A-10 Warthog

[oneway]

Couple A-10 vids I did in multiplay flaming cliffs 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y6B9m6nWIU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj28Z6J6UzE

Awesome...the second film was great....nice CAS work

[oneway]

Was stationed at Ft Riley in 88-89 and used to love playing tanker games with those bad boys flying around!! Come outta no where screeching over your head as they turn and burn. 

Must have been something to see...

 

Technically they might have been turning but they surely were not burning...

The A10 employs a GE high bypass turbo fan, and is incapable of after-burner...however it has a very low IR heat signature due to the massive amount of non-combustion air that it processes. An excellent choice of power plant given the down and dirty aspects of mission requirements and the threat of shoulder mounted low tech IR seeking SAM missles...HBPTF engines are also excellent in terms of acoustic signature....(the A10 is very quiet)...

Warthogs rock

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[Killer91]

Must have been something to see...

 

Technically they might have been turning but they surely were not burning...

The A10 employs a GE high bypass turbo fan, and is incapable of after-burner...however it has a very low IR heat signature due to the massive amount of non-combustion air that it processes. An excellent choice of power plant given the down and dirty aspects of mission requirements and the threat of shoulder mounted low tech IR seeking SAM missles...HBPTF engines are also excellent in terms of acoustic signature....[/(the A10 is very quiet)...

Warthogs rock

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Oneway

I saw one at Alliance airport in Ft. Worth last october and i was really supirsed at how little noise it made compared to all the other jets there. Its a sweet plane all around!

[oneway]

I saw one at Alliance airport in Ft. Worth last october and i was really supirsed at how little noise it made compared to all the other jets there. Its a sweet plane all around!

The A10 will go down in history as a cornerstone aircraft...like the P51, the B17, and others....

Our great-grandchildren will be flying computer A10 simulations the way we fly World War II aircraft tonight...

Though it has not achieved legendary status yet...its only a matter of time....

With the roll out of the Land Warrior infantry Combat Situational Awareness system now in active use, the extension and leverage of the A10 as a point and shoot CAS stand off system is just beginning to come into its own...just wait until you see what they do with LW and A10 integration.....

Learn more about the LW system here: http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=land%20warrior%20system&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=vid:1&source=og&sa=N&tab=wv&fp=e69e588f7b1a5eb

Warthogs rock

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[Slash27]

I got a vid on the Evil con for that year...  That RV8 was a monster..

http://www.youtube.com/user/s0da72#p/u/8/Z_n32VUW8hk

 

Pretty sure I was on your rig when I killed the Lancs. Good times

[EskimoJoe]

The A10 will go down in history as a cornerstone aircraft...like the P51, the B17, and others....

Our great-grandchildren will be flying computer A10 simulations the way we fly World War II aircraft tonight...

Though it has not achieved legendary status yet...its only a matter of time....
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Once Russia invades my friend, once Russia invades 

[Yossarian]

Once Russia invades my friend, once Russia invades 

Especially with the A-10 around, you've got to wonder why they'd bother? 

[Reaper90]

most badazzed bird in the air today. period.

[oneway]

Lock On Platinum Promo....includes the A10-A among other platforms in the series...

When they finally release the A10-C later this year it will be incredible...for now the A10-A will have to do...

 

Make sure to choose 720 HD when watching this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99_hoJNj3ys

[danny76]

"Danger Close...Bring the Rain...Soft Targets North of Yellow Smoke...Advise Inbound Approach....Bravo Out"

You are correct...and many CAS mission attacks are marked by grunts on the ground lobbing smoke via the M203 on close contact...which has a typical range of 150 meters..."Danger Close"

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Oneway

Just like the Danger Close that dedstroyed the two Warriors in Gulf 1, and the British Land Rover convoy in Gulf 2?

[Stixx]

Had the pleasure of witnessing a live fire demonstration by several A-10's when they were first introduced in the mid seventies.
We were told it was built exclusively to provide close air support for us ground pounders and gravel churners in the event the
Soviet Union decided to step across the line.
Very comforting to know it was on our side.
In Red Storm Rising one of Clancy's Soviet officers refers to the A-10 as the Devil's Cross.
Pretty apt description if you ask me.

[allaire]

Friendly fire incidents in a warzone happen.  It is deplorable that it happens, but it happens.  Go through the history of blue on blue incidents and you will find some interesting things about most armies.  For instance the British army engaging Danish forces for around 2 hours during which they fired off 6-8 Javelin missiles.  The point is during battle it happens to everyone except the Swiss.