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Posted on 09/21/2006 9:28:10 PM PDT by nametrader
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To: gafusa
I did not know they were retiring the A-10. They are in the process of upgrading them all to A-10C models, which will have glass cockpits and the ability to deliver a wider range of smart muntions.
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posted on
09/22/2006 4:18:49 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Islamofacism: It is all fun and games until someone puts an eye out. Or chops off a head.)
To: ElTiante
When I was in the USN, I was on the flight deck of the USS JFK, and a Crusader had a compressor stall, frickking flames shot out the FRONT of the thing.
Made me spot myself.
But yes...a gorgeous, beautiful greyhound of a plane. Sleek...lovely!
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posted on
09/22/2006 4:23:16 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Islamofacism: It is all fun and games until someone puts an eye out. Or chops off a head.)
To: rlmorel
I heard they were replacing them, they were talking about it. Hopefully they changed that.
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posted on
09/22/2006 4:26:37 PM PDT
by
gafusa
To: gafusa
Yes, apparently they were going to get rid of them, but now want to keep them. My info was out of date.
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posted on
09/22/2006 4:30:13 PM PDT
by
gafusa
To: jazusamo
I'll never forget the photo of an A-10 that a pilot flew back to base in Saudi Arabia and landed safely in the Gulf War that was literally shot to pieces. How it kept flying was a real mystery but it did.She is a really good pilot.
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posted on
09/22/2006 4:32:25 PM PDT
by
null and void
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To: rlmorel
To: Freedom4US
That kept the sheet-metal guys busy for a while I'd say...Dude! Duct tape!
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posted on
09/22/2006 4:43:37 PM PDT
by
null and void
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To: ElTiante
108
posted on
09/22/2006 4:44:41 PM PDT
by
null and void
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To: null and void
I believe you're referring to Capt. Kim Campbell and I couldn't agree more, she's and excellent pilot and lucky to have made it back with the damage to her plane.
The plane and pilot I was actully referring to was an A-10 in Saudi Arabia that had sustained considerably more damage and the pilot was a Lt. Colonel or Colonel that was a squadron commander, I believe. I wish I could remember his name or had noted the article, it was several years ago I saw it.
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posted on
09/22/2006 4:50:42 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DIANA IREY for Congress, PA 12th District: Retire murtha.)
To: jazusamo
Yeah, That's the one, Chuck Reed's kid...
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posted on
09/22/2006 4:51:51 PM PDT
by
null and void
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To: volunbeer
The A-10 is the perfect fit for its designed mission.
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posted on
09/22/2006 4:54:28 PM PDT
by
Fred Hayek
(Liberalism is a mental disorder)
To: nametrader
the Navy has never deployed a single engine aircraft from a carrier, and I'm not sure they should start now.
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posted on
09/22/2006 4:54:45 PM PDT
by
smonk
To: NormsRevenge
The A-10 flight flown by Kim Campbell was actually the turning point in the war.
The flight through downtown Baghdad before the US controlled the city was fired on by every anti-aircraft battery still operating in Baghdad. The plane was hit by at least 1 missile and kept flying.
When Campbell turned the Gattling Gun on the Foreign Ministry building right on the Tigris River (a huge 8 story building that was in full view of everyone in the area) and shot the crap out of the building, every Iraqi soldier said "no way am I standing under that kind of fire-power."
When every other Iraqi soldier saw that an American pilot was willing to fly a slow plane 400 feet off the ground with all the anti-aircraft batteries firing at it full-bore and then just keep coming back for more, they knew the US soldiers meant business.
They all fled in the night and Baghdad was occupied by the US the next morning.
In addition to the tanks taking the bridge over the Tigris, the A-10 flight that day, convinced Saddam and all the Iraqi military to RUN.
To: RavenATB
"Aw, go ahead and buy a Corvette and put a roll of socks in your pants. You'll feel just like one...lol"
You just about choked this old crew chief! All it takes to be a pilot is good vision and reflexes, and a degree in tree science... Fortunately, not all our pilots are that kind. Only a very few. The young lady flying the A-10 mentioned earlier in threads cross-referenced here is a great example of the best kind of pilot.
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posted on
09/22/2006 5:43:11 PM PDT
by
Old Student
(We have a name for the people who think indiscriminate killing is fine. They're called "The Bad Guys)
To: volunbeer
"Nothing can replace the A-10 IMO "
I agree. I never maintained or flew one, but I did do OTD&E work on them as a photographer at Eglin in the mid-60's. Wonderful airframe, and an absolutely awesome weapons system.
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posted on
09/22/2006 5:46:12 PM PDT
by
Old Student
(We have a name for the people who think indiscriminate killing is fine. They're called "The Bad Guys)
To: ElTiante
No kidding. I nearly shat my pants...
I don't know if you have ever heard a compressor stall, but good God, it sounds like a rapid fire howizer...I literally did hit the deck, had never heard one before that (I was fairly inexperienced at that point)
Later on, after I got my turn-up license, I heard a few of them on planes I was fixing...
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posted on
09/22/2006 6:33:19 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Islamofacism: It is all fun and games until someone puts an eye out. Or chops off a head.)
To: smonk
smonk...that aint true.
The USN has had plenty of single engine planes. I worked on one of them, the A-7 Corsair. There was the F-8 Crusader, A-4 Skyhawk...the Panther and so on.
There have been plenty.
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posted on
09/22/2006 6:35:37 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Islamofacism: It is all fun and games until someone puts an eye out. Or chops off a head.)
To: null and void
Yeah, the F-8 needs some love
To: ElTiante
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posted on
09/22/2006 7:51:46 PM PDT
by
null and void
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To: ElTiante
On second thought, it looks a little odd. Photorecon bird?
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posted on
09/22/2006 7:53:13 PM PDT
by
null and void
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