The Licking Maniac, the American A10 Raiden II attack aircraft, nicknamed the Warthog. This strange-looking, even ugly plane that some people feel ugly, was built by the United States in the 1970s

The Licking Maniac, the American A10 Raiden II attack aircraft, nicknamed the Warthog.

This strange-looking, even some people feel ugly aircraft, is the United States in the 70s of the last century, the most peculiar place is placed in the fuselage above the back of the two huge engines, and other fighter engines are either arranged under the wings, or in the tail is different, this arrangement is actually considering that the A10 is a field take-off and landing, reducing the chance of ground sand sucking into the engine. The tail wing of this fighter is also designed to be "H-type", while the cockpit is covered with an integral titanium alloy armor, commonly known as "bathtub", which is very leathery.

In the 1991 Gulf War, 144 A-10 attack aircraft involved in the war destroyed more than 900 tanks, 1,200 artillery pieces and 2,000 vehicles of various types using cannons and Maverick ground attack missiles. It only lost 4 of them, 3 of which were able to fly back to the airport after being seriously injured, which shows how strong it is.

Although the speed and maneuverability are not strong, there is no obstacle to using various airborne weapons to "do whatever you want" after the seizure of air supremacy. So the United States is still continuing to upgrade and improve the A10 attack aircraft and continue to serve.

The engine on the side of Figures 3 and 4 was damaged and could still fly back to the airport

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