Warplane: How the Military Reformers Birthed the A-10 Warthog

by Hal Sundt

Book Overview

The A-10 is the Air Force's unlikely success story, an airplane designed to support the Army, and one that ground troops came to venerate. Originally conceived with the express purpose of destroying Soviet tanks, the Air Force only developed it to keep funding away from the Army's response to the mission, the AH-56 Cheyenne helicopter. Inspired by the biography of a tank-busting German pilot in World War II, the engineering and design of the A-10...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493067710
• ISBN13: 9781493067718
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"