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The Legendary A-10 (Warthog) Looks Like It's Here To Stay After Being Upgraded By The Air Force
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| 1-11-2017
| Alex Lockie
Posted on 01/11/2017 10:22:27 AM PST by blam
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To: jerod
Exactly!
Just to show how hardy they are in battle, they survived eight years of Obama trying to shoot them down.
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posted on
01/11/2017 10:35:22 AM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Recall John McCain. NOW, before he gets us in WWIII.)
To: henkster
They used to buzz me on my bike. Nearly wrecked a couple of times. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp.
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posted on
01/11/2017 10:35:46 AM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
(And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed,)
To: blam
If you ever want the Air Force to keep the A-10, just hint that you are going to take them away and give them to the Army or Marines.
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posted on
01/11/2017 10:36:09 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
To: blam
Now we’re talkin’! A-10s as far as the eye can see.
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posted on
01/11/2017 10:36:43 AM PST
by
TigersEye
(Congratulations, President Donald J. Trump! - Let's MAGA!!!)
To: henkster
They used to build A-10s at the Fairchild-Republic plant
up in Hagerstown, MD. The factory runway used to parallel
I-70 and occasionally I used to be able to see one take off or land as I was driving by.
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posted on
01/11/2017 10:39:36 AM PST
by
catman67
(14 gauge?)
To: blam
The Ground Ponders say thank you.
Common Sense appears to prevailed
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posted on
01/11/2017 10:40:50 AM PST
by
TYVets
To: blam
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posted on
01/11/2017 10:41:06 AM PST
by
Rapscallion
(The opposite of charity is justice. I favor justice every time.)
To: blam
What a beautiful sight!
I had the opportunity to control an A-10 gun run during field artillery school at Fort Sill, OK 40 years ago. I can still remember seeing the devastating effects of the target hits and the inimitable BBUURRRPPPP from its 20mm? or 30mm? guns (long time ago).
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posted on
01/11/2017 10:41:46 AM PST
by
Perseverando
(For Progressives, Islamonazis & other Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
To: TigersEye
An Arizona talk show host made this a favorite topic every week, inviting experts in and giving us the latest news as they happened. He is a Milwaukee native and he was on Hannity last night.
I give him a lot of credit for keeping our beloved Warthog rescue from extermination.
James T Harris
http://www.1041kqth.com/the-james-t-harris-show
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posted on
01/11/2017 10:42:14 AM PST
by
lulu16
(May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
To: LoneStarGI
Don’t forget maintainable. Some of its control surfaces even interchange side to side to make service and replacement easier.
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posted on
01/11/2017 10:46:27 AM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(Fidel and Che are together again, and it ain't on a t-shirt.)
To: All
P-51 Mustang is my all time favorite, this one and the F-4 Phantom are second!
To: lulu16
Nice! Kudos to James T Harris. Love the Warthog.
8 22 3 35
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posted on
01/11/2017 10:55:00 AM PST
by
TigersEye
(Congratulations, President Donald J. Trump! - Let's MAGA!!!)
To: blam
And if Haji is getting too close to the rescue subject the A10 jockey doesn’t have to call for support. The Warthog will lay scunion upon thy ass.
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posted on
01/11/2017 10:55:47 AM PST
by
Feckless
(The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
To: Nip
The AF could lower the cost and complexity, and increase performance of the F35 just by removing the CSAR requirement.
And start now to move the advanced avionics designed for the F35 over to other air platforms.
Much easier (though not easy) to multipurpose components of a plane rather than the entire airframe.
Let the A10 do what it does best, and let the F35 mature into a real fighter.
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posted on
01/11/2017 10:58:26 AM PST
by
texas booster
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To: blam
Did the third one in the lower photo receive a Purple Heart for being wounded? ;o)
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posted on
01/11/2017 10:59:32 AM PST
by
beelzepug
(For English press #1; for Spanish, learn English and press #1)
To: OriginalChristian
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posted on
01/11/2017 11:00:05 AM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
("It's a war against humanity!" Donald J. Trump)
To: blam
The Hog. What the spirit of political incorrectness looks like.
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posted on
01/11/2017 11:00:50 AM PST
by
lurk
(TEat)
To: blam
That’s great news. Now if we could get the airforce to build a top notch CAS drone, maybe something with a little stealth that would help out the ground troops.
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posted on
01/11/2017 11:15:53 AM PST
by
RedWulf
(Trump:Front Lines. Obama: Back Nine. Hillary:Nap T)
To: mad_as_he$$
Yes. No.
The tooling was deliberately destroyed, but we are not stupider and less capable than we were when the first A-10 flew.
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posted on
01/11/2017 11:20:26 AM PST
by
null and void
(Roses are red, soylent is green. Get to the shelter, it's 2017)
To: OriginalChristian; mad_as_he$$
They did it with the C-5, they can do it for the A-10 if need be.
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posted on
01/11/2017 11:36:32 AM PST
by
PeteePie
(Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people - Proverbs 14:34)
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