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_canopy#False_canopy" title="Aircraft canopy">false canopy</a> painted in dark gray on the underside of the aircraft, just behind the gun. This form of <a href="/wiki/Automimicry" title="Automimicry">automimicry</a> is an attempt to confuse the enemy as to aircraft attitude and maneuver direction.<a href="#cite_note-88">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-89">[88]</a> Many A-10s feature <a href="/wiki/Nose_art" title="Nose art">nose art</a>, such as shark mouth or <a href="/wiki/Warthog" title="Warthog">warthog</a> head features.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Operational history">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Service_entry">Service entry</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Service entry">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:188th_FW_A-10_Warthog_fires_Maverick_in_training.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/188th_FW_A-10_Warthog_fires_Maverick_in_training.jpg/220px-188th_FW_A-10_Warthog_fires_Maverick_in_training.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/188th_FW_A-10_Warthog_fires_Maverick_in_training.jpg/330px-188th_FW_A-10_Warthog_fires_Maverick_in_training.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/188th_FW_A-10_Warthog_fires_Maverick_in_training.jpg/440px-188th_FW_A-10_Warthog_fires_Maverick_in_training.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2104" data-file-height="1125" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Air_National_Guard" title="Arkansas Air National Guard">Arkansas Air National Guard</a> A-10C firing an <a href="/wiki/AGM-65_Maverick" title="AGM-65 Maverick">AGM-65</a> air-to-surface missile on a firing range at <a href="/wiki/Davis-Monthan_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis-Monthan Air Force Base">Davis-Monthan AFB</a></figcaption></figure> The first unit to receive the A-10 was the <a href="/wiki/355th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="355th Fighter Wing">355th Tactical Training Wing</a>, based at <a href="/wiki/Davis-Monthan_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis-Monthan Air Force Base">Davis-Monthan Air Force Base</a>, Arizona, in March 1976.<a href="#cite_note-1st_rec_by_355th_FW-90">[89]</a> The first unit to achieve <a href="/wiki/Initial_operating_capability" title="Initial operating capability">initial operating capability</a> was the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing at <a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach_Air_Force_Base" title="Myrtle Beach Air Force Base">Myrtle Beach Air Force Base</a>, South Carolina, in October 1977.<a href="#cite_note-Spick_p51-91">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-92">[91]</a> A-10 deployments followed at bases both at home and abroad, including <a href="/wiki/England_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="England AFB">England AFB</a>, Louisiana; <a href="/wiki/Eielson_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Eielson AFB">Eielson AFB</a>, Alaska; <a href="/wiki/Osan_Air_Base" title="Osan Air Base">Osan Air Base</a>, South Korea; and <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bentwaters" title="RAF Bentwaters">RAF Bentwaters</a>/<a href="/wiki/RAF_Woodbridge" title="RAF Woodbridge">RAF Woodbridge</a>, England. The 81st TFW of RAF Bentwaters/RAF Woodbridge operated rotating detachments of A-10s at four bases in Germany known as Forward Operating Locations (FOLs): Leipheim, <a href="/wiki/Sembach_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Sembach Air Base">Sembach Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/N%C3%B6rvenich_Air_Base" title="Nörvenich Air Base">Nörvenich Air Base</a>, and <a href="/wiki/RAF_Ahlhorn" title="RAF Ahlhorn">RAF Ahlhorn</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p56-93">[92]</a> A-10s were initially an unwelcome addition to many in the USAF; most pilots did not want to switch to it as fighter pilots traditionally favored speed and appearance.<a href="#cite_note-94">[93]</a> In 1987, many A-10s were shifted to the <a href="/wiki/Forward_air_control" title="Forward air control">forward air control</a> (FAC) role and redesignated OA-10.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p63-95">[94]</a> In the FAC role, the OA-10 is typically equipped with up to six pods of 2.75 inch (70 mm) Hydra rockets, usually with smoke or <a href="/wiki/White_phosphorus" title="White phosphorus">white phosphorus</a> warheads used for target marking. OA-10s are physically unchanged and remain fully combat capable despite the redesignation.<a href="#cite_note-Stephens_WAPJ_p50_56-96">[95]</a> The <a href="/wiki/23rd_Wing" title="23rd Wing">23rd TFW</a>'s A-10s were deployed to <a href="/wiki/Bridgetown" title="Bridgetown">Bridgetown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a> during Operation Urgent Fury, the 1983 American <a href="/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Grenada" title="United States invasion of Grenada">Invasion of Grenada</a>. They provided air cover for the U.S. Marine Corps landings on the island of <a href="/wiki/Carriacou" title="Carriacou">Carriacou</a> in late October 1983, but did not fire weapons as no resistance was met.<a href="#cite_note-afhso.af.mil-97">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-99">[98]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gulf_War_and_Balkans">Gulf War and Balkans</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Gulf War and Balkans">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-10A_Thunderbolt_II_Desert_Storm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/A-10A_Thunderbolt_II_Desert_Storm.jpg/220px-A-10A_Thunderbolt_II_Desert_Storm.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/A-10A_Thunderbolt_II_Desert_Storm.jpg/330px-A-10A_Thunderbolt_II_Desert_Storm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/A-10A_Thunderbolt_II_Desert_Storm.jpg/440px-A-10A_Thunderbolt_II_Desert_Storm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1982" /></a><figcaption>A-10A after <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Storm">Operation Desert Storm</a>, 1992</figcaption></figure> The A-10 was used in combat for the first time during the Gulf War in 1991, with 132 being deployed.<a href="#cite_note-100">[99]</a> A-10s shot down two Iraqi helicopters with the GAU-8 cannon. The first of these was shot down by Captain Robert Swain over Kuwait on 6 February 1991 for the A-10's first air-to-air victory.<a href="#cite_note-101">[100]</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[101]</a> Four A-10s were shot down during the war by <a href="/wiki/List_of_combat_losses_of_United_States_military_aircraft_since_the_Vietnam_War#1991_(Operation_Desert_Shield/Desert_Storm)" title="List of combat losses of United States military aircraft since the Vietnam War">surface-to-air missiles</a> and eleven A-10s were hit by <a href="/wiki/Anti-air_artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-air artillery">anti-air artillery</a> rounds.<a href="#cite_note-103">[102]</a> Another two battle-damaged A-10s and OA-10As returned to base and were written off. Some sustained additional damage in crash landings.<a href="#cite_note-aaloss-104">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-105">[104]</a> At the beginning of the war, A-10s flew missions against the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Republican_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi Republican Guard">Iraqi Republican Guard</a>, but due to heavy attrition, from 15 February they were restricted to within 20 nautical miles (37 km) of the southern border.<a href="#cite_note-106">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-107">[106]</a> A-10s also flew missions hunting Iraqi <a href="/wiki/Scud_missile" title="Scud missile">Scud missiles</a>. The A-10 had a <a href="/wiki/Availability" title="Availability">mission capable rate</a> of 95.7 percent, flew 8,100 sorties, and launched 90 percent of the AGM-65 Maverick missiles fired in the conflict.<a href="#cite_note-USAF_factsh_2007-108">[107]</a> Shortly after the Gulf War, the USAF abandoned the idea of replacing the A-10 with a CAS version of the <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16</a>.<a href="#cite_note-F/A-16-109">[108]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A10Thunderbolt2_990422-F-7910D-517.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Aerial top view of gray jet aircraft flying above green and brown patchy earth surface. Under each wing are eleven hardpoints for various weapons and ordnance. The two engines are located aft of the wings and in front of two fin units." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/A10Thunderbolt2_990422-F-7910D-517.jpg/220px-A10Thunderbolt2_990422-F-7910D-517.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/A10Thunderbolt2_990422-F-7910D-517.jpg/330px-A10Thunderbolt2_990422-F-7910D-517.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/A10Thunderbolt2_990422-F-7910D-517.jpg/440px-A10Thunderbolt2_990422-F-7910D-517.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1064" data-file-height="798" /></a><figcaption>An A-10A during Operation Allied Force</figcaption></figure> A-10s fired approximately 10,000 30 mm rounds in <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> in 1994–95. Following the seizure of heavy weapons by Bosnian Serbs from a warehouse in <a href="/wiki/Ilid%C5%BEa" title="Ilidža">Ilidža</a>, multiple sorties were launched to locate and destroy the captured equipment. On 5 August 1994, two A-10s located and strafed an anti-tank vehicle. Afterward, the Serbs agreed to return the remaining heavy weapons.<a href="#cite_note-110">[109]</a> In August 1995, NATO launched an offensive called <a href="/wiki/1995_NATO_bombing_campaign_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" class="mw-redirect" title="1995 NATO bombing campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina">Operation Deliberate Force</a>. A-10s flew CAS missions, attacking Bosnian Serb artillery and positions. In late September, A-10s began flying patrols again.<a href="#cite_note-Donald_March_p42-3-111">[110]</a> A-10s returned to the Balkan region as part of <a href="/wiki/NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia" title="NATO bombing of Yugoslavia">Operation Allied Force</a> in Kosovo beginning in March 1999.<a href="#cite_note-Donald_March_p42-3-111">[110]</a> In March 1999, A-10s escorted and supported search and rescue helicopters in finding a <a href="/wiki/1999_F-117A_shootdown" title="1999 F-117A shootdown">downed F-117</a> pilot.<a href="#cite_note-112">[111]</a> The A-10s were deployed to support search and rescue missions, but gradually received more ground attack missions. The A-10's first successful attack in Operation Allied Force happened on 6 April 1999; A-10s remained in action until the end of combat in June 1999.