Thunderbolt



"Thunderbolts are light attack planes -- these birds of prey strike hard and fast."

- In-game description

"Strafing across enemy lines the Thunderbolt carves a wide path of destruction in seconds."

- Level 10 description

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Repair time at level 9: 16m 30s

Repair time at lvl 10: same as lvl 9.

Fun Facts

 * The Thunderbolt, in real life, is the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II that is armed with the GAU-8 Avenger.


 * The A10 thunderbolt (sometimes referred to as the warthog) is actually a tank killer and is heavily armored in real life, making it a "flying tank' for whatever reason kixeye over looked this and replaced this role with the raptor.
 * Thunderbolts appear to carry some kind of missile or rockets, but they only fire bullets.
 * At level 10, the thunderbolt features a wider strafing run.
 * If you use 10 Elite/Warhawks a good choice for another unit is the thunderbolt, this is because warhawks are horrible against infantry but last stand infantry all spawn in the same place you can time it correctly you can kill all of them in one swoop and quickly retreat it you will kill all the infantry and not run into any turrets saving both the thunderbolt and the Warhawks.
 * It is prefered to the Raptor as it as a lower space requirement.
 * They are great to kill last stand defenders.
 * They are sometimes used all at once to take out all of the Resource Containers in a level 30 Rouge Faction Base. And when they destroy them all they immediately press End Attack.
 * The cockpit is covered by a sheet.