TYPETYPE
SUBTYPE
NUMERICTYPEDESIGNATOR
MODELNUMBERS
COMMONNAME
STATUS
PURPOSE
SVC
PRIMECONTRACTOR
OTHERCONTRACTORS
SPECIFICATIONS
REMARKS
aircraft
Presidential
VC-25
A
Air Foce One
Deployed
Carry the President
AF
Boeing
–
–
Specially configured Boeing 747-200B
aircraft
Transport
C-1
–
–
Obsolete
–
Army AC
Douglas
–
–
1920s
aircraft
UC-78
–
–
Bobcat
Obsolete
personnel transport
AF
CEssna
–
See AT-8
WW II
See AT-8
aircraft
ambulance
HE
–
Grasshopper
Obsolete
ambulance
Navy
Piper
–
–
WW II
Army designation is L-4
aircraft
amphibian
A-10
A
Catalina
Obsolete
amphibious liaison
AF
Convair
–
–
Air Force designation for PBYs (qv) transferred from Navy
Designataion of A-10 was previously OA-10
Also see later Air Force A-10 attack planes
aircraft
anti-submarine
S-3
A
Viking
–
–
Navy
Lockheed
General Electric (engines)
–
–
aircraft
anti-submarine
S2F
3S
Tracker
Obsolete
carrier based anti-submarine
Navy
Grumman
–
–
1950’s
aircraft
attack
A-1
D, E, H, J
Skyraider
Obsolete
attack bomber
AF/Navy
Douglas
–
–
Vietnam War
Also classified AD-6
aircraft
attack
A-10
-A, OA-10
Thunderbolt II
Active
close air support
AF
Fairchild
General Electric (engine)
Power plant: Two GE TF-34-GE-100 turbofan engines
Thrust: 9,065 pounds (4079.25 kilograms) each engine
Length: 53′ 4
Height: 14′ 8
Wingspan: 57′ 6
Speed: 420 mph
Ceiling: 1.000 ft.
Maximum takeoff weight: 51,000 lbs
Range: 288 miles
Armament: (1) 30 mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel gatling gun, mixture of ordnance including AIM-9 Sidewinder rockets
Crew: one
Deployed: March 1976
Unit Cost: $8.8 million
Inventory (1996) Active force, A-10 72 and OA-10 72
Reserve, A-10 24 and OA-10 12
ANG A-10 64 and OA-10 30
Source Air Force Fact Sheet April 1996 Also called Warthog
Also see earlier Air Force A-10 amphibians (PBY Catalinas transferred from Navy)
aircraft
attack
A-11
–
–
Obsolete
–
AAC
Consolidated
–
–
1930s