The A-40 Havoc II... Redone!

Lore (ping @MatPat)

Some time around the year 2075, the A-10 is ever nearing retirement with no successor to take its place, and rising threats like the F-67G are nearing. However, in a rare event that hasn't occurred since the B-17 Flying Fortress, several aerospace companies have joined together to make this monstrosity of an airframe.
The result is death with wings.
Built with heavy armor, insane weaponry, and powerful engines, the A-40 proves a worthy successor to all attack planes predating it, and it shall continue to further the American dream with several thousands of tons of freedom.
And yes, I'll be taking those Tu-4s and your oil back for America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Design

If the A-40 looks familiar, you're right, just maybe not in the right way; This plane was of course named and somewhat modeled after the A-20 Havoc (I). However, the main inspiration behind the plane's actual design was the YA-9, competitor of the A-10. This aircraft also has the engine-bottom fins of the F-16, rectangular intakes like the F-15, engine-fuselage separators inspired by the F-4 (Phantom), a tail that combines the F-16 and A-20, A-10-esque landing gear, stealth and slickness inspired by the F-22, P-38-style nose guns, and B-29 "headgear." In short, this plane is the amalgamation of several legends before it. It even references some planes from SimplePlanes itself as well, having flak guns Seemeing's J2M3 Raiden, missiles from the F-67G Extinctor, and guns and missiles from the F-11Y3. It also loosely references the P-10B with its rapid-fire rockets.

Credits

-Monarchii and Mousewithamachinegun122 (they used to be 123 but Monarchii stole one) for helping me improve my skills along the way
-Seemeing for the J2M3 flak guns
-Russia for stealing planes so I have a reason to get back at them
-Everyone other than America for having oil to take
-My braincells for holding together while making this list of credits (after the first four users, Monarchii, Mouse, Seemeing, and Russia)
-F-11Y3 for letting me steal his armament
-You for reading up to this point, you deserve three cookies 🍪🍪🍪🍪 but I'll give you four
-You're actually still reading this?
-You're an absolute legend for reading two more lines, have five more cookies 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪
-In all seriousness thanks for playing :)
-F in the chat for A-9 and B-29 by the way, we pay our respects to them
-I'll explain later I promise

Achievements

-Improving in every area, this plane reached a higher score than the A-40 that preceded it in the competition
-This plane took 4-5 direct hits from the Bye-Biplane without any damage.
-Then proceeded to shoot down that same plane
-My most downloaded plane at the moment
-Undoubtedly my best though
-Shot itself down with a destroyer via tractor beam
-Potential to win the challenge with a 38/50 score (tied with Erusean Sea Vixen)
-Fought in the Monarchii War
* * -No losses in the Monarchii War as of Day 7

Other Fun Facts

-For some reason, the A-40B is always just called the A-40 in the downloadable versions.
-This is because it was actually supposed to be named the Havoc III or Havoc II 2, but those both sounded pretty bad so I just went with Havoc II and renamed the new A-40 the A-40B.
-More fun facts regarding his name, the A-40's letter-number designation is the same as the Soviet A-40
-Yet, in an even more ironic turn of events, the A-40B has a grudge against the Soviets

-The A-40B was extensively used throughout the first week of the Monarchii War, but few pictures were taken of it due to its payload often rocking photographers before they even knew what happened

-There was a planned R-40, an unarmed reconnaissance version of the A-40B, but the R-40 would ultimately and quickly be cancelled, because I built the A-40B to be an ultimate weapon of unlimited power, not some spy who just looks at stuff

-The original A-40A had a short nose

Extra

The A-40 in its prime during the Monarchii War