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.

[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!

[TFOGGER]

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

[sniper7]

Definitely one of my favorites

[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.

[RMAC757]

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.

That was the A-16 program. It failed due to the 30 cal cannons heat burning up the jet. The heat was literally too much for the airframe to take. A-10's are taught to circle when engaged there by allowing them to use a tap of the rudder and their cannon to ward off attackers. The same technique was utilized by the N Vietnamese when attacked by groups of US fighters. An A-10 beating an Eagle in Air to Air would probably warrant a new call sign for the Eagle Driver.....also desk duty. The fundamental design of the A-10's wing is to fly slow and and turn tight....its square.