Academy AC12402

Re-released! Fairchild A-10A (designed to be used with Academy kits) [3541-18]

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Fairchild A-10A Thunderbolt II electronics (designed to be used with Academy kits)

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Fairchild A-10A Thunderbolt II Big set with BDOA72083 and BDOA72084 (designed to be used with Academy kits)

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Fairchild A-10A/A-10B Thunderbolt II - GAU-8 Avenger gun tip and Pitot Tube (designed to be used with Academy, Airfix, Hasegawa, Hobby Boss, Hobbycraft, Italeri, Monogram, Matchbox, Revell and Tamiya kits)

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Fairchild A-10A/A-10B/A-10C Thunderbolt wheels set (designed to used with Academy, Hasegawa, Hobby Boss, Italeri, Monogram and Revell kits)

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USAF Fairchild A-10A "Cold War Hogs" Twelve marking options for Cold War era A-10 Warthogs in Euro 1 camouflage scheme. This very comprehensive decal set provides markings for A-10A Thunderbolts in the "European One" camouflage scheme that the type wore during the height of the Cold War and the first Gulf War that followed. With this sheet, you finally can build an accurate, high-quality model representing what the iconic A-10 looked like during most of the 1980s and early 1990s. Many of the options on CD72112 feature colorful, intricate nose art and period-accurate unit markings. The options on this decal sheet are: A-10A 78-0670 138th TFS, New York Air National Guard A-10A 78-0685 138th TFS, New York Air National Guard A-10A 81-0979 509th TFS, RAF Alconbury A-10A 81-0967 "Brothers in Arms", 511st TFS, RAF Alconbury A-10A 80-0206 92nd TFS, RAF Bentwaters A-10A 81-0952 510th TFS, RAF Bentwaters A-10A 81-0962 91st TFS, RAF Bentwaters A-10A 81-0950 78th TFS, RAF Bentwaters A-10A 78-0599 "Bird of Prey", 355th TFS, Operation Desert Storm A-10A 79-0099 "Fang", 355th TFS, Operation Desert Storm A-10A 79-0112 "Here Comes The Judge", 355th TFS, Operation Desert Storm A-10A 78-0724 "Leslie the Seminole Warrior", 355th TFS, Operation Desert Storm

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MDFSD9 Scaled Down #9 Fairchild A-10A Warthog/Thunderbolt II. The A-10 'Warthog' owed its birth to two influences - the inadequacies of the Close Air Support aircraft used in Vietnam, and the need to counter Soviet armoured might in Europe. During the Vietnam War the Air Force regarded CAS as their domain but was hard pressed to find an aircraft with both the range and loiter capacity to fulfil this need. They did obtain quantities of the old but excellent piston-powered Douglas A-1 Skyraider originally developed for the Navy, which soon earned the appreciation of the ground-pounders by its ability to carry a huge warload, dish out and take punishment, and remain on station for an extended period of time. Late in the war the USAF shifted the CAS mission to the jet-powered A-7 Corsair II, which had been developed for a US Navy requirement for a carrier-based strike fighter to replace the A-4 Skyhawk. The Corsair was an excellent aircraft, but it was designed for the strike-interdiction role, not for the battlefield CAS mission. The USAF therefore began to put together an AX - 'Attack Experimental' program to develop a dedicated CAS aircraft that could do the job far better than the Corsair, match the Skyraider in warload and endurance, but be substantially faster while being extremely maneuverable. The aircraft would also need to be highly survivable through the use of armour and redundant systems, include twin engines and be armed with a fast-firing Gatling-type gun.

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Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II 1. 76-0531 Fairchild A-10A 'Stephanie Anne Bayou Babe'926 TFG/706 TFS 'Cajuns', tail code 'NO', NAS New Orleans, LA - King Fahd Airport, Saudi Arabia. 2. 77-0272 Desert Doc A-10A 926 TFG/706 TFS 'Cajuns', tail code 'NO', NAS New Orleans, LA - King Fahd Airport, Saudi Arabia. 3. A-10A 355th TFS/354th TFW 'Falcons', tail code 'MB' - Myrtle Beach AFB, SC - King Fahd Airport, Saudi Arabia. 4. 79-0112 Here Comes the Judge A-10A 355th TFS/354th TFW 'Falcons', tail code 'MB' - Myrtle Beach AFB, SC - King Fahd Airport, Saudi Arabia. 5. 79-0096 Honey Buns - left Wicked Sensation - rigth 61 missions A-10A 353rd TFS/354th TFW 'Panthers', tail code 'MB' - Myrtle Beach AFB, SC - King Fahd Airport, Saudi Arabia. 6. 78-0582 Alligator Leased from 46th TFTS 'BD' A-10A 926 TFG/706 TFS 'Cajuns', tail code 'NO', NAS New Orleans, LA - King Fahd Airport, Saudi Arabia. 7. A-10A 81-0964 was flown by Captain Todd 'Shanghai' Sheehy of the 511th TFS in Jan 1991. 8. Fairchild A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0219 509th TFS, 10th TFW, USAF. 9. Fairchild A-10A Warthog 77-0271 706TFS 'Cajuns' / 926FG on display at Moody AFB, Georgia in 1992. Shortly afterward she was sent to the 309th AMARG 'Boneyard' at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. 10. A-10A Nr.74-552, 349th Wing AFRES, 1995. 11. Part: 57th TTW, TAC, USAF Serial: 75-0258. Airplane pilot in camouflage during exercise JAWS 1978. 12. A-10a serial 75-260 flown by the 57th Tactical Training Wing in the "Jaws ll" exercise in November 1977. 13. A-10A 79-0179 of the 74th EFS/332nd AEG, Jacobabad, Pakistan, March 2002. 14. A-10A 81-0954 of the 81st EFS/455 th AEW,Bagram AB, Afghanistan, June 2003. 15. A-10 A 80-0252 of the 75 th EFS/455th AEW, Bagram AB, Afghanistan, February 2005.

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