A-10C Thunderbolt II
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#1633 - A-10C Thunderbolt II -- United States (Air Force), 2008-0, -
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is an American twin-engine, straight wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic in the early 1970s. It entered service in 1976, and is the only United States Air Force production aircraft designed solely for close air support, including attacking tanks, armored vehicles, and other ground targets. |
General Data
Country: | United States | Service: | United States Air Force |
Category: | Fixed Wing | Aircraft size: | Medium Aircraft (Length 12.1-18m) |
Type: | Attack | Fighter Generation / Agility: | 3.5 gen |
Length: | 16.3 m | Average Climb Rate: | 17.4 m/sec |
Wingspan: | 17.5 m | Instantaneous Climb Rate, S/L: | 52.2 m/sec |
Height: | 4.5 m | Take-off/Landing Distance: | 451-900m TOD/LAD |
Crew: | 1 | ||
Empty Weight: | 11321 kg | ||
Max Weight: | 23000 kg | ||
Payload Weight: | 7260 kg |
Properties
Property |
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Terrain Avoidance (Land: 300ft (91.4m), Sea: 100ft (30.5m)) |
Night Navigation (Ferry, Air-to-Air, Air-to-Surface Missiles) |
Bombsight - Ballistic Computing |
Boom Refuelling |
Sensors/EW
Name | Type | Role | Max Range (nm) | Arc Search | Arc Engage | ||
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AN/ALR-69 | ESM | RWR, Radar Warning Receiver | 120 |
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AN/AAS-35 Pave Penny | Laser Spot Tracker (LST) | LST, Laser Spot Tracker
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20 |
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Mounts
Mount | ROF | Capacity | Weapons, Sensors and Magazine | Arc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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30mm GAU-8A/B Avenger (1150 rnds) | 5 | 6 |
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AN/ALE-40(V)10 x 16 (360 Cartridges) | 1 | 88 |
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Loadouts
Signatures
Signature Type | Front | Side | Rear | Top |
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nm for Visual/IR | dBsm for Radar | db for Sonar | ||
Visual Detection Range | 3.35 | 5.91 | 3.35 | 9.14 |
Visual Classification Range | 1.81 | 3.36 | 3.07 | 4.83 |
Infrared Detection Range | 3.35 | 7.72 | 12.34 | 10.33 |
Infrared Classification Range | 1.81 | 3.36 | 1.81 | 4.83 |
Radar, A-D Band (30-2000 MHz) | 8.1 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 10.7 |
Radar, E-M Band (2-100 GHz) | 8.1 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 10.3 |
Comms/Datalinks
Name | Type | Range (nm) | Channels |
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VHF Radio (Unsecure) | Radio | 100 | 10 |
UHF Radio (Unsecure) | Radio | 100 | 10 |
Propulsion
Engines | Type | Loiter Speed (kts) | Cruise Speed (kts) | Military Speed (kts) | Afterburner Speed (kts) |
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2x TF34-GE-100A | Turbofan | 180 | 300 | 390 |
Fuel
Fuel Type | Quantity (kg) |
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Aviation Fuel | 4855 |
Credits
- Database information: CWDB CWDB_445.db3 & DB3000 DB3K_446beta1.db3 by Ragnar Emsoy and Warfare Sims (Permission has been granted for this Baloogan Database Viewer to use DB3000) (The "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported" licence DOES NOT APPLY to database information, content, descriptions and images over which I make no claims of ownership! It does, however, apply to the code which displays the database information)
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- Descriptions: CV60, apd1004, El Savior, Steven Lohr, Jeff Leslie
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