![]() ![]() Together, these A-10 and OA-10 aircraft conducted 8,775 sorties maintaining a 95.7% mission capable rate, 5% above A-10 peace-time rates, had the highest sortie rate of any USAF aircraft at 16.5% of all sorties in the Gulf. The remaining aircraft above those 144 were replacements standing by at an off-site location to replace aircraft damaged beyond continued combat status or aircraft destroyed. All units were formalized under the 354th Provisional Wing with 144 aircraft at a time. ![]() In fact, the A-10 is probably the most difficult plane ever built to shoot down due to its extreme maneuverability, self-sealing fuel tanks, wide separated jet engines on top of the fuselage, twin vertical tails, multiple independent hydraulic systems, manual backup flight control system and redundant wing spars.Ī total of 165 of these most recognizable and feared aircraft from 5 different units participated in Operation Desert Storm. Sandra Welch: A-10 Warthog The A-10 can operate underneath 1,000-foot ceilings with 1.5-mile visibility. It was designed to survive in an intense anti-aircraft environment including anti-aircraft guns, radar-guided and infrared missiles and absorb battle damage and keep flying. A-10 Gets Wing Shot Off But Still Makes It Home Advertisement The News & Sports Channel The Pilot’s Just As Tough As The Plane. The A-10 Warthog Boasts Some Unique Specifications Staff Sgt. The only major source of F-35Bs would be the USMC. The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthog" is the only aircraft in United States Air Force (USAF) history designed specifically for the close air support mission. ![]()
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