It was never designed to be elegant. It was designed to be present. The A-10 Thunderbolt II, known universally as the Warthog, became one of the most recognizable symbols of American airpower by...
The A-10 Warthog patch is as universal as the aircraft itself — every pilot who ever strapped into a Thunderbolt II knows what this cartoon Hog means.
Fairchild Republic built 715 A-10s starting in...
The name "Thunderbolt II" was not chosen by accident. It carries the weight of a legacy that goes back to World War II, when the barrel-bodied P-47 Thunderbolt took punishment over Europe and kept on...