Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/A-10C Thunderbolt II

"Thunderbolt II, ready to hunt for armor!"

-A-10 Thunderbolt II

The A-10C Thunderbolt II is the main tank killer aircraft of the Federation of Aquila. Planned to be voiced by.

History
"BRRRRRRRRTTT!"

-An A-10 pilot imitating the A-10's trademark GAU-8 Avenger cannon

Dubbed "The Death Angel" by Voshkod, "The Zemurian Black Death" by the Brotherhood (under ADI service), "Sand Vulture" by Elona and "Eagle's Claw" by Encantadians, the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (nicknamed the "Warthog" or simply the "Hog") is designed as a close-air support aircraft for counter insurgency purposes that was introduced in 1970s V.C. This bizarre looking aircraft, which is shaped like the Chinese Word "士" (lit. meaning: Soldier) and powered with two conventional turbofan engines near its horizontal stabilizers, is different compared to fast and nimble strike fighters; instead it's slow and sluggish. However the A-10 is known for its incredible resilience and its low speed allows it to linger over the battlefield for longer periods of time and provide firepower for Aquila ground-based troops.

A-10 Thunderbolt's design looks very "boxy" and only uses two turbofan engines located near the tail wing in order to take flight. Because of the hefty weight and turbofan engines, the plane moves rather slow and only can fly in lower heights, this resulted in various jokes being directed at the plane ("The A-10 doesn't have an airspeed indicator, it has a calendar."). The A-10's signature weapon is its 30mm GAU-8 Avenger rotary cannon. The Avenger fires depleted uranium shells that can easily reduce infantries to red mist and light vehicles to scrap metal. Against tougher nuts to crack like tanks, the A-10 carries several highly explosive AGTM missiles on its wings.

Trivia

 * This is obviously based off the buildable Granger version in Operation Firestorm and the one in The End of Days, instead of the default Support Power only in Generals.