Military Aviation Attack Aircrafts Aviation Photo Album


			AV-8 HARRIER AV-8 Harrier is an advanced Vertical Short Takeoff and Landing (VSTOL) attack aircraft that is coproduced by McDonnell Douglas Aircraft and British Aerospace. AV-8 Harrier has the ability to take off vertically and hover. The AV-8 B differs from previous Harriers by having a larger, more efficient wing shape, larger trailingedge flaps and ventral air brake, strakes under the gun/ammunition pods, redesigned engine intakes and nozzles, strengthened landing gear, a ventral air dam, and a more powerful engine, providing twice the payload of the AV-8 A.........more. AV-8 HARRIER SPECIFICATION......... AV-8 HARRIER GALLERY.........

			A-10 THUNDERBOLT The A-10 Thunderbolt was designed specifically for Close Air Support (CAS) operations. It was especially designed and armed to engage tanks and other armored vehicles and to operate from austerely equipped forward bases, a mission it carried out effectively during Operation Desert Storm (The World War IIera Soviet 11-2 Sturmovik ground-attack aircraft and Su-25 Frogfoot were designed for a similar mission). The A-10 Thunderbolt originally had only a visual targeting capability but subsequently was upgraded with a laser spot seeker.........more A-10 THUNDERBOLT SPECIFICATION......... A-10 THUNDERBOLT GALLERY.........

AV-8 HARRIER