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Posted: 9/30/2014 12:20:14 AM EDT
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Just keep the damn plane already! We have nothing else effective to replace it!
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Posted: 9/30/2014 12:23:46 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/30/2014 12:24:17 AM EDT
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Just keep the damn plane already! We have nothing else effective to replace it! Hell, we ought to make More of them! We've had a far greater need for CAS as opposed to A2A for the last 12 years! Saint Peter |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 12:33:58 AM EDT
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God forbid we ever engage Russian Tanks, but I hope one lucky pilot gets a chance to fulfill the initial role of that beautiful bastard.
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Posted: 9/30/2014 12:34:45 AM EDT
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http://httphttps://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/1398794_565749843499394_1839282244_o.jpg:// https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/66767_1433734326843743_2064703516_n.jpg?oh=47202973eef0ab5ed8e5966f4152acce&oe=54CC30D5&__gda__=1421900198_eed807ededa9d404f96bd9dc7d363098 What a badass machine!!! |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 12:44:04 AM EDT
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It kills bad guys and comes home despite getting shot up. What's not to like.
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Posted: 9/30/2014 1:18:23 AM EDT
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It kills bad guys and comes home despite getting shot up. What's not to like. I agree so very much. I read up on this play years ago. It is so well designed. The engines are largely shielded from AAA by being above the wings and rear thingy (horizontal control surface). Pilot sits in an armored tub. Simple rugged redundant control systems. I don't know if there has ever been a better ground support aircraft. |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 1:21:14 AM EDT
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It kills bad guys and comes home despite getting shot up. What's not to like. http://simhq.com/forum/files/usergals/2011/02/full-11236-7023-pic_013.png You realize that pic came from a game? :lol: |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 1:25:02 AM EDT
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It kills bad guys and comes home despite getting shot up. What's not to like. http://simhq.com/forum/files/usergals/2011/02/full-11236-7023-pic_013.png http://www.jetav8r.com/A10Gallery1/0420.jpg 
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/products/warthog/ |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 1:27:17 AM EDT
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Yesssssss.
We had an A10 airbase nearby growing up. Used to see those ugly bastards all the time. |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 1:59:25 AM EDT
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You realize that pic came from a game? :lol: Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It kills bad guys and comes home despite getting shot up. What's not to like. http://simhq.com/forum/files/usergals/2011/02/full-11236-7023-pic_013.png You realize that pic came from a game? :lol: This one didnt come from a gamehttp://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Stories1/001-100/0016_A-10-battle-damage/story0016.htm  , keep the A-10 its the best CAS platform we have.
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Posted: 9/30/2014 2:05:15 AM EDT
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Tear them up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: 9/30/2014 2:05:27 AM EDT
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The USAF and congress who votes on their funding can be so stupid at times. What are our threats right now and in the future? I think we are going to have more problems from Jihadis on the ground than Russian Mig's in the sky.
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Posted: 9/30/2014 2:13:25 AM EDT
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Yippee!
 
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Posted: 9/30/2014 2:15:35 AM EDT
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If I ever win one of those super lotto jackpots, one of those is going to disappear from the boneyard in AZ into my secret underground hangar.
Anyone know where I can get some 30mm and some Mavericks?  Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 2:22:01 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/30/2014 5:24:21 AM EDT
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I'm hoping a bunch of A10s breath a whole lotta death into ISIS fuckwits.
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Posted: 9/30/2014 5:32:00 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/30/2014 6:32:33 AM EDT
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Snackbars from above. Brrrrrrrrrrrrbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
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Posted: 9/30/2014 6:47:09 AM EDT
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God I love me some A-10. Keep the damn thing already. Hell, fire up the assembly line again. The costs are worth it.
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Posted: 9/30/2014 7:16:25 AM EDT
[#21]
Cool.
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Posted: 9/30/2014 7:23:44 AM EDT
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It should get continual upgrades and newer versions should be built................it shouldnt be discarded
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Posted: 9/30/2014 7:27:25 AM EDT
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These poor aircraft should be allowed to retire peacefully, not forced to spend their golden years strafing snackbars.