<a href="#cite_note-113">[112]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Afghanistan,_Iraq,_Libya,_and_recent_deployments">Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and recent deployments</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and recent deployments">edit</a>]</div> During the 2001 <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Afghanistan">invasion of Afghanistan</a>, A-10s did not initially take part. Beginning in March 2002, A-10 squadrons were deployed to Pakistan and <a href="/wiki/Bagram_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Bagram Air Base">Bagram Air Base</a>, Afghanistan for the campaign against <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a>, known as <a href="/wiki/Operation_Anaconda" title="Operation Anaconda">Operation Anaconda</a>. Afterward, they remained in-country, fighting Taliban and Al Qaeda remnants.<a href="#cite_note-114">[113]</a> <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a> began on 20 March 2003. Sixty OA-10/A-10s took part in early combat.<a href="#cite_note-115">[114]</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_Central_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces Central Command">United States Air Forces Central Command</a> issued Operation Iraqi Freedom: By the Numbers, a declassified report about the aerial campaign in the conflict on 30 April 2003. During the initial invasion of Iraq, A-10s had a <a href="/wiki/Mission_capable_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Mission capable rate">mission capable rate</a> of 85 percent and fired 311,597 rounds of 30 mm ammunition. The type also flew 32 missions to airdrop propaganda leaflets. A single A-10 was shot down near <a href="/wiki/Baghdad_International_Airport" title="Baghdad International Airport">Baghdad International Airport</a> by Iraqi fire late in the campaign.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In September 2007, the A-10C with the Precision Engagement Upgrade reached initial operating capability.<a href="#cite_note-USAF_factsh-116">[115]</a> The A-10C first deployed to Iraq in 2007 with the <a href="/wiki/104th_Fighter_Squadron" title="104th Fighter Squadron">104th Fighter Squadron</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Air_National_Guard" title="Maryland Air National Guard">Maryland Air National Guard</a>.<a href="#cite_note-117">[116]</a> The A-10C's digital avionics and communications systems greatly reduced the time to acquire and attack CAS targets.<a href="#cite_note-118">[117]</a> A-10s flew 32 percent of combat sorties in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. These sorties ranged from 27,800 to 34,500 annually between 2009 and 2012. In the first half of 2013, they flew 11,189 sorties in Afghanistan.<a href="#cite_note-sortie-119">[118]</a> From the start of 2006 to October 2013, A-10s conducted 19 percent of CAS missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, more than the <a href="/wiki/F-15E_Strike_Eagle" class="mw-redirect" title="F-15E Strike Eagle">F-15E Strike Eagle</a> and <a href="/wiki/B-1B_Lancer" class="mw-redirect" title="B-1B Lancer">B-1B Lancer</a>, but less than the 33 percent flown by F-16s.<a href="#cite_note-120">[119]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A10afghanistan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/A10afghanistan.jpg/220px-A10afghanistan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/A10afghanistan.jpg/330px-A10afghanistan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/A10afghanistan.jpg/440px-A10afghanistan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>An A-10 peels away from a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">KC-135</a> tanker over Afghanistan, February 2011 with <a href="/wiki/Pave_Penny" title="Pave Penny">Pave Penny</a> pod visible and featuring a false canopy painted in dark gray on the underside.</figcaption></figure> In March 2011, six A-10s were deployed as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Odyssey_Dawn" title="Operation Odyssey Dawn">Operation Odyssey Dawn</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_Libya" title="2011 military intervention in Libya">coalition intervention</a> in Libya. They participated in attacks on Libyan ground forces there.<a href="#cite_note-121">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[121]</a> The USAF <a href="/wiki/122nd_Fighter_Wing" title="122nd Fighter Wing">122nd Fighter Wing</a> revealed it would deploy to the Middle East in October 2014 with 12 A-10s. Although the deployment had been planned a year in advance in a support role, the timing coincided with the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Military_intervention_against_ISIL" class="mw-redirect" title="Military intervention against ISIL">Operation Inherent Resolve</a> against <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">ISIL</a> militants.<a href="#cite_note-123">[122]</a><a href="#cite_note-124">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-125">[124]</a> From mid-November, U.S. commanders began sending A-10s to hit IS targets in central and northwestern Iraq on an almost daily basis.<a href="#cite_note-126">[125]</a><a href="#cite_note-127">[126]</a> Over a two–month period, A-10s flew 11 percent of all USAF sorties since the start of operations in August 2014.<a href="#cite_note-128">[127]</a> On 15 November 2015, two days after the <a href="/wiki/November_2015_Paris_attacks" title="November 2015 Paris attacks">ISIL attacks in Paris</a>, A-10s and <a href="/wiki/AC-130" class="mw-redirect" title="AC-130">AC-130s</a> destroyed a convoy of over 100 ISIL-operated oil tanker trucks in Syria as part of an intensification of the U.S.-led intervention against ISIL called <a href="/wiki/Operation_Tidal_Wave_II" title="Operation Tidal Wave II">Operation Tidal Wave II</a> (named after <a href="/wiki/Operation_Tidal_Wave" title="Operation Tidal Wave">Operation Tidal Wave</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, a failed attempt to raid German oil fields) in an attempt to stop oil smuggling as a source of funds for the group.<a href="#cite_note-129">[128]</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Friendly_fire" title="Friendly fire">friendly fire</a> over four incidents between 2001 and 2015. These incidents have been assessed as "inconclusive and statistically insignificant" in terms of the plane's capability.<a href="#cite_note-FFTop-130">[129]</a> On 19 January 2018, 12 A-10s from the <a href="/wiki/303d_Expeditionary_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="303d Expeditionary Fighter Squadron">303d Expeditionary Fighter Squadron</a> were deployed to <a href="/wiki/Kandahar_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Kandahar Airfield">Kandahar Airfield</a>, Afghanistan, to provide CAS, marking the first time in more than three years A-10s had been deployed to Afghanistan.<a href="#cite_note-131">[130]</a> On 29 November and 3 December 2024, USAF A-10s were used against targets in <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> to defend US forces in eastern Syria as part of the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>. The USAF said the strikes destroyed vehicles, mortars, and a <a href="/wiki/T-64" title="T-64">T-64</a> tank.<a href="#cite_note-132">[131]</a> Concurrent with the <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_the_Assad_regime" title="Fall of the Assad regime">fall of the Assad regime</a> on 8 December, A-10s participated alongside <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">B-52s</a> and <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15E_Strike_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle">F-15Es</a> in what the USAF said were "dozens" of airstrikes against over 75 ISIS targets. The strikes were intended to prevent ISIS from benefitting from the political upheaval in Syria.<a href="#cite_note-133">[132]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Future">Future</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Future">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flying-Tiger-23fg-a10s-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flying-Tiger-23fg-a10s-1.jpg/220px-Flying-Tiger-23fg-a10s-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flying-Tiger-23fg-a10s-1.jpg/330px-Flying-Tiger-23fg-a10s-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flying-Tiger-23fg-a10s-1.jpg/440px-Flying-Tiger-23fg-a10s-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2804" data-file-height="1872" /></a><figcaption>23rd Fighter Group A-10s on high alert</figcaption></figure> The A-10's future remains a subject of debate. In 2007, the USAF expected it to remain in service until 2028 and possibly later,<a href="#cite_note-stA-10-134">[133]</a> when it would likely be replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II</a>.<a href="#cite_note-fighter_force-40">[40]</a> Director of the Straus Military Reform Project of the Project On Government Oversight <a href="/wiki/Winslow_Wheeler" class="mw-redirect" title="Winslow Wheeler">Winslow Wheeler</a>, a critic of this plan, said that replacing the A-10 with the F-35 would be a "giant leap backwards" given the A-10's performance and the F-35's high costs.<a href="#cite_note-jsfa030611-135">[134]</a> In 2012, the USAF considered the F-35B STOVL variant as a replacement CAS aircraft, but concluded that it could not generate sufficient sorties.<a href="#cite_note-136">[135]</a> In August 2013, Congress and the USAF examined various proposals, including the F-35 and the <a href="/wiki/MQ-9_Reaper" class="mw-redirect" title="MQ-9 Reaper">MQ-9 Reaper</a> <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">unmanned aerial vehicle</a> filling the A-10's role. Proponents state that the A-10's armor and cannon are superior to aircraft such as the F-35 for ground attack, that guided munitions could be jammed, and that ground commanders commonly request A-10 support.<a href="#cite_note-sortie-119">[118]</a> In the USAF's FY 2015 budget, the service considered retiring the A-10 and other single-mission aircraft, prioritizing multi-mission aircraft; cutting a whole fleet and its infrastructure was seen as the only method for major savings. The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a> had expressed interest in obtaining some A-10s were the USAF to retire them,<a href="#cite_note-dn15913-137">[136]</a><a href="#cite_note-dn17913-138">[137]</a> but later stated there was "no chance" of that happening.<a href="#cite_note-139">[138]</a> The USAF stated that retirement would save $3.7 billion from 2015 to 2019. Guided munitions allow more aircraft to perform CAS duties and reduce the need for specialized aircraft; since 2001, multirole aircraft and bombers have performed 80 percent of operational CAS missions. The USAF also said that the A-10 was increasingly vulnerable to modern anti-aircraft weapons, but the Army replied that it had proved invaluable due to its versatile weapons loads, psychological impact, and limited logistics needs.<a href="#cite_note-140">[139]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-10_Warthog_nose_maintenance.