A-10 Warthog: Attack Run
Part of channel(s): Afghanistan (current event)I was surprised to find out that the USAF planned on scrapping the plane in 1990 due to lack of role within the military since it was presumed that the AH-64 could take care of the close air support role which was the traditional role of army aviation instead of the air forces'.
It was the Gulf War in 1991 that secured the A-10's role in the US military. It killed more enemy armored vehicles and tanks than any other system.
The A-10 is a sweet-ass bird
Added: Jul-7-2012 Occurred On: Jul-7-2012
By: cajunmojo
In: Afghanistan
Tags: A-10, Warthog, Thunderbolt
Location: United States (load item map)
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By: cajunmojo
In: Afghanistan
Tags: A-10, Warthog, Thunderbolt
Location: United States (load item map)
Marked as: approved
Views: 8801 | Comments: 47 | Votes: 13 | Favorites: 7 | Shared: 11 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 2
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The A-10 was designed to fly with one tail, one engine, with control redundancies. Literally a flying tank these things...
Posted Jul-7-2012 Bymasksqueeze (11.20) masksqueeze View Channel Send Message
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@masksqueeze don't forget the titanium bathtub the pilot sits in to protect him from ground fire
Posted Jul-7-2012 ByURmomsOBGYN (525.20) 
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One thing about that clip... 30mm and 30 caliber, fucking massive difference lol
Awesome bird, really sucks when this baby takes a shit on you.
Posted Jul-7-2012 ByGlobalgenocide (209.52) 
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@Globalgenocide - Very astute observation , I posted this an did not catch that. Thanks for pointing it out. Love it when the pilot say's : We can get low and go slow
Posted Jul-7-2012 Bycajunmojo (1868.10) 
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@cajunmojo I was actually going to mention the Get low Get slow thing in my comment but couldn't find a way to work it in :)
Posted Jul-7-2012 ByGlobalgenocide (209.52) 
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@Globalgenocide
that user gay_marine69er above could probably oblige
Posted Jul-7-2012 ByJake_Sully (503.94) 
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@Jake_Sully So he has the literary skills to find a way to improve my comment? With a username like that I'm having trouble believing you... :)
He sounds like a troll... Now! to go find what he said so I can refer... yep troll.
Posted Jul-7-2012 ByGlobalgenocide (209.52) 
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Beautiful, deadly, badass plane. I remember seeing or reading an interview with taliban pricks saying when they saw this plane enter the battlefield they knew it was time to go. Definitely the Honey Badger of the aircraft world. Glad it's on my side.
Posted Jul-7-2012 Byweada (492.00) 
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wow, what an incredible amount of responsibility to have - one can only respect these guys for the awesome trust placed in them.
Posted Jul-7-2012 Bythecleaner001 (11799.78) 
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A gun with a plane mounted to it !
What an awesome beast !!
Posted Jul-7-2012 Bylivelurked (5418.30) 
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A tool of death and bueaty by far. Upgrade the shit out of it, continue the legacy
Posted Jul-7-2012 ByKoranimal (777.60) 
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wish we would adopt the a10, incredible aircraft
Posted Jul-8-2012 Byholapola (89.40) 
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@holapola We had the harrier jump jet, but its been replaced by the f35, we have no need for a10s.
Posted Jul-9-2012 By420pm (64.50) 
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@420pm i never said we need it, it just would be incredible to have such a good peice of kit in our airforce. and for cas, nothing compares to the a10 imo, its slow speed is one of its biggest strong points.
Posted Jul-9-2012 Byholapola (89.40) 
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@holapola F35 can hover like the harrier! thats even slower through the air. but fixed wing aircrafts cant compare to choppers for cas.
Posted Jul-9-2012 By420pm (64.50) 
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@420pm A F35 isn't going to go into hover mode to provide CAS. apache are extremely good for CAS yes but take a lot longer to get to the soldiers on the ground, a10 can be fast when it wants to be but extremely slow aswell.
with its slow speed, it's able to circle the target and provide devastating strafing runs and laser guided missiles when it wants to, f35 can't circle the target fullstop because of its speed and how modern it is.
Posted Jul-9-2012 Byholapola (89.40) 
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Excellent video, voted.
Posted Jul-7-2012 ByAngryWhiteMan (451.20) AngryWhiteMan View Channel Send Message
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@SvonW you gotta ignore him..
Posted Jul-8-2012 ByUSERananymous (84.40) 
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To even think of scrapping this plane shows how out of touch some are.
Posted Jul-7-2012 ByRal (29.80) 
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My favourite plane ,just been modified to keep it nasty
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A-10 makes me wet.
Posted Jul-8-2012 Bytncobra (321.62) 
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A beauty in it's ugly-badassness.
Posted Jul-7-2012 ByATministraitor (90.90) 
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A-10 is a BEAST!
Posted Jul-12-2012 ByJorge E Torres (160.60) 
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The politicians never seem to figure out that having a lot of dissimilar aircraft is a big advantage in combat. They're always trying to combine war machines into multirole platforms that wind up wildly expensive and ineffective at each one of their roles.
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