The United States Air Force A-10 was designed as a Close Air Support aircraft, built around a potent armor-destroying 30 mm rotating barrel cannon known as the Avenger. Known as the A-10 ‘Thunderbolt II’ or, more affectionately, the ‘Warthog’, the Fairchild Republic Close Air Support (CAS) aircraft can carry a variety of ground attack munitions, […]
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