Fairchild A-10 Projects

[Scott Kenny]

And there's a bunch of stuff in there that makes zero sense at all and was totally outside of McPeak's lane. Like telling the Navy to give up long-range air defense? Um, how did the Air Force propose to provide air defense to forces at sea? Clearly it was not going to take over AEGIS on ships. And telling the Marines to pass all their CV/CTOL aircraft to the Navy was just meddling and would actually improve nothing. It would probably break Naval aviation, since the service would struggle to find pilots to fill those extra squadrons (one reason they are Marine-manned in the first place).

Funny enough, the Marines have basically done just that. They still keep C130s (and IIRC fly C130s for occasional Navy stuff, too), but the only F-35s they want are -Bs.

 

[TomS]

Funny enough, the Marines have basically done just that. They still keep C130s (and IIRC fly C130s for occasional Navy stuff, too), but the only F-35s they want are -Bs.

Nope, they still fly regular Hornets and are buying F-35Cs as well as the Bs.

U.S. Marine Corps Activates Second F-35C Squadron

Third Marine Aircraft Wing reactivated Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 311, an F-35C Lightning II squadron, at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, April 14, 2023. VMFA-311 is the U.S. Marine

www.marines.mil

 

[Helicoprion]

The marine corps still flies AV-8B’s while building up the 35b force to replace them, one shot down 7 drones recently in the Yemen situation.

Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier Pilot Intercepted Seven Drones (Updated)

The U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B pilot reportedly made the interceptions while helping to blunt the Houthis' relentless drone attacks.

www.twz.com

 

[aonestudio]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myIletQrYrM

 

[TomS]

The marine corps still flies AV-8B’s while building up the 35b force to replace them, one shot down 7 drones recently in the Yemen situation.

Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier Pilot Intercepted Seven Drones (Updated)

The U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B pilot reportedly made the interceptions while helping to blunt the Houthis' relentless drone attacks.

www.twz.com

Update to this: the USN and USMC deny that it happened.

The Marine Fighter ‘Ace’ Who Wasn’t?

Marine Corps Capt. Earl Ehrhart never shot down five or more Houthi drones according to the U.S. Navy, but the media indicated that he did.

www.forbes.com

 

[isayyo2]

Don't think this video has been posted yet...

Night/Adverse Weather A-10 (NAWS) sales film by Fairchild Republic

 

[Basil]

... nice typical early 1970s sondtrack as intro - could be directly out of a Streets of San Francisco scene ... ;-)

 

[Halcyon66]

The NAWS was the only one they made, was a pretty impressive airframe that just didn't get traction.

The story of the YA-10B (formerly Night/Adverse Weather A-10) the only two-seat Warthog ever built - The Aviation Geek Club

The story of the YA-10B (formerly Night/Adverse Weather A-10) the only two-seat Warthog ever built

theaviationgeekclub.com

Regards,

 

[hesham]

From this book.

 

[moin1900]

FIRE FIGHTING A-10 PATENT

US5549259A
Innovative airtankers and innovative methods for aerial fire fighting
Inventor: Edward C. Herlik
Year: 1994
https://patents.google.com/patent/US5549259A/en

ARTIST'S IMPRESSIONS
- US FOREST SERVICE
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/fairchild-a-10-projects.160/post-182861
- CARLIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/fairchild-a-10-projects.160/post-182940
- AEROTECH EDWARD HERLIK
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/fairchild-a-10-projects.160/post-773917

MORE INFOS:
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II: The 'Warthog' Ground Attack Aircraft
by Peter Charles Smith
(AIR WORLD, MARCH 2021)

 

[moin1900]

FIRE FIGHTING A-10

View: https://youtu.be/0XhMQR1LODI?feature=shared

MINUTE: 00:24:23 - 00:27:34
Three different Versions
- US FOREST SERVICE
- CARLIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
- AEROTECH EDWARD HERLIK

View: https://youtu.be/TgkBoUxyUPs?feature=shared

MINUTE: 00:20:13 - 00:21:00

 

[apparition13]

Interesting link. I've attached the various scans from Fairchild press releases and brochure.

Photo "NAWS 7" caption.

"In test, the FLIR and radar are being carried in pods mounted on the pylons.... In the production version, they would be housed within the landing gear pods."

Are there any illustrations of the planned gear noses for the NAW sensors?

 

[Jonesy1275]

I won a great lot of photographs of the N/AW A-10 this week and amongst them is this fantastic patch. The SSNA is for the Single Seat Night Attack version of the A-10. I can't find much about this proposed type apart from few papers that's available to purchase online.

The owl is also seen as nose art on the two seat N/AW A-10.

Does anybody have further details on the SSNA? I'll delve into my books too.

 

[Jonesy1275]

I finally managed to visit Edwards AFB last week and photographed the N/AW A-10. I'm still pinching myself that I've seen it.

 

[hesham]

From this book.

 

[Antonio]

From this book

That one hardly could be considered an A-10 unbuilt project...