IT’S MEAN. IT’S UGLY. AND IT’S THE AIRCRAFT GROUND TROOPS CALL ON FIRST WHEN THEY’RE CAUGHT IN A JAM.
CAMPBELL: They were taking fire and needed immediate support.
ITS WEAPON OF CHOICE? THE MOST POWERFUL GATLING-TYPE CANNON IN THE AIR FORCE INVENTORY.
DORAN: It’s capable of firing 70 rounds per second.
SOT cannon firing
ZURKOWSKI: They are threated just by the sound of the airplane.
THE A-10 THUNDERBOLT IS THE AIRCRAFT THAT CHANGED THE DEFINITION OF CLOSE AIR SUPPORT.
SPREY: Every aspect of how we put the A-10 together was like a radical innovation.
IT’S CAUSED MORE CONTROVERSY THAN ANY OTHER AIR FORCE FIGHTER.