The A-10 Thunderbolt II is briefly mentioned in background radio chatter throughout the campaign.
Known A-10's[]
Cujo 5-1/5-2(2 A-10 Thunderbolts)
Warhorse 5-1/Warhorse 5-2 Warhorse 5-1 and Warhorse 5-2 were dispatched to provide air support to keep civilians safe whilst they were awaiting evacuation in a convention center, from a "column" of 6 enemy T-72's. Both planes were shot down by "Apex" air-to-air missiles and only one pilot survived. The convention center then took heavy fire from HEAT rounds from the T-72's and the civvies (and presumably the American unit defending them) were abandoned due to the lack of air support in that area.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized[]
The A-10 appears in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3[]
Campaign[]
The A-10 appears in the campaign missions "Iron Lady" and "Scorched Earth", in which a SOFLAM is available to call in strafing runs. Killing nine enemies with the A-10 will award the achievement/trophy Nein.
The A-10 is a cut pointstreak of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. In game files, it is possible to find several unused quotes from team announcers, indicating that the A-10 Thunderbolt II was planned to appear in multiplayer. In the Wii version, the pointstreak is accessible via modding.
SOFLAM, used to send coordinates for a strafing run.
An A-10 flies by as the player and his team rappels.
An unused pointstreak icon for multiplayer.
Achievement/Trophy[]
Nein (20 / Bronze ) - Kill 9 enemies with A-10 strafing runs in "Scorched Earth".
Call of Duty: Black Ops II[]
The A-10 returns in Call of Duty: Black Ops II, with a more futuristic design that is sleeker than the regular A-10 as a Scorestreak reward named "Warthog" that executes strafing runs, using its GAU-8 Avenger and Hydra 70 rockets, around the map multiple times. Upon being called in, the Warthog will perform two to four strafing runs, attacking enemy players within it's line of sight. Although difficult to accomplish, it is possible to shoot it down. It has two flares, needing three rockets or Black Hats to destroy.
Gallery[]
An A-10 Warthog seen in the "Welcome to Nuketown 2025" trailer.
The A-10 appears in the levels "Brave New World", "Homecoming", and "Severed Ties". It appears in "Brave New World" twice as A-10's fly over the player inside of Fort Santa Monica. Its first major appearance is in "Homecoming", where a drone A-10 can be controlled for a few seconds via the Remote A-10 Strafe. During the battle, multiple A-10's can be seen dogfighting Federation MiG-29's, but most of them lose those battles or evade them. They are destroyed in the level during the battle when 2 MiGs shoot ATGM's into the drone towers, knocking them offline. It's second major appearance is in Severed Ties, where they provide close air support for the M1 Abrams tank units.
All known A-10's[]
Warthog One
Warthog 3-1
Hawk
Eagle 1-1 (Severed Ties 2nd cutscene/Destroyed by V-71 Mantis Turrents)
Falcon One (Severed Ties 2nd cutscene/Destroyed by V-71 Mantis Turrents)
Firebird 1-1 (Severed Ties 2nd cutscene/Destroyed by V-71 Mantis Turrents)
Multiplayer[]
The A-10 is available in multiplayer. It later appears as the Air Superiority pointstreak. The A-10 also appears on the map Collision as a Field Order reward, the A-10 Strafe. However, there is also a cut streak with the Thunderbolt, the "A-10", with audio files in the game.
In the level Fog of War, two A-10s (Blue Viking 5-1/5-2) are presumably shown, where they are dropping white phosphorus ordnance at the entrance of Barkov's depot. They also make a cameo in the level Hunting Party, where they are shown flying above Rammaza dropping bombs near the general hospital.
The A-10 Thunderbolt II makes its return in Modern Warfare as a Killstreak reward, the Precision Airstrike, although with a different behavior than in previous games; the target must be designated through a binocular, thus requiring the user to have a direct line of sight with it, after which two A-10's will strafe the target in a quick succession after a delay of about 6 seconds. The target is also marked on friendly HUD.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II[]
Campaign[]
The A-10 Thunderbolt II makes a brief appearance during the Kill or Capture mission, where it's seen performing an airstrike.
The A-10 Thunderbolt II returns in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III as the Precision Airstrike killstreak or scorestreak functioning similarly to the previous games, it also available in Zombies mode.
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