Cmdr Nova Posted June 2, 2003 Report Posted June 2, 2003 It was on a Dateline special on the War on Iraq that was saluting certain people in the war. There was another female pilot they talked about, too. Pretty neat, if you ask me.
weegee_101 Posted June 2, 2003 Report Posted June 2, 2003 This doesn't suprise me. The A10 is an amazing plane, few planes are built as nice as they are. Slow as molasses but can deal the punishment as well as take it. My kind of tank killer.
Epsilon 5 Posted June 3, 2003 Report Posted June 3, 2003 the A-10 is like a distant cousin of the IL2 .. takes alot of beating to take it down. I always like the A-10, it's not the fastest, not the most manoeuvrable, and it has limited air-air capability, but sure does earn respect.
Guest Grayfox Posted June 3, 2003 Report Posted June 3, 2003 ahh yes... many were the times we blessed the hogs and their pilots for pullin our arses out of the fire with some well placed 30 mike mike *sniff* almost brings a tear to me eye...
SmokinBob1 Posted June 3, 2003 Report Posted June 3, 2003 Another tribute to the design of the Thunderbolt II (Warthog). It is hard to believe that we were going to decommission (sic) this aircraft before the Desert Storm campaign. The jets incredible performance in that campaign has helped to keep it around a while. The thing is a brute--30mm depleted uranium shells in that cannon. The pilots say it actually slows the jet down when it is fired!! An oldie but a goodie, I think it is almost 40 years old in design, give or take a few years. Where I live in Northern Michigan, you will often see one or two or sometimes even four of them flying around very low to the ground. I remember one time, we were in the middle of nowhere taking samples for a brine spill, when all of a sudden two A-10's showed up. Painted in Army green, they circled slowly above us several times at a level so low we could see the pilots. It is amazing how slow that jet can fly and not fall out of the sky. A good asset. Smokin Bob
Spindoktor Posted June 3, 2003 Report Posted June 3, 2003 This Warthog story reminds me of more than a couple of my harrowing experiences trying to limp back to GalcomHQ with my CC.
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