The A-10 warthog

[Bitter Clinger]

Your welcome

[Hound]

Very cool but a bit much on fuzz outs. Always loved that plane.

[rondog]

Too much blurred-out, kinda ruins it.

[kidicarus13]

A-10 fighting ISIS
http://www.wired.com/2014/12/a10-warthog-isis/

[Gman]

A-10 Thunderbolt II is one of my favorite combat aircraft. I don't think there's anything better for ground attack and close air support.

[TFOGGER]

Nothing quite like designing a gun, then building a plane around it...

[sniper7]

Definitely one of my favorites

[KS63]

A-10 Thunderbolt II is one of my favorite combat aircraft. I don't think there's anything better for ground attack and close air support.

Thanks for the vid. Watched it while in bed. Good stuff!

[Aloha_Shooter]

May be apocryphal but I remember a story from the 80s where a reserve colonel in an A-10 took on a F-15 in air-to-air and won -- cocky young pilot in his Eagle hadn't reckoned on the Warthog's ability to turn. It's an amazing airframe; what we need is a real replacement that builds on its strengths, not trying to substitute a regular jet for its role. I thought the AF was ridiculous when they tried to retire it in the 90s and claimed they could use F-16s to do the CAS/TAS job. Also, takes real cojones to volunteer for a job whose estimated lifespan was 10 minutes in combat under a Fulda Gap scenario.

[rondog]

Excellent video, and it's 17 years old! Personally, I think the A-10 should only be replaced with NEW and improved A-10's! They should be put back into production, they definitely fill a niche role and do it better than anything else ever could.