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General Background

The A-10C is an updated version of the 30-year old A-10A. The cockpit has two-F-16 style 5.5 inch color displays, a moving map display and other electronic upgrades while keeping the A-10 ability to function as a CAS aircraft/tank killer. They have taken the best of the "new" and matched it with the best of the "old" and come up with one mean machine. The A-10C has already seen combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. The A-10 motto, "Go Ugly Early".

The Aircraft

A-10C Warthog 79-0145 was manufactured in 1979 c/n A10-0409. The character painted on the aircraft is “Hairless Joe”, a character from the Li’l Abner comic strip by Al Capp. Inside the ladder door there is an inscription, “We fight in search of Truth. We fight for Freedom…. With LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL”. In 1996 the 47th switched from a combat role to training and since the 47th had some of the best A-10 pilots it was deployed to Bagram AB in support of Operation Enduring Freedom In February 2012.

Specifications :

Crew :	One
Main role :	A-10 - close air support, OA-10 - airborne forward air control
Manufacturer :	Fairchild Republic Co.
Power Plants :	Two General Electric TF34-GE-100 turbofans
Thrust :	9,065 pounds per engine
Length :	16.16 meters
Height :	4.42 meters
Wingspan :	17.42 meters Speed: 420 miles per hour (Mach 0.56)
Ceiling :	13,636 meters
Maximum Takeoff Weight :	22,950 kg.
Range :	800 miles (695 nautical miles)
Armament :	One 30 mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun
	Maximum 7,200 kg of mixed ordnance including : 225 kg “ Mk-82 ” and 900 kg “ Mk-84 ” series low/high drag bombs, incendiary cluster bombs, combined effects munitions, mine dispensing munitions, AGM-65 Maverick missiles and laser-guided/electro-optically guided bombs , infrared countermeasure flares , electronic countermeasure chaff , jamming pods , 6.99 cm (2.75in.) rockets , illumination flares , AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles