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The A-10 Has Carried Out 11% Of US Airstrikes On ISIS Though The Plane May Be Scrapped
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| JAN. 20, 2015
| JEREMY BENDER
Posted on 01/20/2015 7:48:39 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Despite multiple attempts by the US Air Force to retire the A-10 Warthog, the aircraft has carried out 11% of all airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria since Operation Inherent Resolve began in August.
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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: a10; warthog
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The A-10 is a heavily armored aircraft that is slower and less maneuverable than a fighter jet but is perfectly suited to carrying out closer-quarter attacks against ground targets the plane has been likened to a flying tank.
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posted on
01/20/2015 7:48:39 PM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
01/20/2015 7:56:23 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Following a couple of article links (to other
warthog stories) I came across this gem:
Said another [Marine]: "Just make sure the A-10 confirms your location before he goes hot. If not, your life expectancy goes from about 80 percent to like 40."
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posted on
01/20/2015 7:57:10 PM PST
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It is real proof that these planes are needed
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posted on
01/20/2015 7:57:17 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: DUMBGRUNT
The only thing that can bring down an A-10 is the Pentagon.
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posted on
01/20/2015 7:57:17 PM PST
by
henkster
(Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
To: DUMBGRUNT
They are suck kick-a$$ planes. Love ‘em!
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posted on
01/20/2015 7:57:23 PM PST
by
Thorliveshere
(Minnesota Survivor)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Isis savages mess their pants when they see a warthog make a turn straight in their direction before letting loose with their Gatling gun. Heavily armed with its pilot in a titanium bathtub type cockpit is the perfect vermin eradication platform on that type battlefield. Probably why Zer0 wants it to be eliminated.
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posted on
01/20/2015 8:02:23 PM PST
by
Sasparilla
(Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum)
To: GeronL
It is real proof that these planes are needed Not only needed, we need to make more of them.
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posted on
01/20/2015 8:02:32 PM PST
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
The first half of the headline is the reason for the second half of the headline.
It's an effective weapon system. So kill it.
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posted on
01/20/2015 8:03:31 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Malort, turning taste-buds into taste-foes for generations.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
The Secretary (Administrative Assistant?) of the Air Force says we don’t need the A-10 because we have F-15s and F-16s. I wonder if she has a clue what the A and the F stand for.
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posted on
01/20/2015 8:06:49 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(When the hell do I get MY white privilege? I'm tired of busting my @$$ for a living.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Why does the AF want to retire it and which aircraft will replace it?
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posted on
01/20/2015 8:06:59 PM PST
by
spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
(Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I do?)
To: huldah1776
LOL...check out the bottom target-destroyed insignia. Some jihadi was heart-broken to lose his true love.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
01/20/2015 8:12:07 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: DUMBGRUNT
Maybe it’s time to lift the ‘fixed wing aircraft’ prohibition on the Army. It’s my understanding a lot of senior officers there would love to have the A-10 under their command.
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posted on
01/20/2015 8:12:23 PM PST
by
DemforBush
(Q. Why didn't the German get to eat his cake? A. Because it was stollen!)
To: huldah1776
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posted on
01/20/2015 8:13:50 PM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
(BINGO!)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Any idea what the fourth one down is? Looks like a pouting duck.
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posted on
01/20/2015 8:20:02 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(Vote fraud solution: Stake, Rope, Sugar and Bullet Ants.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
“carried out 11% of all airstrikes”
and probably 80 to 90% of the damage inflicted. That's the other thing that fools like the Secretary of the Air Force never mention - when you are shooting at people and small vehicles, there is no substitute for low and slow for accuracy.
To: RandallFlagg
Looks like a radar station to me.
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