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/A-10_Warthog_nose_maintenance.jpg/220px-A-10_Warthog_nose_maintenance.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/A-10_Warthog_nose_maintenance.jpg/330px-A-10_Warthog_nose_maintenance.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/A-10_Warthog_nose_maintenance.jpg/440px-A-10_Warthog_nose_maintenance.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="919" /></a><figcaption>USAF crewmen perform maintenance on an A-10's nose in the Persian Gulf region in 2003</figcaption></figure> In January 2015, USAF officials told lawmakers that it would take 15 years to fully develop a new attack aircraft to replace the A-10;<a href="#cite_note-141">[140]</a> that year General <a href="/wiki/Herbert_J._Carlisle" title="Herbert J. Carlisle">Herbert J. Carlisle</a>, the head of Air Combat Command, stated that a follow-on weapon system for the A-10 may need development.<a href="#cite_note-142">[141]</a> It planned for F-16s and F-15Es to initially take up CAS sorties, and later by the F-35A once sufficient numbers become operationally available over the next decade.<a href="#cite_note-FG_study_A-10_retire-143">[142]</a> In July 2015, Boeing held initial discussions on the prospects of selling retired or stored A-10s in near-flyaway condition to international customers.<a href="#cite_note-flightglobal20may15-44">[44]</a> However, the USAF stated that it would not permit any to be sold.<a href="#cite_note-144">[143]</a> Plans to develop a replacement aircraft were announced by the US Air Combat Command in August 2015.<a href="#cite_note-145">[144]</a><a href="#cite_note-146">[145]</a> In 2016, the USAF began studying future CAS aircraft to succeed the A-10 in low-intensity "permissive conflicts" like counterterrorism and regional stability operations, noting the F-35 to be too expensive to operate in day-to-day roles. Various platforms were considered, including low-end <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_T-6_Texan_II" title="Beechcraft T-6 Texan II">AT-6 Wolverine</a> and <a href="/wiki/A-29_Super_Tucano" class="mw-redirect" title="A-29 Super Tucano">A-29 Super Tucano</a> <a href="/wiki/Turboprop" title="Turboprop">turboprops</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Textron_AirLand_Scorpion" title="Textron AirLand Scorpion">Textron AirLand Scorpion</a> as more basic off-the-shelf options to more sophisticated clean-sheet attack aircraft or "AT-X" derivatives of the <a href="/wiki/T-X_program" title="T-X program">T-X next-generation trainer</a> as wholly new attack platforms.<a href="#cite_note-FG_study_A-10_retire-143">[142]</a><a href="#cite_note-147">[146]</a><a href="#cite_note-148">[147]</a> In January 2016, the USAF was "indefinitely freezing" plans to retire the A-10. Beyond congressional opposition, its use in <a href="/wiki/War_against_the_Islamic_State" title="War against the Islamic State">anti-ISIS</a> operations, deployments to Eastern Europe as a response to <a href="/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="Russo-Ukrainian War">Russia's military intervention in Ukraine</a>, and reevaluation of F-35 numbers necessitated its retention.<a href="#cite_note-149">[148]</a><a href="#cite_note-150">[149]</a> In February 2016, the USAF deferred the final retirement date until 2022 after F-35s replace it on a squadron-by-squadron basis.<a href="#cite_note-151">[150]</a><a href="#cite_note-152">[151]</a> In October 2016, the USAF Materiel Command brought the depot maintenance line back to full capacity in preparation for re-winging the fleet.<a href="#cite_note-153">[152]</a> In June 2017, it was announced that the A-10 is retained indefinitely.<a href="#cite_note-australian-badass-plane-154">[153]</a><a href="#cite_note-t&p-wrench-5">[5]</a> The 2022 <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a> led to some observers pushing for A-10s to be loaned to Ukraine while critics noted the diplomatic and tactical complications involved.<a href="#cite_note-155">[154]</a><a href="#cite_note-156">[155]</a> In an interview in December 2022, Ukrainian Defense Minister <a href="/wiki/Oleksii_Reznikov" title="Oleksii Reznikov">Oleksii Reznikov</a> said that in late March he asked the US Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Lloyd Austin</a> for 100 surplus A-10s, noting their value against Russian tank columns. However, Austin reportedly told Minister Reznikov that the plan was "impossible", and that the "old-fashioned and slow" A-10 would be a "squeaky target" for Russian air defenses.<a href="#cite_note-157">[156]</a> Due to opposition from Congress, the USAF has failed to retire the A-10 for many years. However, the Air Force's plan to divest 21 A-10s gained congressional approval in the 2023 <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act" title="National Defense Authorization Act">National Defense Authorization Act</a> (NDAA).<a href="#cite_note-Losey_2022-158">[157]</a><a href="#cite_note-Losey_2023-159">[158]</a> The retired A-10s at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Wayne">Fort Wayne</a> will be replaced by an equal number of F-16s.<a href="#cite_note-Losey_2023-159">[158]</a> The 2024 NDAA is expected to retire an additional 42 aircraft, with Air Force Chief of Staff <a href="/wiki/Charles_Q._Brown_Jr." title="Charles Q. Brown Jr.">Charles Brown</a> expecting all A-10s to be retired by 2028 or 2029.<a href="#cite_note-Novelly_2023-160">[159]</a> However, Congress would pause further cuts unless the Air Force demonstrates how other aircraft can fulfill the Close Air Support missions currently undertaken by the A-10.<a href="#cite_note-Schogol_2023-161">[160]</a> According to Dan Grazier from <a href="/wiki/Project_on_Government_Oversight" title="Project on Government Oversight">Project on Government Oversight</a>, the Air Force is ill-prepared for this transition because it requires no Close Air Support training for its F-35 pilots, despite the F-35 being advertised as the main replacement for the A-10.<a href="#cite_note-162">[161]</a><a href="#cite_note-Losey_2022-158">[157]</a><a href="#cite_note-Losey_2023-159">[158]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_uses">Other uses</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Other uses">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thunderbolt.a10.fairford.arp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Thunderbolt.a10.fairford.arp.jpg/220px-Thunderbolt.a10.fairford.arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Thunderbolt.a10.fairford.arp.jpg/330px-Thunderbolt.a10.fairford.arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Thunderbolt.a10.fairford.arp.jpg/440px-Thunderbolt.a10.fairford.arp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1562" data-file-height="1042" /></a><figcaption>A-10 at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fairford" title="RAF Fairford">RAF Fairford</a>, 2005</figcaption></figure> On 25 March 2010, an A-10 conducted the first flight of an aircraft with all engines powered by a biofuel blend comprising a 1:1 blend of <a href="/wiki/JP-8" title="JP-8">JP-8</a> and <a href="/wiki/Camelina" title="Camelina">Camelina</a>-based fuel.<a href="#cite_note-163">[162]</a> On 28 June 2012, the A-10 became the first aircraft to fly using a new fuel blend derived from alcohol; known as ATJ (Alcohol-to-Jet), the fuel is <a href="/wiki/Cellulose" title="Cellulose">cellulosic</a>-based and can be produced using wood, paper, grass, or any cellulose-based material, which are fermented into alcohols before being hydro-processed into aviation fuel. ATJ is the third alternative fuel to be evaluated by the USAF as a replacement for the petroleum-derived JP-8 fuel. Previous types were synthetic paraffinic kerosene derived from coal and natural gas and a bio-mass fuel derived from plant oils and animal fats known as Hydroprocessed Renewable Jet.<a href="#cite_note-164">[163]</a> In 2011, the <a href="/wiki/National_Science_Foundation" title="National Science Foundation">National Science Foundation</a> granted $11 million to modify an A-10 for <a href="/wiki/Weather_research" class="mw-redirect" title="Weather research">weather research</a> for <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Interdisciplinary_Remotely-Piloted_Aircraft_Studies" title="Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies">CIRPAS</a> at the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Naval_Postgraduate_School" title="Naval Postgraduate School">Naval Postgraduate School</a><a href="#cite_note-sci-165">[164]</a> and in collaboration with scientists from the <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_School_of_Mines_%26_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="South Dakota School of Mines & Technology">South Dakota School of Mines & Technology</a> (SDSM&T),<a href="#cite_note-166">[165]</a> replacing SDSM&T's retired <a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">North American T-28 Trojan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-sd-167">[166]</a> In 2018, this plan was found to be too risky due to the costly modifications required, thus the program was canceled.<a href="#cite_note-:0-168">[167]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Variants">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-10C_arrives_in_Davis-Monthan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/A-10C_arrives_in_Davis-Monthan.jpg/220px-A-10C_arrives_in_Davis-Monthan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/A-10C_arrives_in_Davis-Monthan.jpg/330px-A-10C_arrives_in_Davis-Monthan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/A-10C_arrives_in_Davis-Monthan.jpg/440px-A-10C_arrives_in_Davis-Monthan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>A updated A-10C arrives at <a href="/wiki/Davis-Monthan_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis-Monthan AFB">Davis-Monthan AFB</a>, 29 November 2006.</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>YA-10A</dt> <dd>Pre-production variant. 12 were built.<a href="#cite_note-169">[168]</a></dd> <dt>A-10A</dt> <dd>Single-seat close air support, ground-attack production version.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</dd> <dt>OA-10A</dt> <dd>A-10As used for airborne forward air control.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</dd> <dt>YA-10B Night/Adverse Weather (N/AW)</dt> <dd>Two-seat experimental prototype, for work at night and in bad weather. The one YA-10B prototype was converted from an A-10A.<a href="#cite_note-170">[169]</a><a href="#cite_note-171">[170]</a></dd> <dt>A-10C</dt> <dd>A-10As updated under the incremental Precision Engagement (PE) program.<a href="#cite_note-not_fade-46">[46]</a></dd> <dt>A-10PCAS</dt> <dd>Proposed unmanned version developed by Raytheon and Aurora Flight Sciences as part of <a href="/wiki/DARPA" title="DARPA">DARPA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Persistent_Close_Air_Support" title="Persistent Close Air Support">Persistent Close Air Support</a> program.