Guardian52
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Howdy, all!
I'm doing some research for a Science-Fiction/Military Thriller Novel that I am writing. My main character is a US Army Captain in a Special Forces ODA (Operational Detachment-Alpha) pinned down during a CSAR mission by a massively numerically superior combined force of PRC PLA and DPRK forces during a fictional near-future invasion of South Korea. I am using a real-life unit, the 25th Fighter Squadron stationed at Osan AB, ROK, and a flight of four A-10Cs of that squadron to provide CAS for these Green Berets.
My questions are as follows:
What is the standard weapons payload for an A-10C in a CAS mission footing? What variant of Hydra-70 Rocket Pods do they use (ie. LAU-68, LAU-69, etc.)?
Does the A-10C have a reliable night-flying capability and what NVG/FLIR systems give it this capability?
Typically, how many aircraft are assigned to a flight and squadron of A-10s (I have found that there are often 12-18 in a squadron and 3-4 in a flight)?
Thank you very much, have an excellent day.
- Guardian
"Mortis Prius Infamia"
I'm doing some research for a Science-Fiction/Military Thriller Novel that I am writing. My main character is a US Army Captain in a Special Forces ODA (Operational Detachment-Alpha) pinned down during a CSAR mission by a massively numerically superior combined force of PRC PLA and DPRK forces during a fictional near-future invasion of South Korea. I am using a real-life unit, the 25th Fighter Squadron stationed at Osan AB, ROK, and a flight of four A-10Cs of that squadron to provide CAS for these Green Berets.
My questions are as follows:
What is the standard weapons payload for an A-10C in a CAS mission footing? What variant of Hydra-70 Rocket Pods do they use (ie. LAU-68, LAU-69, etc.)?
Does the A-10C have a reliable night-flying capability and what NVG/FLIR systems give it this capability?
Typically, how many aircraft are assigned to a flight and squadron of A-10s (I have found that there are often 12-18 in a squadron and 3-4 in a flight)?
Thank you very much, have an excellent day.
- Guardian
"Mortis Prius Infamia"