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Fairchild-Republic OA-10A 'Thunderbolt II'
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Description
Notes: Aircraft reroled to fulfill the forward air control (FAC) mission. |
  Manufacturer: | Fairchild-Republic |
  Base model: | A-10 |
  Designation: | OA-10 |
  Version: | A |
  Nickname: | Thunderbolt II |
  Designation System: | U.S. Tri-Service |
  Designation Period: | 1962-Present |
  Basic role: | Attack |
  Modified Mission: | Observation |
Specifications
  Length: | 53' 4" | 16.2 m |
  Height: | 17' 8" | 5.3 m |
  Wingspan: | 57' 6" | 17.5 m |
  Wingarea: | 506.0 sq ft | 47.0 sq m |
  Empty Weight: | 24,959 lb | 11,319 kg |
  Gross Weight: | 47,000 lb | 21,315 kg |
  Max Weight: | 50,000 lb | 22,675 kg |
Propulsion
  No. of Engines: | 2 |
  Powerplant: | General Electric TF34-GE-100 |
  Thrust (each): | 9,065 lb | 4,111 kg |
Performance
  Range: | 2,454 miles | 3,951 km |
  Cruise Speed: | 345 mph | 555 km/h | 300 kt |
  Max Speed: | 518 mph | 834 km/h | 450 kt |
  Climb: | 6,000 ft/min | 1,828 m/min |
  Ceiling: | 44,200 ft | 13,472 m |
Operators (Past and Present)
| USAF
| 23d Wing | Pope AFB | NC |
USAF
| 46th TW | Eglin AFB | FL |
USAF
| 51st FW | Osan AB | SKOR |
USAF
| 52d FW | Spangdahlem AB | GER |
USAF
| 53d Wing | Nellis AFB | NV |
USAF
| 103d FW | Bradley IAP | CT |
USAF
| 104th FW | Barnes MAP | MA |
USAF
| 110th FW | W K Kellogg Airport | MI |
USAF
| 111th FW | Willow Grove ARS | PA |
USAF
| 124th Wing | Boise Air Terminal | ID |
USAF
| 175th Wing | Baltimore | MD |
USAF
| 347th Wing | Moody AFB | GA |
USAF
| 354th FW | Eielson AFB | AK |
USAF
| 355th Wing | Davis-Monthan AFB | AZ |
USAF
| 442d FW | Whiteman AFB | MO |
USAF
| 917th Wing | Barksdale AFB | LA |
USAF
| 926th FW | NAS JRB New Orleans | LA |
Known serial numbers
 
Recent comments by our visitors
Travis Las Vegas, NV | A lot of people are correct and incorrect here. BOTH planes are OA-10As. The ATTack version as the link says is the Fairchild Rep OA-10A. It is a FAC aircraft. Do a little more research before you strike a website that in fact has it's info correct.
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/5/9/0/0653095.jpg 02/09/2009 @ 09:22 [ref: 23677] |
Greg Visé in Belgium, OTH | In fact I confirme that OA-10A is a version of the A-10A Warthog. No way to say there is a mistake, there isn\\\'t .
The OA-10A is an A-10A used as a FAC. So he has more radio-equipment and his armament is different to mark the targets and if needed to kill it. For that purpose he carries rokets-launchers and AGM-65 Mavriks. And some times,Mk bombs series.
Greg from Visé in Belgium 09/08/2005 @ 09:57 [ref: 11180] |
Bogdan ATAMAN Warsaw, OTH | Yes, yes, yes - more photos of Warthogs ; let's have fun...
To the good man who submited photos of REAL Concolidated OA-10 I own a big pack of the best Polish beer.
Greetings from Poland
Bogdan 04/25/2004 @ 18:23 [ref: 7298] |
Dave , VA | Hey Ross... come in through the Manufacturers link and go to Consolidated.. now click on OA-10. Youll find this page and you must also know by looking at the top of this page that Consolidated doesnt make the A-10 Warthog!! 03/12/2004 @ 17:28 [ref: 6965] |
Ross Chappell , KS | Easy folks on the OA-10A! This is the correct spot for the
Warthog. If you want to see the old WWII propjob don't look under the "Attack" section.....Hello!!!! 10/07/2002 @ 14:02 [ref: 5837] |
Martin Jones Mulberry, FL | The Consolidated OA-10A was a USAAF amphibous aircraft. It was used as an emergency rescue craft and picked up large numbers of downed airmen during the war.
When the Army Air Force becace a separate branch of the military designated United States Air Force in September 1947, the aircraft was redesignated SA-10A and a number of them were assigned to the USAF Air Rescue Service worldwide. These were phased out and replaced by the Grumman SA-16 Albatross amphibians in the early 1950s. I mwas an aircrew member on SA-10 with Flight B, 6th Air Rescue Squadron at Ernest Harmon AFB in Stephenville, Newfoundland
The U.S. Navy operated a much larger number of these same aircraft designated PBY-5A
It really is a shame that this great aircraft is incorrectly described in your web site.
If you would like to correct your information, I will be pleased to furnish whatever information I can and to refer you to some authorative sources if you wish.
Thanks for your efforts to preserve some history of these aircraft and the men who flew them. 01/10/2002 @ 20:30 [ref: 4050] |
Christopher Hill , CA | Photos of the Republic A-10 have no place here. They are
almost a discrace to the beauty, and honor of the
CONSOLIDATED OA-10 (aka PBY-5A). To whoever uploaded the
shots, please read the Manufacturer, as well as the
designation. Correctness of information here is of
upmost importance. What if a person who didn't know better
saw the shots and assumed the A-10 flew rescue missions in
WWII. Nonsense. Please be more careful. Thank You.
Christopher Hill 09/14/2001 @ 17:20 [ref: 3186] |
terence Geary , CA | To whom it may concern:
You have the USAAF PBY aka OA-10A's description is fine, when you get to the specs we find it has jet engines, OA-10 w"Warthog" and the OA-10A Amphipian are not one in the same..why not seperate them as two completley different aircraft.
Such as OA-10A 44-33877 2nd,ERS(emergency rescue squadron; OA-10A'aka PBY saved lives,Please seperate them.
Terry 05/12/2000 @ 00:39 [ref: 182] |
 
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