Warthog as described in 1974
Throwback Thursday: Just look at the highlights of this original Warthog brochure:
-“The A-10 was designed to cost–the lowest cost of any front line aircraft in the Tactical Air Command inventory.”
-The flight testing time was measured in months..not years or even decades!
-Quick turnaround time/long loiter time
-Able to be rearmed with engines running
-Able to land on austere runways
-Easy to maintain
-Survivability/redundant control systems
-Massive firepower
Too bad the Air Force has been trying to kill it for the past 40 years…