saw these doing a demo in Tucson, AZ.
Instantly became my new favorite aircraft. It was awesome. They seem to float while unleashing a $hitstorm of death.
The demo was so realistic I was afraid some sort of accident happened from all the smoke.
Seems like there has always been talk of discontinuing the A-10 due “shifting missions” and whatnot but it’s still the best way to go from someone I don’t like has a tank to someone I don’t like used to have a tank.
Some years back while backroad travelling from Alex., LA, I heard what sounded like the biggest chainsaw ever. Then I saw the Warthogs flying around and as they poured a ton of lead out the front you could hear the sound. Quite impressive. I sure would not want one of them looking for me.
Some months later I was invited to the Target Range for the nearby airbase and saw closeup these baddest of the badboys in action.
Later during Desert Storm, A-10s were stationed at Barksdale AFB and several pilots lived nearby in the country. They all seemed to love the ugly A-10.