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Name Role Manufacturer Image Notes Year of first flight Introduction Number built Curtiss Falcon: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company: Family of observation and attack aircraft; composes of the A-3, the main attack version, XA-4, and A-5 and A-6 with more powerful engines.
The use of the term attack aircraft is primarily an American term, as other countries have described identical aircraft variously as light bombers, army cooperation aircraft and close support aircraft. In the US Air Force the naming convention for ground attack aircraft is a prefix "A-", followed by a number, e.g.
The Cobra was a quickly-made helicopter based on the UH-1 Iroquois and was introduced in the mid-1960s as an interim design until the U.S. Army's "Advanced Aerial Fire Support System" helicopter could be delivered. The Army selected the Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne, a more capable attack aircraft with greater speed for initial production.
Three men accused of raping a woman at gunpoint before robbing her and her boyfriend are facing prison time, Georgia prosecutors say. Daquain R. Livingston, 21, Elijah Nil Curney, 20, and Dashawn ...
A USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft in flight. An attack aircraft, strike aircraft, or attack bomber is a tactical military aircraft that has a primary role of carrying out airstrikes with greater precision than bombers, and is prepared to encounter strong low-level air defenses while pressing the attack. [1]
A 15-year-old boy stormed a small regional airport in Arkansas with an AR-style rifle while demanding a plane — until he was stopped by a “heroic” pilot who ran and grabbed his own gun ...
(The Center Square) − Shamsud Din Jabbar made two scouting trips to New Orleans prior to his New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street, the FBI says. FBI Special Agent in Charge Lionel Merkel ...
While the A-10 is a well-versed CAS platform, it is also an older and more costly aircraft.. The 2009 Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance program was born out of the need for a new close air support aircraft that was suited to the type of combat the United States was facing in post 2003-invasion Iraq and Afghanistan.