User Guide
Type: Close air support
A-10A Thunderbolt
Recognition features:
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low-wing, square leading and
trailing edge with upward canted
outer sections and down-turned
wing-tips, projecting fairings over
main landing gear
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short nose with ‘up-front’
cockpit arrangement
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twin fin assembly
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large pair of circular engine
nacelles mounted on upper
rear fuselage
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many under-wing weapon
hard points and large nose
mounted cannon
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semi-retractable tricycle
undercarriage
Armament:
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30mm cannon
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AIM-9M Sidewinder IR guided
air-to-air missiles
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LAU-69/A unguided rockets
Decoys:
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chaff
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flares
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Game notes:
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radar symbol:
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ground radar priority: medium










