One of the all-time great war planes !!
1 posted on
09/01/2007 5:02:32 PM PDT by
llevrok
To: llevrok; Chieftain
2 posted on
09/01/2007 5:05:30 PM PDT by
Recovering Ex-hippie
(We need a troop surge in Philly and Newark!)
To: llevrok
Yes. One of the finest ground attack aircraft produced in history. It ranks up there with the P-47, A-1 and Phantom.
This is good news indeed.
3 posted on
09/01/2007 5:06:29 PM PDT by
rlmorel
(Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
To: llevrok
Gee, the A10 base here (Alexandria La.) was one of the first CLOSED when the HilBillies bought the White House.
I don't wonder why!
4 posted on
09/01/2007 5:09:04 PM PDT by
rawcatslyentist
(Did you know that everyday mexican gays sneak into this country and unplug our brain dead ladies HJS)
To: llevrok
An incredible machine that I thought had been tossed on the scrap heap even though it has saved countless American lives. Glad to see it’s still in service, and hope it continues to be in service for a great many more years.
Sorry, top brass, that it’s not sexy enough for you.
5 posted on
09/01/2007 5:09:48 PM PDT by
kingu
(No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
To: llevrok
A-10C
6 posted on
09/01/2007 5:11:01 PM PDT by
xcamel
(FDT/2008 -- talk about it >> irc://irc.freenode.net/fredthompson)
To: llevrok
From the movie 1941:
Colonel Mad Man Maddox (Warren Oates) to Captain Wild Bill Kelso (John Belushi), in an alfalfa field somewhere in Pamona "Let me hear your guns".
8 posted on
09/01/2007 5:26:52 PM PDT by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: llevrok
To quote the Vermont ANG....
Go ugly early!
9 posted on
09/01/2007 5:38:09 PM PDT by
Uriah_lost
("I don't apologize for the United States of America," -Fred D Thompson)
To: llevrok
"Warhog" That would be Warthog, not Warhog!
10 posted on
09/01/2007 5:55:50 PM PDT by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Democrats spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: llevrok
the U.S. A-10 "Warhog" ground attack aircraft I thought they were called Warthogs; did the name change?
11 posted on
09/01/2007 6:46:41 PM PDT by
Vor Lady
(Through the gates of Hell, as we make our way toward Heaven....Primo Victoria!)
To: llevrok
I wonder whatever happened to the 6 or so A-10s I saw in NAVY colors at an air show back in the 90’s. They were parked off to the side away from the crowd areas at Lemoore NAS. No, I wasn’t imagining it, either. I got pics of them somewhere in my Big Box O’Photos, but not scanned into a jpg.
To: llevrok
21 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
23 posted on
09/03/2007 12:51:08 PM PDT by
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
24 posted on
09/03/2007 1:26:12 PM PDT by
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.
25 posted on
09/05/2007 7:01:12 PM PDT by
archy
(Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
To: llevrok
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