-Primary Function: A-10 -- close air support, airborne forward air control, combat search and rescue -Contractor: Fairchild Republic Co. -Power Plant: Two General Electric TF34-GE-100 turbofans -Thrust: 9,065 pounds each engine -Length: 53 feet, 4 inches (16.16 meters) -Height: 14 feet, 8 inches (4.42 meters) -Wingspan: 57 feet, 6 inches (17.42 meters) -Speed: 420 miles per hour (Mach 0.56) -Ceiling: 45,000 feet (13,636 meters) -Maximum Takeoff Weight: 51,000 pounds (22,950 kilograms) -Range: 800 miles (695 nautical miles) -Armament: One 30mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun; up to 16,000 pounds (7,200 kilograms) of mixed ordnance on eight under-wing and three under-fuselage pylon stations, including 500 pound (225 kilograms) Mk-82 and 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms) Mk-84 series low/high drag bombs, incendiary cluster bombs, combined effects munitions, mine dispensing munitions, AGM-65 Maverick missiles, laser-/GPS-guided bombs, unguided and laser-guided 2.75-inch (6.99 centimeters) rockets; infrared countermeasure flares; electronic countermeasure chaff; jammer pods; illumination flares and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. -Crew: One -Date Deployed: March 1976 -Unit Cost: $9.8 million -To be fully retired by 2029.
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