A number of public domain resources were consulted in the preparation of this document (listed alphabetically by author):
The American Fighter. Enzo Angelucci and Peter Bowers. Orion Books,NY, 1987.
A-10 Warthog in Scale and Detail. Dana Bell. Aero Books (Summit Ridge, PA), 1986.
Aircraft Weaponry of Today. Ray Braybrook. Haynes Publishing Group, UK, 1988.
Aircraft Armaments Recognition. Christopher Chant. Ian Allan, Ltd. UK (Motorbooks Int'l, US), 1989.
Encyclopedia of Modern Aircraft Armament. Christopher Chant. Patrick Stephens, Ltd. (Wellingsborough, Northants, UK), 1988.
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II: Details for the Modeler. Robert DeMaio, 1981. (Note: written by a Fairchild structural engineer of the A-10A, possibly out of print.)
U.S. Air Force Airborne Weapons File. Department of the Air Force (Washington, DC), 1985.
Vietnam MiG Killers: Deadly Duel over Vietnam. Robert Dorr. Motorbooks, Int'l, 1988.
My Secret War. Richard Drury. Time-Life Books, Inc, 1989. Reprinted from the 2nd ed., Aero Publishers, Inc, 1979. (Note: an edition from the "Wings of War" book series; memoirs of a USAF A-1 Skyraider pilot's Vietnam experience.)
Air Defense. M.B. Elsam. Brassey's UK (London), 1989.
Naval Institute Guide to World Military Aviation. Rene J. Francillon. Naval Institute Press (Annapolis, MD), 1995.
Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapon Systems, 1991-92. Norman Friedman. [1994 Update], Naval Institute Press (Annapolis, MD), 1991 & [1994].
Famous Fighters of the Second World War, Volume I. William Green. Doubleday, 1967.
War Planes of the Second World War: Fighters, Volume Four. William Green. Doubleday, 1964.
Classic Warplanes: North American P-51 Mustang. Bill Gunston. Gallery Books, 1990.
Encyclopedia of World Airpower (2nd Ed.) Bill Gunston, ed. Aerospace Publishing Limited (London), 1986.
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft Armament. Bill Gunston. Orion Books (New York), 1988.
Modern Air Combat. Bill Gunston and Mike Spick. Crescent Books (New York), 1983.
Modern Airborne Missiles. Bill Gunston. Prentice Hall (New York), 1986.
Whistling Death. Boone T.Guyton. Orion Books (New York), 1990.
Ed Heinemann: Combat Aircraft Designer. Ed Heinemann and Rosario Rousa. Naval Institute Press, 1980.
Separated By War: An Oral History by Desert Storm Flyers and Their Families. Ed Herlik, Tab/Mcgraw Hill, 1994.
Fighting Mustang: The Chronicle of the P-51. William N. Hess. Doubleday, 1970.
Weapons and Tactics of the Soviet Army (2nd Ed.). David C. Isby. Janes Defense Data (Coulsdon, Surrey, UK), 1988.
The Naval Aviation Guide, Fourth Edition. CAPT Richard C. Knott, USN (Ret.), ed. Naval Institute Press, 1985.
Dictionary of Modern War. Stuart Koehl and Edward Luttwak. HarperCollins (New York), 1990.
An Illustrated Guide to the Air War over Vietnam: Aircraft of the Southeast Asia Conflict. Bernard C. Nalty, Jacob Neufeld and George M. Watson. Arco Publishing, Inc, 1981. (Note: the authors are all historians at the US Office of Air Force History and have contributed to many technical journals on aerospace affairs, official US historical analyses and to technical reference books on US defense affairs.)
The Naval Air War in Vietnam. Norman Polmar and Peter B. Mersky. Nautical and Aviation Publishing, 1981.
Skyraider: The Douglas A-1 Flying Dump Truck. Rosario Rausa. Nautical and Aviation Publishing (Annapolis, MD), 1982.
Close Air Support. Peter C. Smith. Orion Books (New York), 1988.
Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War. William Smallwood. Brassey's (US) / Macmillan Publishing Co, 1993. (Note: very well-written chronicle of the A-10's performance in the Gulf War. Written from personal interviews of over 100 A-10 Gulf War pilots.)
Modern Attack Aircraft. Mike Spick. Prentice Hall (New York), 1987.
Tank Busters. Mike Spick and Bruce Quarrie. Prentice Hall (New York), 1987.
"Fairchild A-10: Fighting Warthog", Rick Stephens. World Air Power Journal, Volume 16 (Spring 1994). Aerospace Publishing, Ltd.
United States Military Aircraft since 1909. Gordon Swanborough and Peter M. Bowers. Smithsonian, 1989.
"A-10 Thunderbolt II", in The Great Book of Modern Warplanes. Bill Sweetman. Crown Publishers, Inc. (New York), 1987.
Air-to-Ground Operations. J.R. Walker. Brassey's UK (London), 1987.
American Combat Planes. Ray Wagner. Third Enlarged Edition, Doubleday, 1982.
Soviet Air Defense Missiles. Steven J. Zaloga. Janes Defense Data (Coulsdon, Surrey, UK), 1989.
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