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Is the A-10 a good aircraft?

While the A10 is perfectly capable of close-range combat, it also can destroy targets at greater distances, using either the Maverick AGM-45 or sidewinder A9M missiles. In total, externally the A10 can accommodate a weapons payload of 7260kgs. RELATED: A-10 Warthog Takes Out 23 Tanks During Op Desert Storm… In One Day!

How strong is the A-10?

Using the cannon, the A-10 is capable of disabling a main battle tank from a range of over 6,500m. The cannon can fire a range of ammunition, including armour-piercing incendiary rounds (API) weighing up to 0.75kg, or uranium-depleted 0.43kg API rounds. The magazine can hold 1,350 rounds of ammunition.

How tough is the A10 Warthog?

Tough, because the A-10 has 1,200 pounds of titanium armor—unlike the Air Force’s fighter planes—and is designed to withstand hits from light antiaircraft cannons. An A-10 once returned to base in this condition after being hit by a missile.

Is the A-10 still used?

The A-10 was designed around the 30 mm GAU-8 Avenger rotary cannon. With a variety of upgrades and wing replacements, the A-10’s service life can be extended to 2040; the service has no planned retirement date as of June 2017.

Is the A-10 Warthog obsolete?

The A-10 is “very effective in current conflicts, but it is not viable in the long term,” according to Air Force fiscal 2022 talking points, as reported by Air Force Magazine.

Is the A-10 still in service?

With a variety of upgrades and wing replacements, the A-10’s service life can be extended to 2040; the service has no planned retirement date as of June 2017.

Will the Air Force preserve the A-10?

Given the emerging global threat environment, it would make sense that the Air Force would seek to preserve an aircraft such as the A-10.

Can the A-10 fly over heavily defended battlefields?

The A-10 is being kept on one condition, though: it is no longer designated to fly over heavily defended battlefields. The Air Force is convinced the aircraft, designed to unleash missiles, rockets, bombs, and its GAU-8/A 30-millimeter Gatling gun is no longer able to fly over “double digit” air defenses.

How many A-10s are being cut from the Air Force?

The Air Force, Air Force Magazine reports, plans to cut 44 jets from the A-10’s standing fleet of 281 aircraft. The remaining 237 jets will fly on in seven squadrons split among three active duty, three National Guard, and one reserve squadron, respectively.

Is the A-10 Thunderbolt 2 a single-seat plane?

single-seat, twin turbofan engine, straight wing attack aircraft by Fairchild Republic. The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin turbofan engine, straight wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF).