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This title explores the development and use of the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the first US Air Force aircraft specially designed for close air support of ground forces. Readers will follow the history of the aircraft, and learn its military and performance specifications, as well as its features and advantages in the field. Readers will learn about its weapon systems including general purpose bombs, cluster bomb units, laser guided bombs, joint direct attack munitions, missiles, rockets, illumination flares, and cannons. Features such as Night Vision Imaging Systems, titanium armor, self-sealing fuel cells, and hydraulic flight-control systems are detailed. The Warthog's two non-after burning turbofan engines are also covered, as are the achievements and future of this important aircraft.
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Reviewed In this series, readers take to the skies with the Unites States's greatest military aircraft. Attack aircraft, gunships, bombers, jet fighters, and attack/utility helicopters are featured in large, full-color photographs. Reluctant readers will be drawn in by short, easy-to-read bursts of information that explain the history, capabilities, and technology of these awesome air machines.
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Reviewed In this series, readers take to the skies with the Unites States's greatest military aircraft. Attack aircraft, gunships, bombers, jet fighters, and attack/utility helicopters are featured in large, full-color photographs. Reluctant readers will be drawn in by short, easy-to-read bursts of information that explain the history, capabilities, and technology of these awesome air machines.
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.