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The A-10 Has Carried Out 11% Of US Airstrikes On ISIS Though The Plane May Be Scrapped
business insider ^ | 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


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.


1 posted on 01/20/2015 7:48:39 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

awesome pics:

http://www.wearethemighty.com/a-10-warthog-cas-2014-11


2 posted on 01/20/2015 7:53:51 PM PST by huldah1776
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To: DUMBGRUNT

RUTAN’S ARES EMERGES FROM PAUL ALLEN’S HANGAR AT KBFI?
http://aviationintel.com/rutans-ares-emerges-from-paul-allens-hangar-at-kbfi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rutans-ares-emerges-from-paul-allens-hangar-at-kbfi


3 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.)
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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."

4 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.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It is real proof that these planes are needed


5 posted on 01/20/2015 7:57:17 PM PST by GeronL
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The only thing that can bring down an A-10 is the Pentagon.


6 posted on 01/20/2015 7:57:17 PM PST by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

They are suck kick-a$$ planes. Love ‘em!


7 posted on 01/20/2015 7:57:23 PM PST by Thorliveshere (Minnesota Survivor)
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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.


8 posted on 01/20/2015 8:02:23 PM PST by Sasparilla (Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum)
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To: GeronL
It is real proof that these planes are needed

Not only needed, we need to make more of them.

9 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.)
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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.

10 posted on 01/20/2015 8:03:31 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Malort, turning taste-buds into taste-foes for generations.)
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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.


11 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.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Why does the AF want to retire it and which aircraft will replace it?


12 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?)
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To: huldah1776
LOL...check out the bottom target-destroyed insignia. Some jihadi was heart-broken to lose his true love.


13 posted on 01/20/2015 8:10:59 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

rofl


14 posted on 01/20/2015 8:12:07 PM PST by GeronL
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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.


15 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!)
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To: huldah1776

More A-10 ‘stuff’ here:

http://lurch2.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-10-pictures.html


16 posted on 01/20/2015 8:13:50 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT (BINGO!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

bwahahaha!


17 posted on 01/20/2015 8:19:18 PM PST by huldah1776
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Any idea what the fourth one down is? Looks like a pouting duck.


18 posted on 01/20/2015 8:20:02 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Vote fraud solution: Stake, Rope, Sugar and Bullet Ants.)
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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.

19 posted on 01/20/2015 8:22:18 PM PST by I cannot think of a name
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To: RandallFlagg

Looks like a radar station to me.


20 posted on 01/20/2015 8:24:04 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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