A-10 Thunderbolt II Units of Operation Enduring Freedom 2002-07

by Gary Wetzel

In the early 1970s, the USAF, still fresh in the mire of the Vietnam War, began the search for a more effective aircraft to conduct the CAS mission. With aircraft losses climbing, the need for an aircraft that could withstand punishment as well as deliver it was unmistakable. Looking at past experience in Southeast Asia as well as the present and future threat in Western Europe of a numerically superior Soviet Army, the USAF demanded that the new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780963041
• ISBN13: 9781780963044
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.6"