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Friday, June 29, 2007

A-10s get digital makeover

Air Force officials are making significant changes to A-10 Thunderbolt IIs as part of the "Precision Engagement" upgrade, which changes the aircraft designation from the A-10A to the A-10C.

"It's the largest upgrade the A-10 has ever had by far," said Maj. Drew English, the program manager for A-10C Precision Engagement.

"The gist of it is to bring the A-10 from being an analog jet to a digital jet," he said.

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