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A close-up view of the tail section of a 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft. The plane sustained damage when an SA-16 missile exploded near it during Operation Desert Storm.

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A close-up view of the tail section of a 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft. The plane sustained damage when an SA-16 missile exploded near it during Operation Desert Storm.

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM

Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Kit Thompson

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The A-10 Thunderbolt has excellent maneuverability at low airspeeds and altitude and is a highly accurate and survivable weapons-delivery platform. Called the “Warthog” for its aggressive look and often painted with teeth on the nose cone, the A-10 Thunderbolt II is the U.S. Air Force’s primary low-altitude close air support aircraft best known for its GAU-8 Avenger 30mm Gatling gun designed to fire armor-piercing depleted uranium and high explosive incendiary rounds. In the 1970s the threat of Soviet armored forces and all-weather attack operations had become more serious. Six companies submitted aircraft proposals, with Northrop and Fairchild-Republic selected to build prototypes: the YA-9A and YA-10A, respectively. General Electric and Philco-Ford were selected to build and test GAU-8 cannon prototypes. First A-10 was delivered to the U.S. Air Force on 30 March 1976. By 1984, 715 airplanes had been built.

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15/02/1991
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