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It was also expensive to buy and operate, with a flyaway cost of $2 million in FY1965 ($19.3 million today), and operational costs over $900 per hour ($9,000 per hour today). [13] After a broad review of its tactical force structure, the USAF decided to adopt a low-cost aircraft to supplement the F-4 and F-111.
"The coolest thing I've ever done in an airplane to this day is shooting the gun," the A-10 pilot and squadron commander said.
A pilot belly-landed the aircraft after a gun misfire caused an explosion that damaged the landing gear and blew his cockpit canopy off.
Colonel Kim Nichole Reed-Campbell (born June 6, 1975) [3] is a retired United States Air Force officer and Command Pilot. [1] She was decorated for piloting her A-10 Thunderbolt II back to base in southern Iraq after taking heavy anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) damage in aerial combat over Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
The P-47 would also be the foundation stock for rebuilding a majority of the post-war European air forces. Unlike the P-51, this aircraft was easily maintained and more forgiving of pilot mistakes (due to its more robust construction). Like the USAF, these aircraft only started to retire as the second generation jets became readily available.
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On 28 January 1982, the 25th received its first Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. The squadron's presence helped maintain a peaceful armistice between North and South Korea until 2 October 1989. It was during that time that the 25th began transferring aircraft to the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron and other stateside units ...
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