A-10 Warthog walkaround


Pave Penny pod A-10 
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Pave Penny pod

Wingtip detail 
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A-10 wingtip (post-LASTE)

AIM-9 on A-10
AIM-9 Sidewinder

AGM-65 Maverick
AGM-65 - an inert training round, as evidenced by the lack of the control surfaces.

AGM-65 Scene Magnification Maverick
AGM-65 Scene Magnification Maverick training round

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A-10 walkaround


A-10 bibliography & suggested reading:

Magazine Articles and Photos:

C.M. Plattner   "USAF Seeks Design for A-1 Replacement"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  January 30, 1967  p.41-43

Cecil Brownlow   "AX Flight Evaluation Set for Mid-1972"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  January 4, 1971  p.20-21  2 illustrations

[Photo:  "USAF/Fairchild A-10A first flight"]   Aviation Week & Space Technology  July 3, 1972  front cover

[Photo:  "Fairchild A-10A Carries 18 500-lb. Bombs"]   Aviation Week & Space Technology  July 31, 1972  p.13

"A-10A Damaged In Landing Incident"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  September 11, 1972  p.25

"USAF Agrees to Flyoff for A-10, A-7D"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  October 1, 1973  p.22-23

"30-mm. Gun Fitted to A-10A"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  November 5, 1973  p.53  3 photos

"A-10A Prototype Development Continuing"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  December 10, 1973  p.52-53  5 photos

"Flyoff Decision Favoring A-10 Expected"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  June 17, 1974  p.16-17

"Decision on A-10 Production May Sway Action in Congress"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  July 1, 1974  p.23

"Production A-10s Get Performance Gain"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  July 15, 1974  p.132-133  2 photos

"New Series of Flight Tests Set For USAF A-10 at Edwards AFB"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  August 5, 1974  p.46

Warren C. Wetmore   "A-10 Program Approach Reshaped"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  February 10, 1975  p.44-47  3 photos

[Photo:  "Production A-10 in First Flight"]   Aviation Week & Space Technology  October 27, 1975  p.17

Barry Miller  "Laser Seeker for A-10 Enters Production"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  November 17, 1975  p.39-42  2 photos  1 illustration

[Photo:  "USAF/Fairchild A-10s in test"]   Aviation Week & Space Technology  January 13, 1976  front cover

[Photo: "Fairchild Republic A-10s fly Laser Seeker Sortie"] Aviation Week & Space Technology March 7, 1977  front cover

"A-10 Assembly Line Geared For 1982 Peak" Aviation Week & Space Technology March 7, 1977  2 photos

"Pave Penny Laser Identification Pods to equip 1,300 Aircraft"   Aviation Week & Space Technology March 28, 1977  p.22

“A-10 Program Unaffected By Crash at Paris Show”  Aviation Week & Space Technology  June 13, 1977  p.36

Donald E. Fink  “A-10 Survivability in Attack Role Shown During Simulated Combat”  Aviation Week & Space Technology  June 20, 1977  p.88-93  4 illustrations

David A. Brown  “A-10 Pilots Stress Navaid Requirement”  Aviation Week & Space Technology  September 19, 1977  p.52-53

"USAF to Begin Evaluating Flir Candidates for A-10"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  April 30, 1990  p.47  2 photos

Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz   "USAF A-10s in Saudi Arabia Armed With Two Mavericks"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  September 3, 1990  p.33-34

"USAF A-10s in Desert Shield Carry Maverick Missiles, Countermeasures Systems"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  September 17, 1990  p.70  4 photos

David A. Fulghum   "A-10s Find Targets Harder to Locate After Initial Easy Successes in Iraq"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  February 11, 1991  p.23  1 photo

Rene J. Francillon   "Rooks & Hogs: Unloved tank busters"   Air International  January 1999  p.32-39  3  photos,  2 illustrations (A-10)

Newspaper Articles and Photos:

"PIlot Is Killed as 2 Jets Collide"   New York Times  September 18, 1986  p.B2

Books:

Lou Drendel   "A-10 Warthog in action"   Squadron/Signal Publications, 1981  ISBN 0-89747-122-9

Ken Neubeck   "Walk Around:  A-10 Warthog"   Squadron/Signal Publications, 1999.   ISBN 0-89747-400-7