The A-10's pilot sits in a cockpit tub made of highly resistant titanium and operates systems with sufficient redundancy to allow his aircraft to survive significant battle damage. The Warthog does its work low and slow. While it has a service ceiling of 45,000 feet and a top speed of 420 mph, it's meant to operate under 1,000 feet in visibility conditions as low as 1.5 miles. Remember, more than half of the 274 A-10s are assigned to the Air National Guard and the US Air Force Reserve. You might see one operating from or near a civilian airport.
Airport security is tight.
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