A-10 Thunderbolt II

An A-10 used by the USAF during the Battle of New York of 1992.

* Hardpoints: 11 (8× under-wing and 3× under-fuselage pylon stations) with a capacity of 16,000 lb (7,260 kg), with provisions to carry combinations of:
	+ Rockets:
		- 4x LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each with 19x/7× Hydra 70 mm/APKWS rockets, respectively)
		- 6x LAU-131 rocket pods (each with 7x Hydra 70 rockets)
	+ Missiles:
		- 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles for self-defense
		- 6× AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missiles
	+ Bombs:
		- Mark 80 series of unguided 'iron' bombs or
		- Mk 77 incendiary bombs or
		- BLU-1, BLU-27/B, CBU-20 Rockeye II, BL755 and CBU-52/58/71/87/89/97 cluster bombs or
		- Paveway series of Laser-guided bombs or
		- Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) (A-10C) or
		- Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser

## Usage

### Affiliation

* United States Air Force (Exclusively, not for Export)
* Terran Starfleet (SA-10 Space Warthog variant only)

The **Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II** is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). In service since 1976, it is named for the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, but is commonly referred to as the "Warthog" or simply "Hog". The A-10 was designed to provide close air support (CAS) to friendly ground troops by attacking armored vehicles, tanks, and other enemy ground forces; it is the only production-built aircraft designed solely for CAS to have served with the U.S. Air Force. Its secondary mission is to direct other aircraft in attacks on ground targets, a role called forward air controller-airborne; aircraft used primarily in this role are designated OA-10.

While the A-10s were not exported by the Americans to the Terran Alliance member-states, even after the Terran campaign of Earth in the Clone Wars, it's space variant the SA-10 Space Thunderbolt II/Space Warthogs are exported to the alliance members and became the Terran Starfleet's attack and combat close-aerospace support starfighter, which later used in the other battles in the Andromeda Galaxy. After the Clone Wars in 1994, the A-10s along with the SA-10s have been upgraded and modernized, while others are mass-produced for the USAF as it's attack aircraft and Terran Starfleet for the Starfighter units. During the First War in Afghanistan and the War on Terror the A-10 Thunderbolts provided air-support for the Terran troops along with the SU-25 Frogfoots of the Russian Air Force against Terrorist camps, while in the First Galactic Civil War of 2013 the SA-10s saw it's action on Scarif, while the A-10s saw their action on both Second Battle of Earth and Battle of Jakku of the Andromeda War.

## Wars

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While the A-10s were not exporte

## Variants

* YA-10A - Pre-production variant.
* A-10A - Single-seat close air support, ground-attack production version.
* OA-10A - A-10As used for airborne forward air control.
* YA-10B Night/Adverse Weather (N/AW) - Two-seat experimental prototype, for work at night and in bad weather.
* A-10C - A-10As updated under the incremental Precision Engagement (PE) program.
* A-10PCAS - Proposed unmanned version developed by Raytheon and Aurora Flight Sciences as part of DARPA's Persistent Close Air Support program. The PCAS program eventually dropped the idea of using an optionally manned A-10.
* SPA-10 - Proposed by the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to replace its North American T-28 Trojan thunderstorm penetration aircraft, it was eventually cancelled.
* SA-10 Space Warthog - Starfighter variant, designed for close-air support, developed after the Terran Campaign

## Gallery

An A-10 being escorted by two F-4 Phantom IIs.The USAF A-10 Warthog proceeds to strafing on enemy forces during the Battle of California.An A-10 during the Exercise.A Squadron of A-10s flying on a formation against the attacking Imperials on Earth.The A-10 flying and strafing on Insurgents.Two A-10s firing on CIS positions.An A-10 strafing on Imperial tanks during the Battle of Earth.An A-10 lands on a tunnel strip.An A-10 flying over Jakku.A USAF A-10 during the Battle of Volgograd, providing air-support for the Terran forces on the ground.The SA-10 Space Warthogs, a variant of the A-10 Warthog/Thunderbolt II.SA-10 Warthog mark II variant.