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Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog) picture galleryfor fans of powerful jet fighters and military aircraft featuringvoice output (TextToSpeech). ● ENGLISH TEXT ● ENGLISH VOICE OUTPUTIt lets you set U.S. Air Force photos of the ground-attack aircraftFairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt 2 as background images(wallpapers) on your device and download high resolution versionsfrom the internet. The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is anAmerican twin-engine, straight-wing jet aircraft developed byFairchild-Republic in the early 1970s. The only United States AirForce aircraft designed solely for close air support of groundforces, the A-10 was built to attack tanks, armored vehicles, andother ground targets with limited air defenses. The A-10 wasdesigned around the GAU-8 Avenger, a 30 mm rotary cannon that isthe airplane's primary armament and the heaviest such automaticcannon mounted on an aircraft. The A-10's airframe was designed forsurvivability, with measures such as 1,200 pounds (540 kg) oftitanium armor for protection of the cockpit and aircraft systemsthat enables the aircraft to continue flying after takingsignificant damage. The A-10A single-seat variant was the onlyversion built, though one A-10A was converted to the A-10Btwin-seat version. In 2005, a program was begun to upgrade A-10Aaircraft to the A-10C configuration. The A-10's official name comesfrom the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt of World War II, a fighter thatwas particularly effective at close air support. The A-10 is morecommonly known by its nicknames "Warthog" or "Hog". It also has asecondary mission, where it provides airborne forward air control,directing other aircraft in attacks on ground targets. Aircraftused primarily in this role are designated OA-10. With a variety ofupgrades and wing replacements, the A-10's service life may beextended to 2028. Criticism that the U.S. Air Force did not takeclose air support (CAS) seriously prompted a few service members toseek a specialized attack aircraft. In the Vietnam War, largenumbers of ground-attack aircraft were shot down by small arms,surface-to-air missiles, and low-level anti-aircraft gunfire,prompting the development of an aircraft better able to survivesuch weapons. In addition, the UH-1 Iroquois and AH-1 Cobrahelicopters of the day, which USAF commanders had said shouldhandle close air support, were ill-suited for use against armor,carrying only anti-personnel machine guns and unguided rocketsmeant for soft targets. Fast jets such as the F-100 Super Sabre,F-105 Thunderchief and F-4 Phantom II proved for the most part tobe ineffective for close air support because their high speed didnot allow pilots enough time to get an accurate fix on groundtargets and they lacked sufficient loiter time. The effective, butaging, Korean War era, A-1 Skyraider was the USAF's primary closeair support aircraft. E-BOOK FEATURES: ● Standalone software - noeBook reader needed ● Options menu + Help page + Settings page -Text color - Background color - Text size - Text padding - Reset +Link to all iwpSoftware apps in Android Market + Go to bookmark +Set bookmark + Set current image as wallpaper + Link toimage/item/description ● General features + Voice output (text tospeech, TTS) + Move to SD card + Clickable table of contents +English and German program language + Contents rotate(portrait/landscape) + Fullscreen images on/off by long click Thisapp is available as a FREE and a PRO version. The FREE editionincludes ads which finance the development while the PRO edition iscompletely ad-free. Apart from that both versions are equal. Youcan first check out the FREE edition without any risk in order toto see if you like the app. If the ads annoy you or you just wantto support this app's development, you can buy the PRO edition.