A-10 - specifications of A-10 military aircraft - Brief Article

Combat Edge, April, 2003

Primary Function: A-10 -- close air support Contractor: Fairchild Republic Co

Power Plant: Two General Electric TF34-GE-100 turbofans Thrust: 9,065 pounds each engine Length: 53 feet, 4 inches Height: 14 feet, 8 inches

Wingspan: 57 feet, 6 inches Speed: 420 miles per hour Ceiling: 45,000 feet Maximum Takeoff Weight: 51,000 pounds Range: 800 miles Armament: One 30 mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun; up to 16,000 pounds of mixed ordnance on eight under-wing and three under-fuselage pylon stations, including 500 pounds of Mk-82 and 2,000 pounds of 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 rockets; illumination flares and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. Crew: One

Date Deployed: March 1976 Unit Cost: $9.8 million (fiscal 98 constant dollars) Inventory: Active force, 143; Reserve, 46; ANG, 84