The Thunderbolt ll was made to carry weapons in the war . The Thunderbolt ll is not meant to be a fast plane, its record speed is four-hundred twenty miles per hour. This plane was built by the company Fairchild Republic Company. The Tunderbolt is also know as Tankbuster, and the Warthog. The tankbuster holds a crew of one. The Tankbuster can hold sixteen-thousand pounds of weapons on its back. The Warhog weighs twenty-nine pounds and is fifty-three feet and four inches long. The Tunderbolt ll is still used by the miltary today to carry weapons.