I blame ISIS, for failing to think strategically .
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Posted: 9/30/2014 7:30:29 AM EDT
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Gun runs are the best runs. Off to yOutube for some 30 mike mike porn!
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Posted: 9/30/2014 7:31:16 AM EDT
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When it comes to just getting out there and trying to locate and destroy targets of opportunity, it is hard to beat the A-10. That is largely because it lacks the sophistication of more advanced aircraft. A-10 pilots are well versed in flying down in the weeds and hunting for targets using their eyeballs. Though the upgraded C models do have more of the type of technology that would allow them to effectively attack targets from higher altitudes and at standoff distances, I imagine the A-10 community still embraces the old mindset of getting down in the mud with the grunts. That makes them perfect in the role of hunter-killer.
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Posted: 9/30/2014 7:32:24 AM EDT
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Just keep the damn plane already! We have nothing else effective to replace it! This....... |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 7:34:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryNice video of what an A10 can do. |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 7:36:29 AM EDT
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Modernize the bastards
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Posted: 9/30/2014 7:38:03 AM EDT
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Though Air Force brass are intent on retiring the plane, "no one is saying because it’s no good,” Jennings said. "They’re saying in this day and age … you can’t afford to have aircraft that are only good at one thing.” I've never understood this argument. It's only good at one thing, but it's a thing that we keep doing and it's a thing that, apparently, no other plane does as well. There's nothing wrong with a single-mission plane if it's a mission that we keep finding ourselves doing. |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 7:42:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Modernize the bastards |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 7:43:55 AM EDT
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I've never understood this argument. It's only good at one thing, but it's a thing that we keep doing and it's a thing that, apparently, no other plane does as well. There's nothing wrong with a single-mission plane if it's a mission that we keep finding ourselves doing. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Though Air Force brass are intent on retiring the plane, "no one is saying because it’s no good,” Jennings said. "They’re saying in this day and age … you can’t afford to have aircraft that are only good at one thing.” I've never understood this argument. It's only good at one thing, but it's a thing that we keep doing and it's a thing that, apparently, no other plane does as well. There's nothing wrong with a single-mission plane if it's a mission that we keep finding ourselves doing. I miss the old days...back when the Air Force acquired aircraft for specific needs and specific purposes. They would tell the designers what they wanted. Then the designers would proceed to build the best fighter, interceptor, bomber or attack aircraft that they could build using available technology. The results were often awesome to behold. Now combat aircraft have become so expensive that in order to field sufficient numbers, multirole has become the norm. Now we have rolled fighter, interceptor and attack all into one. |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 7:49:23 AM EDT
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Yesssssss. We had an A10 airbase nearby growing up. Used to see those ugly bastards all the time. Yup,saw them daily growing up(right near you  ).Some kids on my street dad was a pilot.I remember in the late "80's they were planning to scrap them,bad idea IMO!
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Posted: 9/30/2014 7:57:16 AM EDT
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Idk why they woud even think about getting rid of the A10...Its a marvelous plane, and just whats needed to poke our enemies in the eyes with
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Posted: 9/30/2014 8:09:45 AM EDT
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It kills bad guys and comes home despite getting shot up. What's not to like. http://simhq.com/forum/files/usergals/2011/02/full-11236-7023-pic_013.png http://www.jetav8r.com/A10Gallery1/0420.jpg Those pictures prove A-10 is a target for air defenses. As air defences become more lethal, A-10 becomes more obsolete. |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 8:20:35 AM EDT
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Just keep the damn plane already! We have nothing else effective to replace it! they should surplus them out. my department could use a new SAR bird
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Posted: 9/30/2014 8:22:08 AM EDT
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Those pictures prove A-10 is a target for air defenses. As air defences become more lethal, A-10 becomes more obsolete. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It kills bad guys and comes home despite getting shot up. What's not to like. http://simhq.com/forum/files/usergals/2011/02/full-11236-7023-pic_013.png http://www.jetav8r.com/A10Gallery1/0420.jpg Those pictures prove A-10 is a target for air defenses. As air defences become more lethal, A-10 becomes more obsolete. all mil aircraft are a target for air defenses. all aircraft are obsolete 
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Posted: 9/30/2014 8:23:18 AM EDT
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There is a Michigan Air National Guard unit that flies A-10s I believe its the 107th Fighter Sq. From Battlecreek, MI. "Cereal Killers" is stenciled on the fuselage under the canopy.
