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ISIS Attacks USAF’s A-10 Warthog Aircraft With Strela Missiles: Iraqi News
defenseworld.net ^ | January 16, 2015

Posted on 01/16/2015 8:04:12 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT

Quoting an unnamed source who witnessed the action, the report said that the aircraft carried out four airstrikes sparking panic in the ranks of ISIS after flying close to the ground.

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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: a10; isis; warthog
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To: DUMBGRUNT
back in the day...

21 posted on 01/16/2015 8:30:54 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

This explains why the Sultan’s Secretary of the Air Force wants to get rid of the A10. She must be horrified at the plane’s effectiveness.


22 posted on 01/16/2015 8:31:38 PM PST by Rockpile
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To: fella

A-10 GUN RUN

Best comment on the video by our military on the ground there as a terrorist runs into a tree line just before the A-10 lets loose with its gatling gun...
“Let’s save our ammo.”...then the fireworks begins.


23 posted on 01/16/2015 8:43:43 PM PST by Sasparilla (Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum)
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To: DesertRhino

Where ever they are, Islamic terrorists must be showered with fire and steel. As many as possible must be reduced to burned gobbets of flesh scattered around smoking holes in the terrain. No quarter given. No opportunity for them to fight another day. The Warthog works fine for that. Attack, refuel, repeat.


24 posted on 01/16/2015 8:44:39 PM PST by Afterguard (Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
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To: Afterguard

I wonder how quickly Fairchild Republic could retool and start producing the A-10 again, with advancements of course.


25 posted on 01/16/2015 8:50:31 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: DUMBGRUNT
BBC tv reported today aboard US aircraft carrier that Hornet pilots were returning with full bomb loads coz there WERE NO TARGETS> Lemme see, ISIS occupies a lot of territory: I guess nobody was home today. Somethin stinks here.
26 posted on 01/16/2015 8:51:15 PM PST by bunkerhill7 (re (`("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")))
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To: Rockpile

Her CV does not show much in the way of leadership.

Someone pulls the strings and the mouth moves.

And another reads the script.

Very technical; similar to the wizardry of OZ.


27 posted on 01/16/2015 8:52:28 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT (BINGO!)
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To: Afterguard; BlueLancer
On the Inhabitants of the Middle East

200 years from now, I want their children's children's children's children to cower and cringe in fear whenever they hear the sounds of jet engines overhead because their legends tell of fire from the sky.

I want them to hide in dark caves and holes in the earth, shivering with terror whenever they hear the roar of diesel engines because the tales of their ancestors talk about metal monsters crawling over the earth, spitting death and destruction.

I want their mothers to be able to admonish them with "If you don't behave, the Pale Destroyers will come for you", and that will be enough to reduce them to quivering obeisance.

I want the annihilation to be so complete that their mythology will tell them of the day of judgment when the stern gods from across the sea .. the powerful 'Mericans .. destroyed their forefathers' wickedness.

By BlueLancer
13 SEP 01

28 posted on 01/16/2015 8:52:39 PM PST by null and void (The aggregate effect of competitive capitalism is indistinguishable from magic)
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To: null and void

Then we didn’t do it right. There should be no offspring of Allah left breathing.


29 posted on 01/16/2015 9:02:56 PM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Strela ... !

30 posted on 01/16/2015 9:05:11 PM PST by FredZarguna (O, Reason not the need.)
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To: MaxMax

I see nothing there that indicates the muslims are the survivors.


31 posted on 01/16/2015 9:05:44 PM PST by null and void (The aggregate effect of competitive capitalism is indistinguishable from magic)
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To: JRandomFreeper

lol


32 posted on 01/16/2015 9:09:21 PM PST by GeronL
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To: JRandomFreeper

or maybe a well armored turbofan doesn’t generate enough heat to attract the attention of old and probably uncared for Strela missiles?


33 posted on 01/16/2015 9:10:06 PM PST by GeronL
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To: Pelham

The C-130 and the A-10 are my favorite Air Force aircraft! One is a flying boxcar and the other is a flying tank!


34 posted on 01/16/2015 9:11:55 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: fella

A stealth version of the A-10?

A Stealth Hog?


35 posted on 01/16/2015 9:13:03 PM PST by GeronL
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To: Charles Martel

Really! Imagine the politics behind the scene.


36 posted on 01/16/2015 9:13:48 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: DUMBGRUNT; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...

Active Duty ping.


37 posted on 01/16/2015 9:15:07 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: bunkerhill7
What I understand is Obola is micromanaging the targets in the way LBJ and that GD McNamamara (damn him to eternal hellfire) did.

What little this pathetic regime is doing is for the media alone. No way are they tring to do real damage or accomplish military goals.

Preservation of muzzie lives is paramount, over disposable US troops.

38 posted on 01/16/2015 9:15:40 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: DUMBGRUNT

And not a SINGLE mention in the U.S. Mainstream Media.
Imagine that one, eh? Imagine how they would be covering it under GWB?


39 posted on 01/16/2015 9:16:23 PM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: null and void

That should be a poster


40 posted on 01/16/2015 9:16:55 PM PST by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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