The warthog has a good ability to fly at low altitude. The captain's ugliness is nothing more than considering the main combat environment of the attack aircraft when designing, so he put two engines behind the aircraft and designed the rear tail to block infrared signals in consideration of the infrared characteristics of shielding the wake. Another reason is that the heavy machine in the nose seems to lean to one side. First, aircraft and airborne weapons are not designed by the same company. Second, when the cannon fires, it will produce a lot of smoke and dust, which will block the driver's sight.

The A- 10 attack aircraft is a single-seat twin-engine attack aircraft produced by Fairchild. It is the only active model of the US Air Force, which is responsible for providing intensive support tasks to ground forces, including attacking enemy tanks, armed vehicles and important ground targets. China's Qiang -5 and Russian Su -25 are the same model. The main name of A- 10 is "Thunderbolt II", but American soldiers prefer to call him "warthog". This nickname is really impossible to contact with the United States.

Judging from the photos, this A- 10 really doesn't have any aesthetic feeling, such as plump body, weird overall design and two engines installed at the tail. Bian Xiao thinks this is probably the ugliest fighter in the world.

This also subverts Dassault's famous saying that an excellent plane must have a beautiful shape.

However, although warthogs are ugly, their fighting capacity should not be underestimated. Its shape is designed to survive on the battlefield. For example, the fuselage is thick because of the installation of thick bulletproof armor. A- 10 Two turbofan engines are installed on the brackets protruding outward from the two sides of the rear of the fuselage, which can arrange turbofan engines with larger diameters, and the two engines are far away, so it is almost impossible to be destroyed by an anti-aircraft gun at the same time.

▲ A- 10 hit by a missile returned safely.

A- 10 is not only strong, but also extremely fierce in firepower. A- 10 is equipped with GAU8 30mm machine gun, which is called "Tank Opener". GAU8 has large caliber, high firing rate, extremely high initial velocity and powerful power. It is enough to penetrate the top armor of modern main battle tanks, so if there are multiple hit tanks, it is very likely to destroy the target. The gun is so big that the whole plane design revolves around it.

▲ Comparison between A ▲A- 10/0 machine gun and Beetle car

▲ The tank hit by A- 10 is full of holes.

The A- 10 attack aircraft has been in service since 1975 and has repeatedly proposed to retire. However, due to its good appearance and simple maintenance, it is still the main attack aircraft of the US military. This shows that it has strong fighting capacity, and it also tells us that we can't judge a book by its appearance, and so can an airplane.