I actually have to travel all over the country to do stuff like this:
A-10 Strafe I filmed a few years ago:
F-16 strafe I filmed this morning:
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I actually have to travel all over the country to do stuff like this:
A-10 Strafe I filmed a few years ago:
F-16 strafe I filmed this morning:
I hate you Kyle........[Coffee]
When was the last time an F-16 actually strafed anyone? I thought they just hung out at cruising altitude and dropped their LGBs from there?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharpienads
That is awesome! I love seeing the A-10 strafe, it's awesome... We got a taste of that when I was in Basic at Ft. Lost-in-the-woods (Leonard Wood) but it was not quite that close. Thanks for sharing! [Beer]
I couldn't tell you an exact date, but I'm sure they've strafed plenty of people/things in the last couple years of Iraq. But yes, they do drop a lot of JDAMs and LGBs.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoneyBadger
You know what, I opened this thread because I wanted to feel better about my job, and to make some smart assed comment at your expense. But now I sit in my chair at work staring at control systems feeling a little more dead inside. Jerk.
Sorry, bud. Maybe this will cheer you up. This is a video from Asskrackistan where I controlled several GBU-38 strikes from a 2 ship of F-15s on a downed Blackhawk that couldn't be recovered. The video is from a UAV, is sanitized, and is a compilation of the entire mission. Enjoy. [Coffee]Quote:
Originally Posted by Danimal
Like Sharpie said, they do it all the time... in fact if they're the only air support on station/available, they can go "hot" with guns if heavy ordinance is either unnecessary or too risky or not approved. I'd rather have an AH-64 come in hot with their guns, but an Eagle or a Falcon is better than nothing. [Beer]Quote:
Originally Posted by HoneyBadger
I'm with Bert! You Suck!![Coffee]
Apaches are cool, too. But I would take the A-10 over anything else. And besides, 30 millimeters of high explosive incendiary rounds and armor piercing depleted uranium rounds make me feel kinda funny in my pants.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronin13
ETA: I wonder what kind of form the ATF would make me fill out to get my own GAU-8 Avenger?
Didn't the Iraqi's nickname it something like "Whispering Death" ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharpienads
No, it think it was something like "oh f@$k my torso just exploded" but my translation might be a little rusty.Quote:
Originally Posted by clublights
OP, cool videos thanks for posting!
I don't know. The name sounds vaguely familiar. Sometimes, depending on your position in relation to the target and the aircraft, you can hear the rounds explode on target before you hear them being fired. Of course, if they're being shot at you, you don't hear them at all. Maybe that's where the "whispering death" comes from.Quote:
Originally Posted by clublights
You owe me a keyboard... Mines fulla kool-aid now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danimal
[ROFL2]
Apparently that was the M1 Abrams they nicknamed Whispering Death.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/ne...ng-death01.htm
I just ate my boot to make my day more interesting. Thanks bunches.......... But seriously that's really cool...
very cool! My favorite plane is the A-10. I still wish I would have enlisted so I could have flown them.
Clublights, I thought we told you to quit drinkin' the kool-aid! [ROFL1]Quote:
Originally Posted by clublights
I think they played a pretty significant role in the Robert's Ridge battle...coulda been F-15s, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoneyBadger
Cool videos. Too bad you have to be in MS.
Well yeah but ...Quote:
Originally Posted by HoneyBadger
every time I stop that big red mofo crashes thru my wall and forces me to have more.. and I'm tired of patching up dry wall ...
i was strafed by an A-10 back in the day at the UTTR...I'm glad my ground radio equipment was being monitored by sum airborne guys & sum ground controllers who let the A-10 guys know there was people at that location.
Spent the next two hours waiting for EOD to clear a path back to the road for me from the field I ran into to shit my pants
Oh...and your job so does not suck!
I've seen first hand in the sandbox what these guys do. BZ!
You job does not suck! Awesome, thanks for sharing the photos and videos.
Why you haven't slit your wrists yet, I'll never know. Poor guy. [Beer]
FWIW we had a family friend that helped design the F-16 guns at GD. Kinda interesting to here the very topical stories.