US Air Force Finally Tests The New Super A-10 Warthog

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US Air Force Finally Tests The New Super A-10 Warthog


One of the most iconic airplanes in the u.s air force's flying inventory is the A-10 Thunderbolt, also affectionately known as the warthog. designed to mow down rows of invading soviet tanks during World War II.

A-10s flew 7983 combat missions during the course of the war, killing 987 tanks, 926 artillery pieces, 1,355 armored vehicles 10 aircraft on the ground and even two flying helicopters shot down with the gowie day.

The A-10 had earned a reputation as a close air support workhorse among infantry troops for the distinctive roar of its galilee avenger gatling gun.

The A-10 warthog ground attack jet already in the process of receiving new wings, is also set for a series of improvements including new weapons, cockpit upgrades, and helmet mounted controls.

The A-10 common fleet initiative will keep the aircraft alive and incredible into the future. The US air force currently has 281.810 so needs to have these available if the call comes for higgin conflict. from a survivability perspective, the a-10 can move outside some of the threats if its pilots use standoff weapons from longer ranges.


The A-10 can then act as a truck that sends weapons in softening the target area before swinging into its more traditional mission.

Adding the boeing GBU-39 small diameter bomb started this summer and this gives the A-10 that new standoff capability. with a new multi-target engagement capability, the warthog will theoretically be able to target 18 weapons individually, making it a unique aircraft that fits well into the fourth and fifth generation mix.

The initiative will keep the warthog relevant as a tank killing ground attack aircraft, even as the air defenses of high-tech adversaries become deadlier than ever. One of the most important is the incorporation of the GBU-39 small diameter bomb.


The GBU-39 is a 250-pound high-explosive bomb fitted with wings and a guidance system, allowing it to engage individual ground targets at ranges up to 40 miles. The warthog can carry up to 18 GBU-39s, theoretically giving it the ability to engage up to 18 different targets.

The improvements are part of the A-10 common fleet initiative. the improvements include standoff bombs that destroy enemy air defense systems at a distance.

Upgraded a-10s coupled with unmanned aerial vehicles could work together to suppress enemy air defenses and bomb tank columns. UAV could be used to locate enemy air defenses such the russian tor and Pantsir S1 short-range air defense weapons before being shot down, passing on the coordinates of those weapons to A-10 cruise.

The A-10s in turn could then unleash gpu-39s against those weapons, before closing in and engaging enemy tanks and armored vehicles with AGM-65 maverick missiles, high-explosive bombs and of course the GAU-80 avenger 30 millimeter seven barrel gatling gun.


The initiative could also include link 16 date links for sharing information with friendly forces and a synthetic aperture radar pod capable of scanning the ground and identifying tanks and armored vehicles at night and through adverse weather such as clouds or fog.

The A-10 thunderbolt is unlike any fighter before or since with survivability features designed to keep it flying during an attack run and make it back to base.

The plane featured redundant engineering features designed to keep the plane flying, though parts of it were shot away. The two general electric TF-34 non-afterburning turbofans were moved behind the wing in order to reduce the plane's infrared signature and protect it from soviet air defenses such as the SA-7 grail shoulder fired surface-to-air missile system.


The A-10 thunderbolt 2's best attribute is its armament. the aircraft has 11 external hardpoints for carrying electronic countermeasures, fuel tanks, bombs and missiles.

The A-10 can carry up to 24,500 pound bombs, four two thousand pound bombs are six AGM-65 maverick air to ground missiles. this enables the 810 to carry out a number of frontline missions from close air support to suppression of enemy air defense and strike key enemy targets such as fuel storage depots, radar installations and field headquarters.

The weapon that sets the A-10 apart from the rest of the aircraft world is the nose-mounted GAU-80 cannon. The large 7-barrel gatling gun can fire armor-piercing rounds at up to 4200 rounds per minute saturating a target area with lethal cannon fire.

The GAU-88 was an effective weapon for strafing soviet armor units advancing in a single file formation, particularly with specially developed tank killing depleted uranium ammunition, even armor-piercing ammunition without depleted uranium could penetrate CSU-234 mobile air defense systems BTR-70 wheeled armored personnel carriers and in bmp2 infantry fighting vehicles that made up advancing soviet motor rifle regiments, all of which could be opened by the gauay day-like cans of sardines.


The A-10 is one of the most successful weapons of the post-cold warrior and has won legions of fans both in and outside the armed services.


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