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From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: A-10
Message-ID: <15579@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 90 04:11:18 GMT
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From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)

In article <15515@cbnews.ATT.COM>, spiff@ucscb.ucsc.edu (Mark Schumann) writes:
> 
> 	I was wondering, could anyone tell me what the A-10 "Thunderbolt 2"
> is named after?  I vaguely remember a WW2 fighter named the Thunderbolt,
> but Im not terribly familiar with WW2 aircraft...

The Republic P-47, also called the "Jug", being built around a large radial
engine.

Main competitor among USAAF pilots with P-51 Mustang for title of best
fighter.

Lineal descendent of de Seversky fighter designs of the 1930's.

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