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A-10C's Go to War
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| 8/31/07
Posted on 09/01/2007 5:02:30 PM PDT by llevrok
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To: llevrok
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posted on
09/01/2007 9:06:09 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: llevrok
Yeah, and I remember when the USAF tried to retired them after Desert Storm because they weren’t as sleek and pretty as F-16s. I’m glad that common sense prevailed.
To: bad company; pissant
Look!!!! here is my Warthog....and being an AF person who actually loaded the bombs, missiles and the 30 mil gun on this beauty knows what they are worth. I know that everyone of us who worked on the th Hogs being the crew chief and the weapon loaders, all love this AC and are so happy that it is still in the inventory......... Martha
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posted on
09/03/2007 12:51:08 PM PDT
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marmar
((Although, I may look different then you....my blood still runs....RED, WHITE, & BLUE.))
To: llevrok
New commo gear is installed as well, allowing A-10 pilots to share pix and vids with troops on the ground.I can't wait to see the pix that Hog-Drivers share... I just know the first "pix" shared will be a "lolcat," with the caption, "I can haz JDAM?"
Mark
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posted on
09/03/2007 1:26:12 PM PDT
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MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
To: llevrok
While newly equipped A-10s are showing up this year, it will take five years to upgrade all 350 aircraft in service. Beyond that, the air force is upgrading the engines and structures of the 1970s era aircraft. All the upgrades will cost about $13 million per aircraft. One of the best bargains the taxpayers will ever get.
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posted on
09/05/2007 7:01:12 PM PDT
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archy
(Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
To: llevrok
They’re the ground pounder’s wet dream. They'd be right at home on a Sgt. Fury comic book cover in the 50's.
Please! They deserve better than that!
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posted on
09/05/2007 7:04:07 PM PDT
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archy
(Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
To: rlmorel
Yes. One of the finest ground attack aircraft produced in history. It ranks up there with the P-47, A-1 and Phantom. True, and they're all good planes. But the A-10 has two engines, and so should more reasonably be compared with a more direct WWII gunship ancestor.
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09/05/2007 7:11:27 PM PDT
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archy
(Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
To: llevrok
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