Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A-36A-1-NA "Apache" (duk da cewa Apache shine sunan hukuma na A-36A, ba a amfani da shi sosai) ya shiga cikin rukunin 27th Fighter-Bomber (27th FBG) wanda ya kunshi runduna hudu da ke Ras el Ma Airfield a Faransa Morocco a watan Afrilu 1943 yayin yakin a
Arewacin Afirka. Na 27 yana da nau'i mai nau'i na Douglas A-20 Havocs da A-36As yayin da na biyu na aiki, 86th Fighter Bomber Group (Dive) ya isa a watan Maris na 1943 tare da matukan jirgi na farko da aka horar da su a kan A-36A. A ranar 6 ga Yuni, 1943, duka waɗannan rukunin A-36A sun tashi a cikin yakin basasa da aka kai wa tsibirin Pantelleria. Tsibirin ya fadi ga hare-haren Allied kuma ya zama tushen gida ga ƙungiyoyi biyu na A-36A yayin mamayewar Allied na Sicily. A-36A ya tabbatar da zama makami mai karfi: ana iya sanya shi cikin nutsewa a tsaye tare da turawa masu nutsewa, don haka iyakance saurin nutsewa zuwa ("A36A-1 Flight Manual yana buƙatar turawa kafin fara nutsewa"). Matukan jirgi da sauri sun fahimci cewa shimfida birki na nutsewa bayan "raguwa" ya haifar da wani rashin daidaituwa na birki saboda sauye-sauyen matsin hydraulic, kafa wani ɗan ƙaramin juzu'i, wanda ya hana niyya. Da zarar an yi amfani da fasaha mai kyau, sai aka magance wannan matsalar, kuma bayan haka, matuƙan jirgin sun sami sakamako mai kyau. Dangane da manufa da tsaro, sakin bam ya faru tsakanin, ya biyo bayan gagarumin "jawowa sama".