Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War William L. Smallwood
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.

May 20, 1999 - The titanium-armored flying "tank-buster" was considered expendable in light of looming budget cuts at the end of the Cold War. But that was before the Warthog earned its reputation in the Gulf War as one of the Air Force's most potent and reliable weapons. Department of; Four B-52h Stratofortresses taxiing at start of mission to An example of this was during the Gulf War in 1991 when a B-52 carried out the longest bombing mission in history: 35 hours from Barksdale USAF base in Louisiana to Baghdad and back. Department; B-52H Stratofortress loading a AGM-86 air launched cruise missile (Photo: B-52H taxiing behind an AH-10 Warthog (Photo: U.S. Historically, America has spent far more on defense: 4.6 percent during the first Gulf War, 6 percent during the Reagan buildup, 8.9 percent during the Vietnam War, 11.7 percent during the Korean War, and 34.5 percent during World War II. Now, with the military The A-10 was built to survive direct hits from powerful, armor-piercing shells. The first The A-10 has been successfully used in the Gulf War, Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya with more wars sure to come. Pentagon officials said other aircraft, including the Army's Apache attack helicopter, could fill the role. Feb 1, 2014 - The Clinton Administration reduced the entire military—its forces and equipment—by one-third under the utopian assumption that the end of the Cold War would lead to a “lasting peace.” This “procurement holiday” has . Mar 27, 2014 - The Fairchild Republic A-10 Warthog has been in use since 1976 and is slated for inventory until 2040. Oct 10, 2011 - A B-52H being towed past another on Diego Garcia (Photo: U.S. Thanks to Wikipedia The YA-10 had an additional fly-off in 1974 against the Ling-Temco-Vought A-7D Corsair II, the principal Air Force attack aircraft at the time, in order to prove the need to purchase a new attack aircraft.