<a href="#cite_note-172">[171]</a> The PCAS program eventually dropped the idea of using an optionally manned A-10.<a href="#cite_note-173">[172]</a></dd> <dt>SPA-10</dt> <dd>Proposed by the <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_School_of_Mines_and_Technology" title="South Dakota School of Mines and Technology">South Dakota School of Mines and Technology</a> to replace its <a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">North American T-28 Trojan</a> thunderstorm penetration aircraft. The A-10 would have its military engines, avionics, and oxygen system replaced by civilian versions. The engines and <a href="/wiki/Airframe" title="Airframe">airframe</a> would receive protection from <a href="/wiki/Hail" title="Hail">hail</a>, and the GAU-8 Avenger would be replaced with ballast or scientific instruments.<a href="#cite_note-174">[173]</a> Project canceled after partial modification of a single A-10C.<a href="#cite_note-:0-168">[167]</a><a href="#cite_note-175">[174]</a></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operators">Operators</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Operators">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:An_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Aircraft_refueling_near_the_border_between_Latvia_and_Estonia_(7365967504).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/An_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Aircraft_refueling_near_the_border_between_Latvia_and_Estonia_%287365967504%29.jpg/220px-An_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Aircraft_refueling_near_the_border_between_Latvia_and_Estonia_%287365967504%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/An_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Aircraft_refueling_near_the_border_between_Latvia_and_Estonia_%287365967504%29.jpg/330px-An_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Aircraft_refueling_near_the_border_between_Latvia_and_Estonia_%287365967504%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/An_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Aircraft_refueling_near_the_border_between_Latvia_and_Estonia_%287365967504%29.jpg/440px-An_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Aircraft_refueling_near_the_border_between_Latvia_and_Estonia_%287365967504%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>An A-10 Thunderbolt II refueling</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thunderbolt_-_Formation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Thunderbolt_-_Formation.jpg/220px-Thunderbolt_-_Formation.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Thunderbolt_-_Formation.jpg/330px-Thunderbolt_-_Formation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Thunderbolt_-_Formation.jpg/440px-Thunderbolt_-_Formation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="1960" /></a><figcaption>Four A-10s of the <a href="/wiki/103rd_Attack_Squadron" title="103rd Attack Squadron">103rd Fighter Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Air_National_Guard" title="Pennsylvania Air National Guard">Pennsylvania Air National Guard</a>, fly in formation during a refueling mission.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-10C_Warthog_pilot_reflects_on_completed_mission_150714-F-GK926-208.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/A-10C_Warthog_pilot_reflects_on_completed_mission_150714-F-GK926-208.jpg/220px-A-10C_Warthog_pilot_reflects_on_completed_mission_150714-F-GK926-208.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/A-10C_Warthog_pilot_reflects_on_completed_mission_150714-F-GK926-208.jpg/330px-A-10C_Warthog_pilot_reflects_on_completed_mission_150714-F-GK926-208.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/A-10C_Warthog_pilot_reflects_on_completed_mission_150714-F-GK926-208.jpg/440px-A-10C_Warthog_pilot_reflects_on_completed_mission_150714-F-GK926-208.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3853" data-file-height="2092" /></a><figcaption>A-10C of the <a href="/wiki/163rd_Fighter_Squadron" title="163rd Fighter Squadron">163rd Fighter Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne_Air_National_Guard_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Wayne Air National Guard Station">Fort Wayne Air National Guard</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Kills.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Kills.JPG/220px-A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Kills.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Kills.JPG/330px-A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Kills.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Kills.JPG/440px-A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Kills.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2241" /></a><figcaption>USAF A-10A showing kill markings from <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Storm">Operation Desert Storm</a>, 1991</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Gun_Run.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Gun_Run.JPEG/220px-A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Gun_Run.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Gun_Run.JPEG/330px-A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Gun_Run.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Gun_Run.JPEG/440px-A-10_Thunderbolt_II_Gun_Run.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="1960" /></a><figcaption>An A-10 firing its 30 mm GAU-8 Gatling gun during testing</figcaption></figure> The A-10 has been flown exclusively by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> and its Air Reserve components, the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a> (AFRC) and the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a> (ANG). As of 2017<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit">[update]</a>, 282 A-10C aircraft are reported as operational, divided as follows: 141 USAF, 55 AFRC, 86 ANG.<a href="#cite_note-176">[175]</a> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> United States</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> (USAF) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">Air Force Materiel Command</a> (AFMC) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/514th_Flight_Test_Squadron" title="514th Flight Test Squadron">514th Flight Test Squadron</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hill_Air_Force_Base" title="Hill Air Force Base">Hill AFB</a>, Utah) (1993–present)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Wing" title="23rd Wing">23rd Wing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/74th_Fighter_Squadron" title="74th Fighter Squadron">74th Fighter Squadron</a> (<a href="/wiki/Moody_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Moody AFB">Moody AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>) (1980–1992, 1996–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/75th_Fighter_Squadron" title="75th Fighter Squadron">75th Fighter Squadron</a> (Moody AFB, Georgia) (1980–1991, 1992–present)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Fighter_Wing" title="51st Fighter Wing">51st Fighter Wing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/25th_Fighter_Squadron" title="25th Fighter Squadron">25th Fighter Squadron</a> (<a href="/wiki/Osan_Air_Base" title="Osan Air Base">Osan AFB</a>, South Korea) (1982–1989, 1993–present)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_Wing" title="53rd Wing">53rd Wing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/422d_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="422d Test and Evaluation Squadron">422d Test and Evaluation Squadron</a> (Nellis AFB, Nevada) (1977–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="85th Test and Evaluation Squadron">85th Test and Evaluation Squadron</a> (Eglin AFB, Florida) (1977–present)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Wing" title="57th Wing">57th Wing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/66th_Weapons_Squadron" title="66th Weapons Squadron">66th Weapons Squadron</a> (Nellis AFB, Nevada) (1977–1981, 2003–present)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96th_Test_Wing" title="96th Test Wing">96th Test Wing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/40th_Flight_Test_Squadron" title="40th Flight Test Squadron">40th Flight Test Squadron</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eglin_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Eglin AFB">Eglin AFB</a>, Florida) (1982–present)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/124th_Fighter_Wing" title="124th Fighter Wing">124th Fighter Wing</a> (Idaho ANG) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/190th_Fighter_Squadron" title="190th Fighter Squadron">190th Fighter Squadron</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boise_Airport" title="Boise Airport">Gowen Field ANGB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Idaho" title="Idaho">Idaho</a>) (1996–present)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/127th_Wing" title="127th Wing">127th Wing</a> (Michigan ANG) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/107th_Fighter_Squadron" title="107th Fighter Squadron">107th Fighter Squadron</a> (<a href="/wiki/Selfridge_ANGB" class="mw-redirect" title="Selfridge ANGB">Selfridge ANGB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>) (2008–present)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/175th_Wing" title="175th Wing">175th Wing</a> (Maryland ANG) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/104th_Fighter_Squadron" title="104th Fighter Squadron">104th Fighter Squadron</a> (Warfield ANGB, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>) (1979–present)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/355th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="355th Fighter Wing">355th Fighter Wing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/357th_Fighter_Squadron" title="357th Fighter Squadron">357th Fighter Squadron</a> (Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona) (1979–present)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/442nd_Fighter_Wing" title="442nd Fighter Wing">442nd Fighter Wing</a> (AFRC) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/303d_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="303d Fighter Squadron">303d Fighter Squadron</a> (<a href="/wiki/Whiteman_Air_Force_Base" title="Whiteman Air Force Base">Whiteman AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>) (1982–present)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/476th_Fighter_Group" title="476th Fighter Group">476th Fighter Group</a> (AFRC) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/76th_Fighter_Squadron" title="76th Fighter Squadron">76th Fighter Squadron</a> (Moody AFB, Georgia) (1981–1992, 2009–present)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/495th_Fighter_Group" title="495th Fighter Group">495th Fighter Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/358th_Fighter_Squadron" title="358th Fighter Squadron">358th Fighter Squadron</a> (Whiteman