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Posted: 9/26/2005 6:48:36 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/26/2005 6:50:16 PM EDT
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Why, oh why, is the A-10 just so badass?
So, so badass. |
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Posted: 9/26/2005 6:50:20 PM EDT
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One of the most badass airplanes to serve in the US military...
 
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Posted: 9/26/2005 6:51:43 PM EDT
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It's just like a beat-to-shit AK-47: it's ugly, it's all business, and it gets the job done. |
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Posted: 9/26/2005 6:52:33 PM EDT
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Amen, brother.
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Posted: 9/26/2005 6:52:46 PM EDT
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Funny seeing the small blue death with all the other full size practice munitions.
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Posted: 9/26/2005 6:53:03 PM EDT
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Or a .45, big and slow but kicks some serious ass! |
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Posted: 9/26/2005 6:55:31 PM EDT
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I look at that barrel sticking out of the nose, and all I can say is: Warthog STOMP!
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Posted: 9/26/2005 6:55:43 PM EDT
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It's the small bomb that says "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...." 
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Posted: 9/26/2005 7:09:47 PM EDT
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Ha ha-- the bolts are a nice touch, given the plane's name... I'll be in my bunk...... www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/a-10.htm Scroll way down........ |
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Posted: 9/26/2005 7:25:38 PM EDT
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Long time back, I was waiting around in a parking lot somewhere not far from Grissom AFB, listening to the radio. Heard a sound, couldn't figure it out for a second. Pair of A10s pop up over some trees, drop down to buzz a long corn field, and back up for the trees at the other end.
 Used to be a good view of the underside of these when passing by the end of the runway on US31, I used to beg my dad to slow down/speed up if we saw them approaching so that the car was underneath at the point of maximum noise I actually still slow down/speed up when driving past any runway  |
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Posted: 9/27/2005 4:24:50 AM EDT
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They used to practice tank busting runs on the cars and trucks in the area.
I spent many a nite driving down to school only to be strafed by a Warthog. I remember walking to class one morning shortly after they had built a new bell tower in the middle of the campus. Two A-10s broke over the roof of the dorms and were heading stright towards the new tower. One peeled left and one peeled right to expose their underbellys brimming with armament. Good memories. Thanks. |
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Posted: 9/27/2005 7:10:49 AM EDT
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I can play this game!
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Posted: 9/28/2005 6:13:32 AM EDT
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Yeeeeeehhhaaaaaawwww!!!!
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Posted: 9/28/2005 6:27:11 AM EDT
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Why are some A-10s painted green and others light gray?
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Posted: 9/28/2005 7:21:31 AM EDT
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Damn I love this plane... My house is right and the end of the runway of DM AFB in Tucson...
I watch those beasts alllll day long! |
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Posted: 9/28/2005 7:25:08 AM EDT
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To think they were going to retire them
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Posted: 9/28/2005 8:17:49 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/28/2005 8:45:45 AM EDT
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I think your GAU-8 is in better shape than mine
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Posted: 9/28/2005 11:53:34 AM EDT
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That one belongs to the A-10 East Coast Demo Team. They were nice enough to take those pictures for me. |
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Posted: 9/28/2005 12:08:51 PM EDT
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They tried. The AF, in all it's infinite wisdom, was going to go to a single aircraft that could do perform multiple roles (a/a, a/g, FAC, CAS, etc). Ever seen an F16 try to loiter over a battlefield like an A10 does? Just couldn't do it. So, instead of getting retired, a bunch of them got upgraded avionics. |
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Posted: 9/28/2005 12:24:48 PM EDT
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I remember reading that when the Y-23(?) comes into service (the ground support version of the F-22) they were talking about upgrading the A-10s and giving them to the Army, so the Army can conduct its own fixed-wing CAS/TACAIR missions.
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Posted: 9/28/2005 12:28:43 PM EDT
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Are they still in service? If so, how competative is it to get a slot to fly them?
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Posted: 9/28/2005 12:47:22 PM EDT
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Hell yeah they are in service. While i was doing MP OSUT at Ft. Leonardwood, our training ranges was right next to the GAU-8 cannon range for the A-10s. I remember cease fires being called all the time on the M-16 range cause an A-10 would hotdog down over our range, and you would hear the "BRRRRRRRRRRRRRT!" of those big ass gattlings about 10 seconds after the A-10 left your field of vision.
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Posted: 9/28/2005 1:13:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/28/2005 1:35:17 PM EDT
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I just emailed my buddy to send me some of his pics. He emailed back that he is in NY on business so he can't till he gets back to Vegas, but he says his squadron is testing the new A-10C model.
I've got an email back to him to find out what new features to expect. |
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Posted: 9/28/2005 1:56:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/28/2005 2:05:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/28/2005 2:09:44 PM EDT
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 Brain cells growing up the chain of command! 
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Posted: 9/28/2005 2:12:06 PM EDT
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Is it just me, or is the pilot looking down... Friggin' showoff..  
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Posted: 9/28/2005 2:24:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/28/2005 5:29:53 PM EDT
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Alright, where do I gotta sign to fly one of those bad boys?
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Posted: 9/28/2005 5:41:25 PM EDT
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Blue bombs (BDU's/Bomb Dummy Units) suck ass! -Look less than impressive hanging on the bird. -There are spotting charges in some, but pretty much a non-event when they impact. -Many of the practice bombs are obsolete and unrealistic for modern combat scenarios. -They are a consequence of the military giving into the environmentalists instead of fighting for realistic training. - No offense to pilots, but some guys can't seem to hit the planet earth with them. Sometimes you find piles of them MILES away from the target. It seems that the pilots are always more precise when dropping HE. FYI, You haven't lived until you have to clean about a million of them off of a bombing range. 
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Posted: 9/28/2005 5:44:09 PM EDT
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Tag
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Posted: 9/28/2005 5:55:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/28/2005 6:12:33 PM EDT
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I love the Warthog as much as the BUFF!!! Old, ugly, slow and tough as hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: 9/28/2005 6:34:18 PM EDT
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Awesome...
I used to live in Ma and there was a base a few miles from my home. I would be outside and see them flow over often...I would stop what I was doing to watch them.. I watched this segment on discovery channel a few months back how they were rebuilding the wing structure due to fractures and just wear and tear. It was mentioned how they have surpassed their total flying hours rating for each plane. Due to their ruggedness they are being revitalized and will continue to service our great nation.  |
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Posted: 9/29/2005 9:24:44 AM EDT
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