A-10/OA-10 Thunderbolt II Primary Function: A-10 (close air support), OA-10 (airborne forward air control) Speed: 420 mph Armament: One 30 mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun; up to 16,000 lbs of mixed ordnance on eight under-wing and three under-fuselage pylon stations, including 500-pound and 2,000-pound bombs, incendiary cluster bombs, mine dispensing munitions, AGM-65 Maverick missiles and laser-guided/electro-optically guided bombs; infrared countermeasure flares; electronic countermeasure chaff; jammer pods; 2.75-inch rockets; illumination flares and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. Crew: One Source: U.S. Air Force |