Jack of Harts

The new Republic of Texas spent a great deal of money rebuilding their A-10 Thunderbolts salvaged at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base from the landing gear up. Texas kept them flying until the end of the century, by which time most estimates suggested few, if any, original parts or pieces survived in any of the operational aircraft. Further revolutions in aerospace technology, and the exploration of the solar system, placed more emphasis on space-capable craft, so the last of the A-10s made one last flight to Davis-Monthan’s Boneyard for a second time. Then the development of hyperspace engines made colonizing the universe a possibility and humanity needed cheap aircraft to secure their colonies again. So Davis-Monthan Spacebase dusted off the A-10s once more and supervised new production runs that sent them to colonies all over Western Alliance space.