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:
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:
This former Army guy thinks the A-10 is the prettiest plane we have and I hope they keep it. I really believe it is a mistake to get rid of it because nothing else we have can do what it does so well.
IIRC, weren’t P-47s “retasked” during the Korean and early Viet Nam wars to act as CAS, loaded up with rockets under the wings, as well as the internal M2 .50 machine guns?
Mark