AFB, Missouri) (1979–2014, 2015–present)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/924th_Fighter_Group" title="924th Fighter Group">924th Fighter Group</a> (AFRC) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/45th_Fighter_Squadron" title="45th Fighter Squadron">45th Fighter Squadron</a> (Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona) (1981–1994, 2009–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Fighter_Squadron" title="47th Fighter Squadron">47th Fighter Squadron</a> (Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona) (1980–present)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_squadrons">Former squadrons</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Former squadrons">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/18th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Tactical Fighter Squadron">18th Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> (1982–1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Tactical_Air_Support_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron">23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron</a> (1987–1991) (OA-10 unit)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Fighter_Squadron" title="55th Fighter Squadron">55th Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> (1994–1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Fighter_Squadron" title="70th Fighter Squadron">70th Fighter Squadron</a> (1995–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="78th Tactical Fighter Squadron">78th Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> (1979–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/81st_Fighter_Squadron" title="81st Fighter Squadron">81st Fighter Squadron</a> (1994–2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/91st_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="91st Tactical Fighter Squadron">91st Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> (1978–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/92nd_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="92nd Tactical Fighter Squadron">92nd Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> (1978–1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/103rd_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="103rd Fighter Squadron">103rd Fighter Squadron</a> (Pennsylvania ANG) (1988–2011) (OA-10 unit)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/118th_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="118th Fighter Squadron">118th Fighter Squadron</a> (Connecticut ANG) (1979–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/131st_Fighter_Squadron" title="131st Fighter Squadron">131st Fighter Squadron</a> (Massachusetts ANG) (1979–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/138th_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="138th Fighter Squadron">138th Fighter Squadron</a> (New York ANG) (1979–1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/163rd_Fighter_Squadron" title="163rd Fighter Squadron">163rd Fighter Squadron</a> (Indiana ANG) (2010–2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/172nd_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="172nd Fighter Squadron">172nd Fighter Squadron</a> (Michigan ANG) (1991–2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/176th_Fighter_Squadron" title="176th Fighter Squadron">176th Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> (Wisconsin ANG) (1981–1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/184th_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="184th Fighter Squadron">184th Fighter Squadron</a> (Arkansas ANG) (2007–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/353rd_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="353rd Tactical Fighter Squadron">353rd Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> (1978–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/354th_Fighter_Squadron" title="354th Fighter Squadron">354th Fighter Squadron</a> (<a href="/wiki/Davis-Monthan_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis-Monthan AFB">Davis-Monthan AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>) (1979–1982, 1991–2024)<a href="#cite_note-177">[176]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/355th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="355th Tactical Fighter Squadron">355th Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> (1978–1992, 1993–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/356th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="356th Tactical Fighter Squadron">356th Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> (1977–1992)<a href="#cite_note-178">[a]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/509th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="509th Tactical Fighter Squadron">509th Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> (1979–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/510th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="510th Tactical Fighter Squadron">510th Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> (1979–1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/511th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="511th Tactical Fighter Squadron">511th Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> (1980–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/706th_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="706th Fighter Squadron">706th Fighter Squadron</a> (1982–1992, 1997–2007)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_incidents">Notable incidents</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Notable incidents">edit</a>]</div> On 8 December 1988, an A-10A of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe <a href="/wiki/1988_Remscheid_A-10_crash" title="1988 Remscheid A-10 crash">crashed</a> into a residential area in the city of Remscheid, West Germany. The aircraft crashed into the upper floor of an apartment complex. The pilot and six other people were killed. Fifty others were injured, many of them seriously. The cause of the accident was attributed to <a href="/wiki/Spatial_disorientation" title="Spatial disorientation">spatial disorientation</a>, after both the mishap aircraft and its flight lead encountered difficult and adverse weather conditions for visual flying.<a href="#cite_note-179">[177]</a><a href="#cite_note-180">[178]</a> The number of cancer cases in the vicinity of the accident rose disproportionately in the years after, raising the possibility that the aircraft may have been loaded with ammunition containing <a href="/wiki/Depleted_uranium" title="Depleted uranium">depleted uranium</a>, contrary to U.S. statements.<a href="#cite_note-181">[179]</a><a href="#cite_note-hier_und_heute-182">[180]</a> On 2 April 1997, a U.S. Air Force A-10 from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base piloted by Captain <a href="/wiki/Craig_D._Button" title="Craig D. Button">Craig D. Button</a> inexplicably flew hundreds of miles off-course without radio contact. The pilot appeared to maneuver purposefully and did not attempt to <a href="/wiki/Ejector_seat" class="mw-redirect" title="Ejector seat">eject</a> before the crash.<a href="#cite_note-radar_reports-183">[181]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT_18_August_1997-184">[182]</a> His death is regarded as a <a href="/wiki/Suicide_by_pilot" title="Suicide by pilot">suicide</a> because no other hypothesis explains the events.<a href="#cite_note-185">[183]</a> The incident caused widespread public speculation about Button's intentions and whereabouts until the crash site was found three weeks later.<a href="#cite_note-People_12_May_1997-186">[184]</a><a href="#cite_note-187">[185]</a> The aircraft carried live bombs which have not been recovered.<a href="#cite_note-188">[186]</a> On 28 March 2003, British <a href="/wiki/Lance-Corporal_of_Horse" class="mw-redirect" title="Lance-Corporal of Horse">Lance-Corporal of Horse</a> Matty Hull was killed by U.S. <a href="/wiki/A-10_Thunderbolt_II" class="mw-redirect" title="A-10 Thunderbolt II">A-10 Thunderbolt II</a> ground attack aircraft as well as five others wounded in the <a href="/wiki/190th_Fighter_Squadron,_Blues_and_Royals_friendly_fire_incident" title="190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident">190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident</a>.<a href="#cite_note-189">[187]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_on_display">Aircraft on display</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Aircraft on display">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Germany">Germany</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Germany">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt>A-10A</dt></dl> <ul><li>77-0264 – <a href="/wiki/Spangdahlem_AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Spangdahlem AB">Spangdahlem AB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bitburg" title="Bitburg">Bitburg</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Korea">South Korea</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: South Korea">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt>A-10A</dt></dl> <ul><li>76-0515 – <a href="/wiki/Osan_AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Osan AB">Osan AB</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: United Kingdom">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt>A-10A</dt></dl> <ul><li>77-0259 – American Air Museum at <a href="/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum_Duxford" title="Imperial War Museum Duxford">Imperial War Museum Duxford</a><a href="#cite_note-190">[188]</a></li> <li>80-0219 – <a href="/wiki/Bentwaters_Cold_War_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Bentwaters Cold War Museum">Bentwaters Cold War Museum</a><a href="#cite_note-191">[189]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: United States">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt>YA-10A</dt></dl> <ul><li>71-1370 – <a href="/wiki/Joint_Base_Langley-Eustis" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Base Langley-Eustis">Joint Base Langley-Eustis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Langley_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Langley AFB">Langley AFB</a>), <a href="/wiki/Hampton,_Virginia" title="Hampton, Virginia">Hampton, Virginia</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li></ul> <dl><dt>YA-10B</dt></dl> <ul><li>73-1664 – <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Flight_Test_Center_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Flight Test Center Museum">Air Force Flight Test Center Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edwards_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwards AFB">Edwards AFB</a>, California<a href="#cite_note-192">[190]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>A-10A</dt></dl> <ul><li>73-1666 – <a href="/wiki/Hill_Aerospace_Museum" title="Hill Aerospace Museum">Hill Aerospace Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hill_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Hill AFB">Hill AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a><a href="#cite_note-193">[191]</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-10_Warthog_at_Hill_Aerospace_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/A-10_Warthog_at_Hill_Aerospace_Museum.jpg/220px-A-10_Warthog_at_Hill_Aerospace_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/A-10_Warthog_at_Hill_Aerospace_Museum.jpg/330px-A-10_Warthog_at_Hill_Aerospace_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/A-10_Warthog_at_Hill_Aerospace_Museum.jpg/440px-A-10_Warthog_at_Hill_Aerospace_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1767" data-file-height="1472" /></a><figcaption>A-10 at Hill Aerospace Museum</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>73-1667 – Flying Tiger Heritage Park at the former <a href="/wiki/England_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="England AFB">England AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> (repainted as 73–3667).