a-10
anti-tank
attack experimental (a-x) program
close air support
cold war
fairchild a-10
fairchildaircraftcorporation
pierre sprey
republic a-10
tactical air command
united states air force
warthog
http://www.navyhistory.org/2014/01/remembering-admiral-kinnaird-mckee/
Note that the above excerpt implies that the X-1 was, at least briefly, a commissioned vessel.
Attached photos via wikimapia.org.
Found while trolling through Google for STOL data. The Fairchild M-232 STOL test bed using the wing in slipstream technique of the Crouch-Bolas Dragonfly. Kind of a proto OV-10...
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1956/1956%20-%200005.html
Fairchild M-232 experimental short take-off...
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