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To: matt1234
Thunderbolt I
P-47 aka, the jug

Thunderbolt II
A-10 aka, the Warthog

32 posted on 09/09/2015 6:43:54 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Restore Liberty!)
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To: FreeAtlanta
Easier to see here, the original P-47 Tunderbolt models (P-47-A thru early -D variants) had a high spine aft of the cockpit and were called "Razorback" as in "Razorback Hog.":

Later -D models and subsequent variants had the full bubbletop canopy.:

A-10s are called "Hawgs" simply because they're ugly and like to get down in the dirt:


41 posted on 09/09/2015 7:51:31 PM PDT by PLMerite ("The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.")
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