Description
| Product ID: | 9781785210815 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II Manual |
| Subtitle: | Owners' Workshop Manual |
| Authors: | Author: Steve Davies |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Air forces and warfare, Air forces & warfare, Military vehicles, Military aircraft, USA, 20th century, 21st century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 1972 to date (all marks), Dubbed 'Warthog' – or just 'Hog' – the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is the world's undisputed close air-support attack jet. As tough as it is ugly, it has built a fearsome reputation as a tank buster and infantry killer in conflicts around the globe, and its GAU-8 Avenger 30mm cannon strikes fear into the hearts of all unlucky enough to be on the wrong side. Steve Davies gets up close and personal to look at the Hog's anatomy, engines and firepower, as well as presenting compelling first-person insights into what it takes to fly and maintain., Author: Steve Davies is a freelance aviation journalist and photographer. He is an authority on the USAF and the author of Haynes Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Manual (with Paul F. Crickmore), Boeing B-52, F-15 Eagle and F-16 Falcon Manuals. Steve lives in Cambridge. Dubbed ''Warthog'' - or just ''Hog'' - by those who fly and maintain it, the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is the world''s undisputed close air support attack jet. As tough as it is ugly, it has built a fearsome reputation as a tank buster and infantry killer in conflicts around the globe, and its GAU-8 Avenger 30mm cannon strikes fear into the hearts of all unlucky enough to be on the wrong side of it.he A-10 was clutched from the jaws of retirement by the 1991 Gulf War. At the time of the conflict, the United States Air Force was making plans to shed it''s A-10 fleet, citing obsolescence and redundancy. As the ensuing conflict showed, nothing could have been further from the truth, and no other airframe could have provided the US and Coalition commanders with the sort of forward air control, close air support, combat search and rescue, and tank busting capabilities that the Hog did. Since then the A-10 has delivered capabilities to battlefield commanders in the Balkans (1990s), Afghanistan (2001 onwards) and the second Gulf War (2003 onwards), and Libya (2011). A-10s have flown around 11 per cent of Operation Inherent Resolve sorties (striking IS targets in Iraq) since combat operations began in August 2014. |
| Imprint Name: | J H Haynes & Co Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Haynes Publishing Group |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-04-06 |
