The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for...
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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. It was a successful...
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GAU-8 Avenger (redirect from GAU-8/A Avenger)
Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II. Designed to destroy a wide variety of ground targets, the Avenger delivers 30mm rounds at a high rate of fire. The GAU-8/A is...
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Attack aircraft (redirect from A- (plane))
currently identified by the prefix A-, as in "A-6 Intruder" and "A-10 Thunderbolt II". However, until the end of World War II the A- designation was shared between...
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bullies the F-35 Lightning II into Burlington", Heart of empire, Harper's Magazine. Grazier, Dan. "The U.S. Air Force Knows the A-10 Will Beat the F-35". War...
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the A-10 Thunderbolt II, S-3 Viking and RQ-170 Sentinel. Developed by GE Aircraft Engines during the late 1960s, the original engine comprises a single...
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Close air support (section World War II)
aircraft like the A-10 Thunderbolt II provide close air support using rockets, missiles, bombs, and strafing runs. During the Second World War, a mixture of...
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Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, a close air support aircraft, becoming the second operational squadron in the nation's first A-10 wing. Duty called...
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Northrop YA-9 (redirect from Northrop A-9)
Republic YA-10 that entered production as the A-10 Thunderbolt II. Criticism that the U.S. Air Force did not take close air support seriously prompted a few service...
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