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A Northrop A-17A Attack Bomber at the National Museum of the United States Air Force

The aircraft on display, Air Corps serial number 36-207, is the only A-17 series aircraft known to exist. It was delivered to the Air Corps and assigned to Barksdale Field, La., on June 25, 1937. She wears the markings of the 90th Attack Squadron, 3rd Attack Group, at Barksdale Field in June 1938

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Scandinavian Historic Flight Douglas A-26B Invader 434602

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The Attack Bomber

A Thunderbolt in flight. Visible are the cockpit and the prow-mounted plasma bomb launcher.

In the world of strikecraft, there is no doubt that the most effective fighter versus capital ships is the Thunderbolt attack bomber. A wing of Thunderbolts are capable of bringing even Carriers to their knees, provided they are given proper escort.

The rear of the Thunderbolt. The drive exhaust - as well as the ion trail left by all Kushan strikecraft - are visible.

Light and Heavy Corvettes, while still killing Taiidani capital ships, were taking serious damage at their hands - the Corvette divisions were reporting over 75% casualties per engaged target. Fleet Intelligence immediately put towards R&D the requirement for an effective anti-capital strikecraft that would be capable of dealing high damage while avoiding their guns.

The same Thunderbolt, from the sideon. Picture taken during flight testing.

A heavy mass driver caused severe structural fractures that eventually resulted in the vehicle simply disintegrating in-flight - however, a young officer looked over the captured Kudaark assault frigates and discovered something that would work - their plasma bomb launchers. Affixed to a fighter, and using the fighter's own reaction plasma to fuel the bomb, the Thunderbolt was developed in a short program that, during development, inadvertenly exposed six testing decks to hard vacuum. In its first real fight, the Thunderbolt took 100% casualties, but crippled the hostile target - a Carrier - so badly a flight of Arrows was capable of finishing the job.

A flight of Thunderbolts. Visible are Blade Mk. Vs and Arrows running escort duty.

The Thunderbolt's plasma bomb launcher vents reactor plasma into a magnetic containment bottle; the bottle vents some of its own plasma for propulsion, and on impact the impacting side of the field collapses first - venting the plasma onto hull. Such a weapon has made the Thunderbolt rather ungainly - and its intrusiveness into the vehicle has made the attack bomber unable to mount other self-defense weapons. As such, Thunderbolts are commonly found attacking capital ships with an escort of Blade Mk. Vs and Arrows for anti-fighter defense.

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Technically the first stealth attack bomber. Since it's made out of plywood

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Formation flight Sunday. Boston IIIs

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Formation flight Sunday. Baltimores. "A formation of Martin Baltimores of No. 232 Wing RAF flying to attack enemy positions during the Battle of El Alamein, seen through the lower gun hatch of another aircraft. 1942"

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