U.S. Wild Boar aircraft inspires terror in ISIS ranks in Mosul

Iraqi News ^ | January 15, 2015 | Abdelhak Mamoun

[Zhang Fei]

(IraqiNews.com) On Thursday, a local source in Nineveh province said, that the ‘Wild Boar’ aircraft which belongs to the U.S. Air Force has carried out four air strikes that killed and wounded dozens of ISIS elements, adding that the aircraft sparked panic in the ranks of ISIS.

The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “The U.S. aircraft A-10 Warthog (Wild Boar) carried out, at dawn today, four air strikes on gatherings of ISIS elements in the village of Sultan Abdullah in Makhmour district, southeast Mosul,” adding that, “The raids resulted in the death and injury of dozens of ISIS elements.”

[Mouton]

Maybe we can augment it with “puff” lighting them up at night too.

[FreedomPoster]

The Air Force is simply not at all enthusiastic about the close air support mission. The Marines were smart to get their own intrinsic air force.

[Iscool]

They get rid of the ‘big pig’, they’ll have to go back to napalm, which ain’t a bad idea either...

[skinkinthegrass]

they have to find "something", the F-35 could do, even badly.
Congress is "always lining" their pockets. American Armed
service personnel being sacrificed, for Congressional bribes.
The A-10 Warthog, Is a very effective combat aircraft..and
that's why it's being killed.

[Rembrandt]

The title had to be a machine translation. Pretty funny.

[SandRat]

Kenya the Carbon.

[GeronL]

the same ones who cancelled the F-22 I bet

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

If an action is able to harm The United States this administration wants to do it.

[Zhang Fei]

The A-10 was always one of the Infantrymans greatest friends. It’s ability to provide close air support is unmatched by other aircraft in the inventory. I don’t understand any of the logic behind the effort to retire it.

The idea is that because it can't protect itself against front-line fighters, it always needs top cover. But don't supersonic jet fighters doing CAS and strike missions in contested airspace have to have top cover, because it's hard to focus on those missions and also defend yourself against enemy aircraft?

[Former Proud Canadian]

"U.S. Wild Boar aircraft inspires terror in ISIS ranks in Mosul"

The reason they are retiring the aircraft is contained in the headline of the article. When you accept that Obama is a muslim, all things become clear.

[SandRat]

It ain't political to be UGLY and be the 1st Rate Close Air-Ground Support Air Craft.

OH the just think of the panic the HOG could have raised if it was in service WWII (European and Pacific Theaters) or Korean wars.

[njslim]

Remember when living in PA near Fort Indiantown

Would see A-10 swoping low between hills along Susquehanna
River

Impressive when standing on ridge and looking DOWN at the A-10

[SandRat]

Keep the ‘Big Pig’ AND give her NAPALM delivery on target ability.

[SandRat]

Keep the ‘Big Pig’ AND give her NAPALM delivery on target ability.

[eartick]

The cannon with wings.

I guess this would put the fear into a terrorist when the only thing left of Ol Achmed is his dentures.

Carry on

[depressed in 06]

Is getting killed by something named after a pig enough to get you disqualified for 72 virgins?

[D Rider]

That old war horse is one of the winners in air warfare history. It’s not sexy, but it’s a beast! They keep saying it will be retired, but it can still do the job.

More importantly, they have not come up with another airframe that can do the job as well.

[elcid1970]

I was flying a helicopter nap-of-the-earth in Germany when suddenly over the `common freq’ 123.45 mhz came the cry, “PIGS IN SPAAAAACE!!!” and these two A-10s came & went by not much higher than me, like they had their own rotor blades.

One of the A-10 drivers waved. What a machine!

[KosmicKitty]

If you get killed by a “wild boar” does that mean you don’t get to paradise?

[null and void]

I sure hope we don't get an outcry from the Iraqis about the A-10 being an unclean (haram) aircraft, from an Islamic standpoint.

Wellllllll, it does look like a flying cross...