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Air Force Modelworks can bring these historical aircrafts and ships into life again by making high quality museum type aircraft replicas. Each US Air Force A-10 Warthog wood model was hand crafted from the finest kiln of dried Mahogany wood. Every A-10 Warthog Air Force model aircraft passes through many stages such as planning, hand crafting, painting, sanding, checking of product and packaging. This A-10 Warthog model airplane has a scale of 1/48, a wingspan of 15" and fuselage length of 13.25". Patterns of the US Air Force A-10 Warthog wood model are done by our master artisans through thorough researches and creative imagination to produce such patterns.

History:

The A-10 Warthog is the first U.SAF aircraft designed specifically for close air support of ground forces. It is named for the famous P-47 Thunderbolt, a fighter often used in a close air support role during the latter part of World War II. The A-10 is designed for maneuverability at low speeds and low altitudes for accurate weapons delivery, and carries systems and armor to permit it to survive in this environment. The A-10 and OA-10 Thunderbolt IIs are the first U.S. Air Force aircraft specially designed for close air support of ground forces. The primary mission of the A-10 is to provide day and night close air combat support for friendly land forces and to act as forward air controller to coordinate and direct friendly air forces in support of land forces. It has a secondary mission of supporting search and rescue and Special Forces operations.