<a href="#cite_note-194">[192]</a></li> <li>75-0263 – <a href="/wiki/Empire_State_Aerosciences_Museum" title="Empire State Aerosciences Museum">Empire State Aerosciences Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glenville,_New_York" title="Glenville, New York">Glenville, New York</a><a href="#cite_note-195">[193]</a></li> <li>75-0270 – McChord Air Museum, <a href="/wiki/McChord_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="McChord AFB">McChord AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a><a href="#cite_note-196">[194]</a></li> <li>75-0293 – <a href="/wiki/Elmira_Corning_Regional_Airport#Wings_of_Eagles" title="Elmira Corning Regional Airport">Wings of Eagles Discovery Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elmira,_New_York" title="Elmira, New York">Elmira, New York</a><a href="#cite_note-197">[195]</a></li> <li>75-0288 – <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Armament_Museum" title="Air Force Armament Museum">Air Force Armament Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eglin_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Eglin AFB">Eglin AFB</a>, Florida<a href="#cite_note-198">[196]</a></li> <li>75-0289 – Heritage Park, <a href="/wiki/Eielson_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Eielson AFB">Eielson AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>75-0298 – <a href="/wiki/Pima_Air_%26_Space_Museum" title="Pima Air & Space Museum">Pima Air & Space Museum</a> (adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB), <a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson, Arizona</a><a href="#cite_note-199">[197]</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:18-37-172-A10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/18-37-172-A10.jpg/220px-18-37-172-A10.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/18-37-172-A10.jpg/330px-18-37-172-A10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/18-37-172-A10.jpg/440px-18-37-172-A10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4481" data-file-height="1937" /></a><figcaption>A-10A at <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Aviation_(Warner_Robins)" title="Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins)">Museum of Aviation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robins_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Robins AFB">Robins AFB</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:YAB-10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/YAB-10.jpg/220px-YAB-10.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/YAB-10.jpg/330px-YAB-10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/YAB-10.jpg/440px-YAB-10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>YA-10B 73-1664</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>75-0305 – <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Aviation_(Warner_Robins)" title="Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins)">Museum of Aviation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robins_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Robins AFB">Robins AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warner_Robins,_Georgia" title="Warner Robins, Georgia">Warner Robins, Georgia</a><a href="#cite_note-200">[198]</a></li> <li>75-0308 – Moody Heritage Park, <a href="/wiki/Moody_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Moody AFB">Moody AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valdosta,_Georgia" title="Valdosta, Georgia">Valdosta, Georgia</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>75-0309 – <a href="/wiki/Shaw_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaw AFB">Shaw AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sumter,_South_Carolina" title="Sumter, South Carolina">Sumter, South Carolina</a>. Marked as AF Ser. No. 81-0964 assigned to the 55 FS from 1994 to 1996. The represented aircraft was credited with downing an Iraqi Mi-8 Hip helicopter on 15 February 1991 while assigned to the 511 TFS.<a href="#cite_note-201">[199]</a></li> <li>76-0516 – <a href="/wiki/Wings_of_Freedom_Aviation_Museum" title="Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum">Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum</a> at the former <a href="/wiki/NAS_Willow_Grove" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Willow Grove">NAS Willow Grove</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horsham,_Pennsylvania" title="Horsham, Pennsylvania">Horsham, Pennsylvania</a><a href="#cite_note-202">[200]</a></li> <li>76-0530 – <a href="/wiki/Whiteman_Air_Force_Base" title="Whiteman Air Force Base">Whiteman AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a><a href="#cite_note-203">[201]</a></li> <li>76-0535 – <a href="/wiki/Cradle_of_Aviation" class="mw-redirect" title="Cradle of Aviation">Cradle of Aviation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garden_City,_New_York" title="Garden City, New York">Garden City, New York</a><a href="#cite_note-204">[202]</a></li> <li>76-0540 – <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Museum_of_California" title="Aerospace Museum of California">Aerospace Museum of California</a>, <a href="/wiki/McClellan_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="McClellan Airport">McClellan Airport</a> (former <a href="/wiki/McClellan_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="McClellan AFB">McClellan AFB</a>), <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento, California</a><a href="#cite_note-205">[203]</a></li> <li>77-0199 – <a href="/wiki/Stafford_Air_%26_Space_Museum" title="Stafford Air & Space Museum">Stafford Air & Space Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Weatherford,_Oklahoma" title="Weatherford, Oklahoma">Weatherford, Oklahoma</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>77-0205 – <a href="/wiki/USAF_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="USAF Academy">USAF Academy</a> collection, <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado" title="Colorado Springs, Colorado">Colorado Springs, Colorado</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>77-0228 – <a href="/wiki/Grissom_Air_Museum" title="Grissom Air Museum">Grissom Air Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grissom_ARB" class="mw-redirect" title="Grissom ARB">Grissom ARB</a> (former Grissom AFB), <a href="/wiki/Peru,_Indiana" title="Peru, Indiana">Peru, Indiana</a><a href="#cite_note-206">[204]</a></li> <li>77-0244 – <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Air_National_Guard" title="Wisconsin Air National Guard">Wisconsin Air National Guard</a> Museum, <a href="/wiki/Volk_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Volk Field">Volk Field</a> ANGB, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>77-0252 – <a href="/wiki/Cradle_of_Aviation" class="mw-redirect" title="Cradle of Aviation">Cradle of Aviation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garden_City,_New_York" title="Garden City, New York">Garden City, New York</a> (nose section only)<a href="#cite_note-207">[205]</a></li> <li>78-0681 – <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="National Museum of the United States Air Force">National Museum of the United States Air Force</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wright-Patterson_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wright-Patterson AFB">Wright-Patterson AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, Ohio</a><a href="#cite_note-208">[206]</a></li> <li>78-0687 – Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Campbell" title="Fort Campbell">Fort Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>79-0097 – Warbird Park, former <a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach_Air_Force_Base" title="Myrtle Beach Air Force Base">Myrtle Beach Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>79-0100 – <a href="/wiki/Barnes_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Barnes Air National Guard Base">Barnes Air National Guard Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfield,_Massachusetts" title="Westfield, Massachusetts">Westfield, Massachusetts</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>79-0103 – <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Bradley Air National Guard Base">Bradley Air National Guard Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windsor_Locks,_Connecticut" title="Windsor Locks, Connecticut">Windsor Locks, Connecticut</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>79-0116 – Warrior Park, Davis-Monthan AFB, <a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson, Arizona</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>79-0173 – <a href="/wiki/New_England_Air_Museum" title="New England Air Museum">New England Air Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windsor_Locks,_Connecticut" title="Windsor Locks, Connecticut">Windsor Locks, Connecticut</a><a href="#cite_note-209">[207]</a></li> <li>79-0195 – Russell Military Museum <a href="/wiki/Zion,_Illinois" title="Zion, Illinois">Zion, Illinois</a><a href="#cite_note-210">[208]</a><a href="#cite_note-211">[209]</a></li> <li>80-0168 – <a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Fort Wayne Air National Guard Base">Fort Wayne Air National Guard Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne,_Indiana" title="Fort Wayne, Indiana">Fort Wayne, Indiana</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>80-0247 – <a href="/wiki/American_Airpower_Museum" title="American Airpower Museum">American Airpower Museum</a>, Republic Airport, <a href="/wiki/Farmingdale,_New_York" title="Farmingdale, New York">Farmingdale, New York</a><a href="#cite_note-212">[210]</a></li> <li>80-0708 – <a href="/wiki/Selfridge_Military_Air_Museum" title="Selfridge Military Air Museum">Selfridge Military Air Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Selfridge_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Selfridge Air National Guard Base">Selfridge Air National Guard Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Township,_Michigan" title="Harrison Township, Michigan">Harrison Township, Michigan</a><a href="#cite_note-213">[211]</a></li> <li>81-0987 – <a href="/wiki/Seymour_Johnson_Air_Force_Base" title="Seymour Johnson Air Force Base">Seymour Johnson Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goldsboro,_North_Carolina" title="Goldsboro, North Carolina">Goldsboro, North Carolina</a><a href="#cite_note-214">[212]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications_(A-10C)">Specifications (A-10C)</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Specifications (A-10C)">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div> <a href="/wiki/File:Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_3-view.