Fairchild Republic YA-10B Thunderbolt II

Fairchild Republic YA-10B Thunderbolt II

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09/15/2006. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "Fairchild Republic built two YA-10 prototypes and six YA-10 pre-production aircraft and then built 707 A-10As. They were all single-seat aircraft; the only two-seater ever built was the YA-10B, converted from the first pre-production YA-10A, 73-1664.

In order to improve the A-10A, Fairchild Republic proposed a prototype of a two-seat Night/Adverse Weather version and the proposal was approved by the Air Force. 73-1664 was returned to the old Republic plant at Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA, and modified to include a second seat and night-vision avionics. First flight was made from Edwards AFB, Muroc, California, USA on May 4, 1979, but funding for the A-10B was not provided by the Congress and after modifying this one aircraft, the project (also known as N/AW A-10) was dropped.

The YA-10B is on display at the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) Museum at Edwards AFB."


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09/15/2006. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "Fairchild Republic built two YA-10 prototypes and six YA-10 pre-production aircraft and then built 707 A-10As. They were all single-seat aircraft; the only two-seater ever built was the YA-10B, converted from the first pre-production YA-10A, 73-1664. In order to improve the A-10A, Fairchild Republic proposed a prototype of a two-seat Night/Adverse Weather version and the proposal was approved by the Air Force. 73-1664 was returned to the old Republic plant at Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA, and modified to include a second seat and night-vision avionics. First flight was made from Edwards AFB, Muroc, California, USA on May 4, 1979, but funding for the A-10B was not provided by the Congress and after modifying this one aircraft, the project (also known as N/AW A-10) was dropped. The YA-10B is on display at the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) Museum at Edwards AFB."