The newly designed A-10C “Warthog” made its first flight at Eglin Air Force Base Jan. 20.
Posted on 02/04/2005 7:46:40 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
My favorite! Long live the Warthog!
Amen!
Those are among my favorite jets.
Great news. It's an amazing plane.
Major excellent!!!
So tough, even chicks can fly em!
Originally built by New Yorkers with an attitude at Fairchild - Republic on Long Island. Good show.
If I didn't have to wear glasses, I would've gone into the Air Force and tried to be an A-10 pilot.
Better than Viagra
They were going to retire the A-10 after Gulf War I until the USAF brass and the public saw how the A-10 blew the hell out of Iraqi tanks like nobody else could. They tried to hang a 30mm gun pod on an F-16 to fly the same mission, but the F-16 couldn't take the AAA hits. The F-16 is too fragile. (I'm not trying to knock the F-16, but use it for what it was designed for: a close-in dogfighter that knocks other jets out of the air.)
Like an old girlfriend or pair of sneakers...reliable, tough and comfy even if not the most beautiful.
Ugly? Those beauties are gorgeous.
I don't think there is a plane invented that would inspire me to become a pilot more than this plane.
I can't explain it, but I just love looking at them. Perhaps I need some therapy? LOL
" I don't find them "ugly" at all! "
Neither do the boots on the ground. The A-10 has to go down as one of the most successful weapons platforms ever created.
I'm proud that my father worked on the original A-10 project back in the 70s. We had a house full of dummy bullets, hangfires, and, of course, model planes. It is great to see that, almost 30 years later, she is still able to dominate modern battlefields.
Thansk for the picture. Another excellent one...
To bad these aren't actually *new* aircraft, just upgraded old ones. All the Warthogs that exist are all the one sthat will *ever* exist.
I've never heard of a gun being called a "munitions dispenser" before. Hillarious!
I own a Taurus PT99, .40 S&W munitions dispenser, personally.
"Originally built by New Yorkers with an attitude at Fairchild - Republic on Long Island. Good show."
And Fairchild at Hagerstown, MD. WE used to go park by the airport to watch testflights. I miss that!
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