[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by redbrian

"a flyover by four A-10 “Warthog” fighter jets sucking down your tax dollars at ten gallons a minute @ three bucks a gallon."

Just to nit-pick, the A-10 as all jets do burns JP-4 fuel.

The fuel allotment for each wing is procured on an anual bases, with the military fiscal year ending this month.


Contractor Fairchild Republic Co.

Power Plant Two General Electric TF34-GE-100 turbofans

Thrust 9,065 pounds each engine

Length 53 feet, 4 inches (16.16 meters)

Height 14 feet, 8 inches (4.42 meters)

Wingspan 57 feet, 6 inches (17.42 meters)

Speed 420 miles per hour (Mach 0.56)

Ceiling 45,000 feet (13,636 meters)

Maximum Takeoff Weight 51,000 pounds (22,950 kilograms)

Range 800 miles (695 nautical miles)

Fuel Capacity 10,700lbs


They are also on a use it or lose it bases, so if they don't burn it they don't get it next year.

I'll pay extra tax's anyday to have the hog's fly over Arrowhead every home game.

While we’re pick’n nits, an A-10 isn’t a “fighter jet” it’s an “attack jet” used for close air support of troops, hence the “A” in “A-10”.