Fighter/Attack Aircraft Design, Development and Inactive Programs

摘要

This section includes summaries of a number of proposed, developmental, or out-of-production fighter or attack aircraft programs. Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt Ⅱ. The A-10 is a twin-turbofan-engine close air support (CAS) aircraft. A total of 713 A-10As were produced for the U.S. Air Force, with the final example delivered in February 1984. A portion of the USAF A-10A fleet was subsequently converted to the OA-10 configuration for use in forward air control. By mid-2011, more than 300 USAF A/OA-10s had been modified under an upgrade program known as the Precision Engagement modification, for which Lockheed Martin was the prime contractor. The modification included upgraded cockpit displays, a moving map, hands-on throttle and stick, digital stores management, Litening and Sniper targeting pod integration, the Situational Awareness Data Link, and provision of the ability to deliver GPS-guided weapons. Precision Engagement modified aircraft received the designation A-10C.