The A-10 'Warthog' earned its reputation not in the air, but close to the ground, in the chaos of close air support (CAS) where troops in contact with the enemy needed urgent help New Delhi: The A-10 Thunderbolt II was built to kill Soviet tanks rolling through European plains. Decades later, it is hunting fast-attack boats in one of the world's most strategically fraught waterways, Strait of Hormuz. General Dan Caine, chairma... [2894 chars]