Warplane

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The A-10 is the Air Force's unlikely success story, an airplane designed to support the Army, and one that ground troops came to venerate. Originally conceived with the express purpose of destroying Soviet tanks, the Air Force only developed it to keep funding away from the Army’s response to the mission, the AH-56 Cheyenne helicopter. Inspired by the biography of a tank-busting German pilot in World War II, the engineering and design of the A-10 fell to Pierre Sprey, a precocious civilian who'd enrolled at Yale when he was just 15-years-old, and now, barely 30, wasexiled to a Pentagon backwater with little, if any, supervision. The end result was one of the finest military aircraft ever built, a plane essentially constructed around a 19.5-foot, 4,000-pound cannon that fired 30mm depleted uranium bullets at a blistering rate. Looking like it was built from discarded airplane parts, it was probably the ugliest combat aircraft ever built, thus the “Warthog” appellation. But it was also an incredibly reliable ground attack aircraft, beloved by ground troops from Iraq to Afghanistan. Despite repeated attempts to replace it with stealth aircraft and drones,over 280 A-10s remain in service today, serviced by dedicated and imaginative engineers and maintainers, and defended by a fervent cohort of advocates descended from the Military Reform movement. This is the story of intra-service rivalries, Pentagon obsessions with speed and stealth over tactical simplicity, and an aircraft that shows no sign of obsolescence as it nears fifty years in service.

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Warplane

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Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II: The 'warthog' Ground Attack Aircraft

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The fairchild republic a 10a close support aircraft has become a legend over its long front line life known as the warthog due to her unusual appearance this little aircraft has built up an awesome reputation in the specialised ground attack role where her accuracy and deadliness are widely recog Uiterlijk 15 november in huis .. MEER INFO

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Billy boyle is sent to the heart of the ussr to solve a double murder at a critical turning point in the war in this latest installment of critically acclaimed james r benn s wwii mystery series it s september 1944 and the us is poised to launch operation frantic a shuttle bombing mission to be Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: E-book

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 03 oktober 2023

Ebook Formaat: Adobe ePub

Hoofdauteur: Hal Sundt

Hoofduitgeverij: Lyons Press

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Studieboek: Nee

EAN: 9781493078578

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