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Posted: 9/30/2014 8:26:16 AM EDT
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Not a fake. |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 8:26:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: When it comes to just getting out there and trying to locate and destroy targets of opportunity, it is hard to beat the A-10. Or do you mean all the tanks isil has?i hate to kill the jerkoff fest here but 30mm really sucks in that theatre which has been proven over and over. |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 8:30:59 AM EDT
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I lost it when I heard the Air Force Chief of Staff tell the Senate, to justify scrapping the A-10, that the CAS mission could be performed by the B-1, et al.
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Posted: 9/30/2014 8:32:39 AM EDT
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I live right by Martin State Airport where many A-10s are stationed for the Air NG and I love seeing them. We have to keep these machines.
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Posted: 9/30/2014 2:24:58 PM EDT
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you mean like men in the back of the truck Or do you mean all the tanks isil has?
i hate to kill the jerkoff fest here but 30mm really sucks in that theatre which has been proven over and over. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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When it comes to just getting out there and trying to locate and destroy targets of opportunity, it is hard to beat the A-10. Or do you mean all the tanks isil has?
i hate to kill the jerkoff fest here but 30mm really sucks in that theatre which has been proven over and over. Which is why the A-10 carries, of all things, anti-tank missiles. 
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Posted: 9/30/2014 2:26:54 PM EDT
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A month or so ago weren't most people except for me agreeing that the A-10 should go away? Maybe it was a different group.
Long live the Wart Hog. |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 2:31:25 PM EDT
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Which is why the A-10 carries, of all things, anti-tank missiles. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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When it comes to just getting out there and trying to locate and destroy targets of opportunity, it is hard to beat the A-10. Or do you mean all the tanks isil has?
i hate to kill the jerkoff fest here but 30mm really sucks in that theatre which has been proven over and over. Which is why the A-10 carries, of all things, anti-tank missiles. Lots of shit carries missiles. If you have to take out thousands of second echelon T62s pouring through the fulda gap, nothing beats an A-10. |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 2:33:25 PM EDT
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Yup,saw them daily growing up(right near you ).Some kids on my street dad was a pilot.I remember in the late "80's they were planning to scrap them,bad idea IMO!Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yesssssss. We had an A10 airbase nearby growing up. Used to see those ugly bastards all the time. Yup,saw them daily growing up(right near you ).Some kids on my street dad was a pilot.I remember in the late "80's they were planning to scrap them,bad idea IMO!Yeah WTF are you doing in GA - I didn't know you moved? Good for you. |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 2:34:16 PM EDT
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A month or so ago weren't most people except for me agreeing that the A-10 should go away? Maybe it was a different group. Long live the Wart Hog. Yeah, that must of been a different group. |
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Posted: 9/30/2014 2:35:02 PM EDT
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I like it.
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Posted: 9/30/2014 2:45:12 PM EDT
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It kills bad guys and comes home despite getting shot up. What's not to like. Faster jets don't get shot up as easily, and still have a reasonable chance of surviving hits. Two A-10 pilots were killed in Desert Storm, and three more were captured. This was in less than a month of fighting. Against ISIS, those three pilots would likely have been beheaded on camera. You fight savages like that with these things: 
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Posted: 9/30/2014 2:46:37 PM EDT
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Just keep the damn plane already! We have nothing else effective to replace it! Stop making sense. 
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