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="3-view line drawing of the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II"><img alt="3-view line drawing of the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_3-view.svg/220px-Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_3-view.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_3-view.svg/330px-Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_3-view.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_3-view.svg/440px-Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_3-view.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1481" data-file-height="1568" /></a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A10gun3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/A10gun3.jpg/220px-A10gun3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/A10gun3.jpg/330px-A10gun3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/A10gun3.jpg/440px-A10gun3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1252" data-file-height="1198" /></a><figcaption>A-10's 30 mm <a href="/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger" title="GAU-8 Avenger">GAU-8 Avenger</a> cannon</figcaption></figure> </div></div> Data from The Great Book of Modern Warplanes,<a href="#cite_note-215">[213]</a> Fairchild-Republic A/OA-10,<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p54-216">[214]</a> USAF<a href="#cite_note-USAF_factsh-116">[115]</a>General characteristics <ul><li>Crew: 1</li> <li>Length: 53 ft 4 in (16.26 m)</li> <li>Wingspan: 57 ft 6 in (17.53 m)</li> <li>Height: 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)</li> <li>Wing area: 506 sq ft (47.0 m2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airfoil" title="Airfoil">Airfoil</a>: <a href="/wiki/NACA_airfoil" title="NACA airfoil">NACA</a> 6716 root, NACA 6713 tip</li> <li>Empty weight: 24,959 lb (11,321 kg)</li> <li>Gross weight: 30,384 lb (13,782 kg) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Close_air_support" title="Close air support">CAS</a> mission: 47,094 lb (21,361 kg)</li> <li>Anti-armor mission: 42,071 lb (19,083 kg)</li></ul></li> <li>Max takeoff weight: 46,000 lb (20,865 kg) <a href="#cite_note-217">[215]</a></li> <li>Fuel capacity: 11,000 lb (4,990 kg) internal</li> <li>Powerplant: 2 × <a href="/wiki/General_Electric_TF34" title="General Electric TF34">General Electric TF34</a>-GE-100A <a href="/wiki/Turbofan" title="Turbofan">turbofans</a>, 9,065 lbf (40.32 kN) thrust each</li></ul> Performance <ul><li>Maximum speed: 381 kn (439 mph, 706 km/h) at sea level, clean<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p54-216">[214]</a></li> <li>Cruise speed: 300 kn (340 mph, 560 km/h)</li> <li>Stall speed: 120 kn (138 mph, 220 km/h) at 30,000 lb (14,000 kg)<a href="#cite_note-218">[216]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_speeds#VNE" title="V speeds">Never exceed speed</a>: 450 kn (518 mph, 833 km/h) at 5,000 ft (1,500 m) with 18 <a href="/wiki/Mark_82_bomb" title="Mark 82 bomb">Mark 82 bombs</a><a href="#cite_note-219">[217]</a><a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p54-216">[214]</a></li> <li>Combat range: 250 nmi (288 mi, 463 km) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Close_air_support" title="Close air support">CAS</a> mission: 250 nmi (290 mi; 460 km) representing a 1 hour 53 minute of <a href="/wiki/Loiter_(aeronautics)" title="Loiter (aeronautics)">loiter</a> time at 5,000 ft (1,500 m), and 10 minutes of combat</li> <li>Anti-armor mission: 252 nmi (290 mi; 467 km) with sea-level penetration and exit, 30 min combat</li></ul></li> <li>Ferry range: 2,240 nmi (2,580 mi, 4,150 km) with 50 knots (58 mph; 26 m/s) headwinds, 20 minutes reserve</li> <li>Service ceiling: 45,000 ft (13,700 m)</li> <li>Rate of climb: 6,000 ft/min (30 m/s)</li> <li>Wing loading: 99 lb/sq ft (482 kg/m2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrust-to-weight_ratio" title="Thrust-to-weight ratio">Thrust/weight</a>: 0.47</li></ul> Armament <ul><li>Guns: 1× <a href="/wiki/30_mm_caliber" title="30 mm caliber">30 mm (1.18 in)</a> <a href="/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger" title="GAU-8 Avenger">GAU-8/A Avenger</a> <a href="/wiki/Rotary_cannon" title="Rotary cannon">rotary cannon</a> with 1,174 rounds</li> <li>Hardpoints: 11 (8× under-wing and 3× under-fuselage pylon stations) with a capacity of 16,000 lb (7,260 kg), with provisions to carry combinations of: <ul><li>Rockets: <ul><li>4× LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each with 19×/7× <a href="/wiki/Hydra_70" title="Hydra 70">Hydra 70</a> mm/<a href="/wiki/APKWS" class="mw-redirect" title="APKWS">APKWS</a><a href="#cite_note-221">[219]</a> rockets, respectively)</li> <li>6× LAU-131 rocket pods (each with 7× Hydra 70 rockets)<a href="#cite_note-222">[220]</a><a href="#cite_note-223">[221]</a></li></ul></li> <li>Missiles: <ul><li>2× <a href="/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder" title="AIM-9 Sidewinder">AIM-9 Sidewinder</a> air-to-air missiles for self-defense</li> <li>6× <a href="/wiki/AGM-65_Maverick" title="AGM-65 Maverick">AGM-65 Maverick</a> air-to-ground missiles</li></ul></li> <li>Bombs: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mark_80" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark 80">Mark 80</a> series of unguided <a href="/wiki/Gravity_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravity bomb">'iron' bombs</a> or</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_77_bomb" title="Mark 77 bomb">Mk 77</a> <a href="/wiki/Incendiary_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Incendiary bomb">incendiary bombs</a> or</li> <li>BLU-1, BLU-27/B, CBU-20 Rockeye II, <a href="/wiki/BL755" title="BL755">BL755</a><a href="#cite_note-224">[222]</a> and CBU-52/58/71/87/89/97 <a href="/wiki/Cluster_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Cluster bomb">cluster bombs</a> or</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paveway" title="Paveway">Paveway</a> series of <a href="/wiki/Laser-guided_bomb" title="Laser-guided bomb">Laser-guided bombs</a> or</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Direct_Attack_Munition" title="Joint Direct Attack Munition">Joint Direct Attack Munition</a> (JDAM) (A-10C)<a href="#cite_note-USAF_factsh-116">[115]</a> or</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wind_Corrected_Munitions_Dispenser" title="Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser">Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser</a></li></ul></li> <li>Other: <ul><li>SUU-42A/A <a href="/wiki/Flare_(countermeasure)" title="Flare (countermeasure)">Flares/infrared decoys</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chaff_(radar_countermeasure)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaff (radar countermeasure)">chaff</a> dispenser pod or</li> <li>2× 600 US gal (2,300 L) Sargent Fletcher <a href="/wiki/Drop_tank" title="Drop tank">drop tanks</a> for increased range/loiter time.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> Avionics <ul><li>Targeting pods: <ul><li>AN/AAQ-28(V)4 <a href="/wiki/LITENING" class="mw-redirect" title="LITENING">LITENING</a> or AN/AAQ-33(V)1/2 <a href="/wiki/Sniper_Advanced_Targeting_Pod" title="Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod">Sniper</a></li></ul></li> <li>Countermeasures: <ul><li>AN/ALQ-131<a href="#cite_note-225">[223]</a> or AN/ALQ-184(V)-11/12<a href="#cite_note-226">[224]</a> <a href="/wiki/Electronic_countermeasures" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic countermeasures">ECM</a> pods</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_appearances_in_media">Notable appearances in media</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Notable appearances in media">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_in_fiction#A-10_Thunderbolt_II" title="Aircraft in fiction">Aircraft in fiction § A-10 Thunderbolt II</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nicknames">Nicknames</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Nicknames">edit</a>]</div> The A-10 Thunderbolt II received its popular nickname "<a href="/wiki/Warthog" title="Warthog">Warthog</a>" from the pilots and crews of the USAF attack squadrons who flew and maintained it. The A-10 is the last of Republic's jet attack aircraft to serve with the USAF. The Republic <a href="/wiki/F-84_Thunderjet" class="mw-redirect" title="F-84 Thunderjet">F-84 Thunderjet</a> was nicknamed the "Hog", <a href="/wiki/F-84F_Thunderstreak" class="mw-redirect" title="F-84F Thunderstreak">F-84F Thunderstreak</a> nicknamed "Superhog", and the Republic <a href="/wiki/F-105_Thunderchief" class="mw-redirect" title="F-105 Thunderchief">F-105 Thunderchief</a> tagged "Ultra Hog".<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p4-227">[225]</a> The saying Go Ugly Early has been associated with the aircraft for calling in the A-10 early to support troops in ground combat.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p64-5-228">[226]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-102" title="Ilyushin Il-102">Ilyushin Il-102</a> – (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style>Soviet Union, Russia)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YA-9" title="Northrop YA-9">Northrop YA-9</a> – (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">United States)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-25" title="Sukhoi Su-25">Sukhoi Su-25</a> – (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">Soviet Union, Russia, Georgia)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanchang_Q-5" title="Nanchang Q-5">Nanchang Q-5</a> – (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">China)</li></ul> Related lists <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_attack_aircraft" title="List of attack aircraft">List of attack aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_military_aircraft" title="List of active United States military aircraft">List of active United States military aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_electronics_of_the_United_States" title="List of military electronics of the United States">List of military electronics of the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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needed</a>] </li> </ol></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-65"><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a> With the inner wheel on a turn stopped, the minimum radius of the turn is dictated by the distance between the inner wheel and the nose wheel. Since the distance is less between the right main wheel and the nose gear than the same measurement on the left, the aircraft can turn more tightly to the right.