A-10 Thunderbolt II Specifications
- Primary Function:
- A-10 --close air support, OA-10 - airborne forward air control
- Contractor:
- Fairchild Republic Co. (FRC acquired in 1987, now part of Northrop Grumman ISER)
- Power Plant:
- Two General Electric TF34-GE-1 00 turbofans
- Thrust:
- 9,065 pounds each engine
- Wingspan:
- 57 feet, 6 inches (17.42 meters)
- Length:
- 53 feet, 4 inches (16.16 meters)
- Height:
- 14 feet, 8 inches (4.42 meters)
- Weight:
- 29,000 pounds (13,154 kilograms)
- Maximum Takeoff Weight:
- 51,000 pounds (22,950 kilograms)
- Fuel Capacity:
- 11,000 pounds (7,257 kilograms)
- Payload:
- 16,000 pounds (7,257 kilograms)
- Speed:
- 420 miles per hour (Mach 0.56)
- Range:
- 800 miles (695 nautical miles)
- Ceiling:
- 45,000 feet (13,636 meters)
- Armament:
- One 30 mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun; up to 16,000 pounds (7,200 kilograms) of mixed ordnance on eight under-wing and three under-fuselage pylon stations, including 500 pound (225 kilograms) Mk-82 and 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms) Mk-84 series low/high drag bombs, incendiary cluster bombs, combined effects munitions, 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 (6.99 centimeters) rockets; illumination flares and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles.
- Crew:
- One
- Initial operating capability:
- A-10A, 1977; A-10C, 2007
- Inventory:
- Active force, A-10, 143 and OA-10, 70; Reserve, A-10, 46 and OA-10, 6; ANG, A-10, 84 and OA-10, 18