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Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series
HA1304
A-10A, 45th FS / 930th OG
Grissom AFB, Indiana, D-Day 50th Anniversary, May 1994

THESE ARE PRE-PRODUCTION PICTURES NOT
THE RETAIL VERSION

This was a specialty scheme painted on a single Air Force Reserve aircraft from the 45th
FS / 930th OG located at Grissom AFB in Indiana. The stripes commemorated the 50th
anniversary of the "D-Day" invasions of Normandy in World War II.
USAF 930th OG, 45th TFS Hoosier Hogs, Grissom AFB, IN, D-Day 50th Anniversary May
1994

A-10 Specifications

Wingspan:
57 ft. 6 in. - 17.5 m
Length:
53 ft. 4 in. - 16m
Height:
14 ft. 8 in. – 4.50m

Empty weight:
24,200 lbs. – 10,977 kg.
Maximum weight:
47,400 lbs. – 21,500 kg.

Powerplant:
2 x GE TF34-GE-100 turbofans w/8900 lbs. static thrust

Armament:
One 30 mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun; up to 16,000 pounds (7,200 kilograms)
of mixed ordnance on eight under-wing and three under-fuselage pylon stations,
including 500 pounds (225 kilograms) of Mk-82 and 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms) of Mk-
84 series low/high drag bombs, incendiary cluster bombs, combined effects munitions,
mine dispensing munitions, AGM-65 Maverick missiles and laser-guided/electro-optically
guided bombs; infrared countermeasure flares; electronic countermeasure chaff; jammer
pods; 2.75-inch (6.99 centimeters) rockets; illumination flares and AIM-9 Sidewinder
missiles.

Maximum speed:
420 mph – 675.92 mach 0.56
Ceiling:
45,000 ft. – 13,636 m.

Range:
800 miles – 695 nm

Crew:
one

Total built:
A-10A - 721
A-10B - 30
Total - 751

True 1/72 scale
Professionally painted unique scheme
Great attention to detail
All markings are Tampoed (pad applied)
Option to display the model on a stand that is provided
Model can be shown with the landing gear in the down or up positions
Canopy opens
Extremely heavy metal with minimum plastic
Highly collectable

After being de-activated for a while the 45th TFS was activated again on October 1, 1973.
Assigned to the 434th TFW at Grissom AFB, Indiana they flew the A-37 Dragonfly trainer
for the next 8 years. In 1981 the squadron took a huge leap forward when they started to
fly the A-10 Thunderbolt II. In 1987 while still at Grissom they were once again re-assigned
this time to the 930th TFG that in turn became the 930th Operations Group a USAF
Reserve unit. Still flying the A-10 the squadron was once more re-designated to the 45th
Fighter Squadron, known as “Hoosier Hogs”. For 7 years the squadron continued to fly
but 4 months after the D-Day Anniversary flight the squadron was inactivated on October
1, 1994.

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