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] </li> </ol></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Citations">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Jenkins_p42-1"><a href="#cite_ref-Jenkins_p42_1-0">^</a> Jenkins 1998, p. 42. </li> <li id="cite_note-Spick_p17-52-2">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Spick_p17-52_2-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Spick_p17-52_2-1">b</a> Spick 2000, pp. 17, 52. </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223122/https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/195855/fairchild-republic-a-10a-thunderbolt-ii/">Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II</a>, National Museum of the US Air Force, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/195855/fairchild-republic-a-10a-thunderbolt-ii/">the original</a> on 15 December 2018</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fairchild+Republic+A-10A+Thunderbolt+II&rft.pub=National+Museum+of+the+US+Air+Force&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalmuseum.af.mil%2FVisit%2FMuseum-Exhibits%2FFact-Sheets%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F195855%2Ffairchild-republic-a-10a-thunderbolt-ii%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFairchild+Republic+A-10+Thunderbolt+II" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nijboer-4"><a href="#cite_ref-Nijboer_4-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNijboer2016" class="citation book cs1">Nijboer, Donald (2016). 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Minneapolis, Minnesota: Zenith Press. p. 192. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7603-4956-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7603-4956-4"><bdi>978-0-7603-4956-4</bdi></a>. <q>This would be the first air force fighter designed exclusively for close-air support</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fighting+Cockpits&rft.place=Minneapolis%2C+Minnesota&rft.pages=192&rft.pub=Zenith+Press&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-0-7603-4956-4&rft.aulast=Nijboer&rft.aufirst=Donald&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFairchild+Republic+A-10+Thunderbolt+II" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-t&p-wrench-5">^ <a href="#cite_ref-t&p-wrench_5-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-t&p-wrench_5-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKeller2017" class="citation web cs1">Keller, Jared (8 June 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://taskandpurpose.com/a-10-warthog-fleet-mcsally/">"Fighter Pilot Turned Congresswoman Throws Wrench in Quiet Plans To Cut A-10 Squadrons"</a>. 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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.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Task+%26+Purpose&rft.atitle=Fighter+Pilot+Turned+Congresswoman+Throws+Wrench+in+Quiet+Plans+To+Cut+A-10+Squadrons&rft.date=2017-06-08&rft.aulast=Keller&rft.aufirst=Jared&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftaskandpurpose.com%2Fa-10-warthog-fleet-mcsally%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFairchild+Republic+A-10+Thunderbolt+II" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPiehler2013" class="citation book cs1">Piehler, G. Kurt, ed. (2013). 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Retrieved: 1 July 2015. </li> <li id="cite_note-193"><a href="#cite_ref-193">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hill.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5732">"A-10 Thunderbolt II/73-1666."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130423201755/http://www.hill.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5732">Archived</a> 23 April 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Hill Aerospace Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2013. </li> <li id="cite_note-194"><a href="#cite_ref-194">^</a> Wrongly described as 73-0667 on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.englandairforcebase.com/england-air-force-base-static-display.htm">"A-10 Thunderbolt II/77-0667."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170707121852/http://englandairforcebase.com/england-air-force-base-static-display.htm">Archived</a> 7 July 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> "England AFB Heritage Park." 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<li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_BQ-3" title="Fairchild BQ-3">79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_AT-21_Gunner" title="Fairchild AT-21 Gunner">80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_82" title="Fairchild 82">81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_82" title="Fairchild 82">82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_91_Baby_Clipper" title="Fairchild 91 Baby Clipper">91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_100_Pilgrim" title="Fairchild 100 Pilgrim">100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar" title="Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar">105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_XC-120_Packplane" title="Fairchild XC-120 Packplane">107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar" title="Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar">110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Aviation_GA-43" title="General Aviation GA-43">150</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar" title="Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar">164</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar" title="Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar">203</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-123_Provider" title="Fairchild C-123 Provider">205</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_VZ-5" title="Fairchild VZ-5">224</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-123_Provider" title="Fairchild C-123 Provider">473</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar" title="Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar">484</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_F-27" title="Fairchild F-27">538</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By role</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Experimental</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_VZ-5" title="Fairchild VZ-5">VZ-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_XC-120_Packplane" title="Fairchild XC-120 Packplane">XC-120 Packplane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_BQ-3" title="Fairchild BQ-3">XBQ-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Helicopter_XH-26_Jet_Jeep" title="American Helicopter XH-26 Jet Jeep">XH-26 Jet Jeep</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Passenger transports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_FC-2" title="Fairchild FC-2">FC-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_FC-2" title="Fairchild FC-2">FC-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_21" title="Fairchild 21">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_22" title="Fairchild 22">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_24" title="Fairchild 24">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_42" title="Fairchild 42">41</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">A-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">A-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">A-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">A-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_XA-7" title="Fokker XA-7">A-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_A-8" title="Curtiss A-8">A-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_YP-24" title="Lockheed YP-24">A-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_YA-10_Shrike" title="Curtiss YA-10 Shrike">A-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">A-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_A-12_Shrike" title="Curtiss A-12 Shrike">A-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YA-13" title="Northrop YA-13">A-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XA-14" title="Curtiss XA-14">A-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-10" title="Martin B-10">A-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YA-13" title="Northrop YA-13">A-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_A-17" title="Northrop A-17">A-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_A-18_Shrike" title="Curtiss A-18 Shrike">A-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_V-11" title="Vultee V-11">A-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc" title="Douglas A-20 Havoc">A-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stearman_XA-21" title="Stearman XA-21">A-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Maryland" title="Martin Maryland">A-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Baltimore" title="Martin Baltimore">A-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_SBD_Dauntless" title="Douglas SBD Dauntless">A-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_SB2C_Helldiver" title="Curtiss SB2C Helldiver">A-25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-26_Invader" title="Douglas A-26 Invader">A-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-27" title="North American A-27">A-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">A-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">A-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Baltimore" title="Martin Baltimore">A-30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_A-31_Vengeance" title="Vultee A-31 Vengeance">A-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewster_XA-32" title="Brewster XA-32">A-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-33" title="Douglas A-33">A-33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewster_SB2A_Buccaneer" title="Brewster SB2A Buccaneer">A-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_A-31_Vengeance" title="Vultee A-31 Vengeance">A-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-36" title="North American A-36">A-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_D-2" title="Hughes D-2">A-37</a>2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_XA-38_Grizzly" title="Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly">A-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaiser-Fleetwings_A-39" title="Kaiser-Fleetwings A-39">A-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XBTC" title="Curtiss XBTC">A-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_XA-41" title="Vultee XA-41">A-41</a></li> <li><a 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