Revell Monogram RVM5521 A-10 Warthog Plastic Model kit, Various

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Interestingly enough, the A-10 is so well armored that it can fly through super-cell thunderstorms – the Air Force even uses the A-10 Warthog to monitor severe weather systems. Propulsion The twin-jet jet is driven by two efficient 12-blade impellers with high performance internal brushless sliders and two 80A controllers with integrated BEC. The battery is clean, the receiver is clean, and the A-10 V2 from FMS is ready – ready to put a big grin on your face. In this final part, we bring the whole thing together and finish off the cockpit and add the wiring hanesess and the arn the Hog all ready for the final reveal. The Thunderbolt II's airframe was designed around the high-power 30mm GAU-8 Avenger rotary autocannon.

Revell Monogram RVM5521 A-10 Warthog Plastic Model kit

These are surrounded by 12,000 lbs of titanium aircraft armor in a configuration lovingly referred to as “the titanium bathtub”. took about a month to come in with all of the corona virus stuff going on but it is very good for what it costs.Check all control surfaces for solid contact between control surfaces, main wings and tail sections. In 2007, the USAF expected it to remain in service until 2028 and possibly later, [128] when it would likely be replaced by the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. However, further cuts to the number of active duty A-10s will be paused by Congress until the USAF demonstrates its Close Air Support missions can be replaced by other aircraft. The 23rd TFW's A-10s were deployed to Bridgetown, Barbados during Operation Urgent Fury, the 1983 American Invasion of Grenada.

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The A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft are the 25th Fighter Squadron "Draggins" and the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft are the 36th Fighter Squadron "Friends" from the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan AB, ROK; the additional F-16 aircraft are the 179th Fighter Squadron "Bulldogs" from the 148th Fighter Wing out of Duluth Air National Guard Base, Minnesota.

According to official record from the conflict, the A-10 Warthog had a mission capable rate of 85 percent and fired 311,597 rounds of 30 mm ammunition over the course of hostilities. Hawgsmoke is a biennial competition focused on tactics the A-10C can employ during combat operations. In 2018, this plan was found to be too risky due to the costly modifications required, thus the program was canceled. S. Air Force had stated the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II would replace the A-10 as it entered service, but this remains highly contentious within the USAF and in political circles. The first of these was shot down by Captain Robert Swain over Kuwait on 6 February 1991 for the A-10's first air-to-air victory.