A10
The A-10 Thunderbolt is also known as the Warthog, the Flying Gun and the Tankbuster. The aircraft was used extensively during Operation Desert Storm and in support of NATO operations in response to the Kosovo crisis. During Operation Desert Storm, 144 A-10 aircraft flew in various roles achieving 95.7 per cent mission capability and 8,100 combat sorties. The A-10 was responsible for more than half of the Iraqi military inventory losses including tanks, Scuds and helicopters.
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Specification
Crew: 1 pilot
Dimensions: Wingspan: 17.53 metres, Overall length: 16.26 metres, Height: 4.47 metres, Empty weight: 25,000 lbs, Maximum take-off weight: 50.000 lbs
Engines: Non-afterburning turbo fan engines, two General Electric TF34-GE-100
Thrust 9,065 lb each
Flight ceiling 41,000 feet
Speed: 700 km/hour
Range 990 kilometres
Weapons: 30 mm cannon, one GAU-8/A Avenger seven barrel Gatling gun
Cannon rounds: 1,350, 30 mm rounds ammunition
Firing rate: 2,100 or 4,200 rounds per minute.
Bombs LDGP Mk 82 226 kg , 500 lb general purpose bombs, BLU-1 and BLU-27/B Rockeye II cluster bombs, Cluster bomb unit CBU-52/71
Missiles: Air to surface missiles AGM-65A Maverick, Air to air missile: AIM-9 Sidewinder
Electronic Countermeasures podded system
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