U.S. Air Forces in Kuwait beginning to fly out

FOX broadcast | March 21, 2003 | FOX

[Charles Martel]

What's an A-10?

Just about the last thing that those Iraqis want to see. Next to the Daisy Cutters, it was the most fearsome thing around during Gulf War I.

Remember the carnage on the "Highway of Death" leading north out of Kuwait City? All those burned-out, smoldering Iraqi tanks and trucks were the A-10's calling card.

Here's a recent artist's conception:

Cue the AC/DC (cranked up loud): Thunderstruck!

[Southack]

Tuskegee Airmen Bump!

[rootntootn]

The A-10 is a close support aircraft. It is a relatively slow jet that can carry about 8 Maverick missiles and carries one hell of a machine gun that can split a tank right up the middle.

[Pafreedom]

The Warthog can deliver ordinance head skyward and be back on target in 21 seconds. Just in case anyone survived and are trying to run. Awesome

[RobbyS]

First I saw were those assigned to Sembacj Air Base in Germany. The damn things can fly as slow as piper cubs and turn on a dime. I heard that they alone could have stopped a Soviet advance through Fulda gap one the fighers had established air superiority. They can open up the biggest tank like a tin can.