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The Air Force Is Re-Winging A-10s After All [hoorah!]
Popular Mechanics ^
| January 29, 2018
| Kyle Mizokami
Posted on 09/01/2018 4:08:30 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: huldah1776
The wings of the Warthog can take enormous stress.
In the tests they almost could not break them.
Aerobatic X100
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posted on
09/01/2018 5:47:42 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(12 diet Cokes and a fried chicken...)
To: MichaelCorleone
A ground attack plane needs a LOW stall speed.
Stall is 120 knots for the A10.
That’s amazing for a plane that can fly at 380 knots and carry a huge load.
It just ain’t safe to be close to the ground if you have a high stall speed!
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posted on
09/01/2018 5:50:36 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(12 diet Cokes and a fried chicken...)
To: FreeAtlanta
Re-wing Hell, restart the production like and get us a couple thousands of these cheap, sturdy warhorses....hogs.
Not sure they need to make more yet. There are what seems like miles of them mothballed at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson.
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posted on
09/01/2018 5:52:36 PM PDT
by
chaosagent
(Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
To: SauronOfMordor
I think we already have those.
And drones that carry many tiny drones that deliver precision fuel-air weapons...can take out one guy in a crowd and leave everyone else intact.
Impressive AI in a small package.
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posted on
09/01/2018 5:54:16 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(12 diet Cokes and a fried chicken...)
To: All
I believe Trump has some good military folks around him...
The A10 was known to be a very tough aircraft. A relative who worked in aerospace told me that an A10 returned from a mission with one engine blown off. The pilot kind of sits in an IRON TUB to protect, according to the same source. By comparison, helicopters are much more fragile -- but they try to make helicopters survivable...
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posted on
09/01/2018 6:25:56 PM PDT
by
topher
(America, please Do The Right Thing!)
To: Kickass Conservative
You cannot go wrong extending the life of an aircraft that can return from a mission safely, after losing an engine and portions of its tail. The Air Farce(yup) bureaucracy never liked the A 10. Pilots love em and so do the troops on the ground.
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posted on
09/01/2018 6:45:30 PM PDT
by
MGunny
To: Celtic Conservative
Now all can be assured it is the right decision!
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posted on
09/01/2018 6:48:18 PM PDT
by
huldah1776
( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
To: TigersEye
My greatest comfort is knowing how well they bring home our pilots. Still pray for all!
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posted on
09/01/2018 6:49:30 PM PDT
by
huldah1776
( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
To: McGruff
That is the FIRST thing I thought when I saw that convoy. Still makes my blood boil.
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posted on
09/01/2018 6:51:29 PM PDT
by
huldah1776
( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
To: Morpheus2009
sigh. My #3 DVD is toast. Keep forgetting to replace it.
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posted on
09/01/2018 6:54:43 PM PDT
by
huldah1776
( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
To: Morpheus2009
I would agree if you mean pilotless aircraft.
To: Pelham
Very good story. One of the reasons I love the Hog is bringing them home.
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posted on
09/01/2018 7:16:55 PM PDT
by
huldah1776
( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
To: FreeAtlanta
You know, they should have stored the tooling in the smithsonian basement.
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posted on
09/01/2018 7:20:50 PM PDT
by
huldah1776
( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
To: Bobalu
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posted on
09/01/2018 7:27:34 PM PDT
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huldah1776
( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
To: KC_Lion
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posted on
09/01/2018 7:41:36 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: doorgunner69
They first must be adapted to angry sea bass.
To: huldah1776
I understand all the tooling to make the A-10 were destroyed.
Given the technology today how difficult would it be to reverse engineer the plane and build a new fleet?
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posted on
09/01/2018 8:11:00 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Consensus isn't science.)
To: odawg
"I remember reading that during Desert Storm these planes were hell on enemy tanks."
Basra Road.
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posted on
09/01/2018 8:20:21 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Consensus isn't science.)
To: huldah1776; Wonder Warthog
Thanks, huldah1776.
Courtesy *PING* to you-know-who.
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posted on
09/01/2018 8:21:16 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Jonty30; Chode; Squantos
IIRC in Desert Storm an A-10 dropped an Iron Bomb on top of an Iraqi Helicopter for a kill.
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posted on
09/01/2018 8:35:24 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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