Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series (Jet Powered)
HA1304 - A-10A, 45th FS / 930th OG
Grissom AFB, Indiana, D-Day 50th Anniversary, May 1994
THESE ARE PRE-PRODUCTION PICTURES
THE RETAIL VERSION WILL BE MORE REFINED WITH
SOME MORE MARKINGS PLUS A FEW OTHER THINGS
This was a specialty scheme painted on a single Air Force Reserve aircraft from the 45th FS / 930th OG
located at Grissom AFB in Indiana. The stripes commemorated the 50th anniversary of the "D-Day"
invasions of Normandy in World War II.
USAF 930th OG, 45th TFS Hoosier Hogs, Grissom AFB, IN, D-Day 50th Anniversary May 1994
A-10 Specifications

Wingspan:
57 ft. 6 in. - 17.5 m
Length:
53 ft. 4 in. - 16m
Height:
14 ft. 8 in. – 4.50m

Empty weight:
24,200 lbs. – 10,977 kg.
Maximum weight:
47,400 lbs. – 21,500 kg.

Powerplant:
2 x GE TF34-GE-100 turbofans w/8900 lbs. static thrust

Armament:
One 30 mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun; up to 16,000 pounds (7,200 kilograms) of mixed ordnance
on eight under-wing and three under-fuselage pylon stations, including 500 pounds (225 kilograms) of Mk-
82 and 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms) of Mk-84 series low/high drag bombs, incendiary cluster bombs,
combined effects munitions, mine dispensing munitions, AGM-65 Maverick missiles and laser-
guided/electro-optically guided bombs; infrared countermeasure flares; electronic countermeasure chaff;
jammer pods; 2.75-inch (6.99 centimeters) rockets; illumination flares and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles.

Maximum speed:
420 mph – 675.92  mach 0.56
Ceiling:
45,000 ft. – 13,636 m.

Range:
800 miles – 695 nm

Crew:
one

Total built:
A-10A - 721
A-10B - 30
Total - 751
True 1/72 scale
Professionally painted
unique scheme
Great attention to detail
All markings are
Tampoed (pad applied)
Option to display the
model on a stand that is
provided
Model can be shown
with the landing gear in
the down or up positions
Canopy opens
Extremely heavy metal
with minimum plastic
Highly collectable
After being de-activated for a while the 45th TFS was activated again on October 1, 1973. Assigned to
the 434th TFW at Grissom AFB, Indiana they flew the A-37 Dragonfly trainer for the next 8 years. In 1981
the squadron took a huge leap forward when they started to fly the A-10 Thunderbolt II. In 1987 while still
at Grissom they were once again re-assigned this time to the 930th TFG that in turn became the 930th
Operations Group a USAF Reserve unit. Still flying the A-10 the squadron was once more re-designated
to the 45th Fighter Squadron, known as “Hoosier Hogs”. For 7 years the squadron continued to fly but 4
months after the D-Day Anniversary flight the squadron was inactivated on October 1, 1994.