A-10A -Distant Thunder-

The A-10A -Distant Thunder- (also stylized as A-10A -DISTANT THUNDER-) is a special variant of the A-10A Thunderbolt II. It is available for $2.49 as Downloadable Content in Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, and was available as a Limited-Time Drop in late February 2015 in Ace Combat Infinity.

The paint scheme featured on the DistantThunder A-10 is based on the ace pilot of the same name from Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War. They piloted a YA-10B during the mission Heartbreak One, and, upon shooting them down, their paint scheme was available as the YA-10B's SP color. The ace's callsign, and, in turn, the special aircraft's name, is a reference to Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies's alternate name in Europe: Ace Combat: Distant Thunder.

Game Analysis

Ace Combat Infinity

"A special version of the A-10A featuring a lightning pattern across its entire body.
It features robust and reliable performance and is an excellent air-to-ground attacker.
Resembling the ferocity of a lightning storm, its attacks overwhelm enemies, allowing allied ground troops to progress in their mission.
*The aircraft color is based off the color of a named aircraft that appears in ACE COMBAT 5 The Unsung War (Ace Combat Squadron Leader [EU])."

― Hangar

How to Unlock

The aircraft was only available as a Limited-Time Drop in late February of 2015.

Stats and Prices Lv.1-10
Lv.	Cst	SP	MO	ST	AA	AG	DF	Price
1	625	D	D	C+	D	C	E+	1,410
2	665	D+	D+	C+	D	C+	D	94,340
3	705	D+	D+	B	D	C+	D+	133,760
4	745	C	D+	B+	D+	B	C	190,080
5	785	C+	C	B+	D+	B	C+	247,810
6	825	C+	C	B+	D+	B+	B	580,100
7	865	B	C+	A	D+	A	B+	259,080
8	905	B	C+	A	D+	A	A	411,140
9	945	B+	B	A	D+	A	A	633,600
10	985	B+	B	A+	C	A	A+	1,492,480

Stats and Prices Lv.11-20
Lv.	Cst	SP	MO	ST	AA	AG	DF	Price
11	1032	A	B+	A+	C	A+	S	1,999,360
12	1079	A	B+	S	C	S	S+	2,661,120
13	1126	A+	A	S	C+	S	S+	3,322,880
14	1173	S	A	S+	C+	S+	S+	4,660,480
15	1220	S	A+	S+	C+	S+	S+	5,322,240
16	1280	S+	A+	S+	B	S+	S+	6,800,640
17	1340	S+	A+	S+	B+	S+	S++	7,772,160
18	1399	S+	S	S+	B+	S+	S++	8,757,760
19	1458	S+	S	S+	A	S+	S++	11,179,520
20	1517	S+	S	S++	A	S+	S++	14,094,080

Lv. Cap Increase Request Forms were required to unlock Lv.11 and each level afterward, one per level. Credits and research were also required for each level as usual.

Credit Price Calculator
The calculator below shows the total credit price to upgrade this aircraft between any two levels. Enable "NSU Form" if a Nonstandard Upgrade Request Form was used to negate the Lv.5->Lv.6 price. The total will update automatically.

Weapon Ammo Lv.1-10
Lv.	GUN	MSL	FAEB	RKTL	4AGM
1	839	108	8	–	–
2	922	110	10	–	–
3	1006	112	12	–	–
4	1090	114	13	14	–
5	1174	118	14	16	–
6	1258	122	15	18	–
7	1342	126	16	20	40
8	1426	130	17	22	44
9	1510	134	18	23	48
10	1595	138	20	24	52

Weapon Ammo Lv.11-20
Lv.	GUN	MSL	FAEB	RKTL	4AGM
11	1679	142	21	25	54
12	1763	146	22	26	56
13	1847	150	23	27	58
14	1931	154	24	28	60
15	2016	158	26	30	64
16	2094	160	27	31	66
17	2172	162	28	32	68
18	2250	164	29	33	70
19	2328	166	30	34	72
20	2407	168	32	36	76

Part Slots
These are the minimum / maximum part slots this aircraft carried at the respective levels. Part slots could be added until they reach maximum by repeatedly sortieing with the aircraft; see Tuning for more information. A maximum of 7 parts could be equipped at any time, regardless of available slots.

	BODY / Max	ARMS / Max	MISC / Max
Lv.1-5	19 / 38	22 / 38	19 / 38
Lv.6-14	21 / 40	24 / 40	21 / 40
Lv.15-19	22 / 41	25 / 41	22 / 41
Lv.20	23 / 42	26 / 42	23 / 42

Nickname
Upgrading this aircraft to Level 20 unlocked the Electric Thunder nickname for use at any time.

Skins

Default: "Distant Thunder" livery, SP paint scheme from Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War's YA-10B

Gallery

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation

Gallery

FANDOM

A-10A -Distant Thunder-

Game Analysis

Ace Combat Infinity

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation

References