A10 Warthog - US Finally Tests 

that remark isn't due to the round's speed, rather the lack of accuracy or any real guidance systems for the gun within the aircraft. It's an incredibly unreliable ground attack weapon, and while an effective application of a large-load automatic ballistic device being used for ground attack factor - it's extremely far from an effective weapons system for close/combat air support in the modern era. Source: I am an infantryman and would prefer rotor wing assets over literally any a-10 trash. People who froth for the a-10 are mistaken and have likely never operated alongside one.

@@jerrylourice2352 if everyone around you shares the same differing opinion than you, it’s not them who are wrong. But please, continue. I need this high level of comedy in my life.

@@casey360360 💀😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

BraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaP!

@@jerrylourice2352 Oh well Source USAF retired…..you are full of shit. If you are such an expert on USAF aircraft, then why did you join the Army? We could have used another expert.

I agree! Love this master piece.

Something about it! I watched this Bird fly out of Martins field MD. most my life, No other sound like it. I lived walking distance to the gun test range.

@@bendover3820 When I was stationed out at Davis Monthan AFB in Tucson I was a crew chief on one of those planes. I never did get the chance to get out to the gun range to see one live firing it's gun. It's impressive to see it on the videos though.

@@brianfalls5894 The smell is intense! You got to touch one, many don't even get to. Did you ever notice the lines of that bird have a 50's car kinda thing going on? Might just be me. haha

Warthog 2.0

They probably also don't want enemies to know too much about the new weapon systems. Especially in the current global climate.. god knows if China or Russia will start WWIII

Same

How it's not made yet dummy

@@EEEEEEEEER did you not hear him talk about upgrading the display and mapping new mapping and tracking systems. You people are so ignorant

Amra 3 has a stealth one

The A-10 is actually more maneuverable, but is no match for the speed of the MiGs. Maneuverability is actually not always the deciding factor in a dogfight. Hell a MiG 29 could shoot down an A-10 without even dogfighting it, because of Radar & Missiles.

@@kinglouiev9530 Not according t the Grim Reapers channel. They run simulations of all kinds of scenarios. They ran an interesting one in which they pitted A10s against Spitfires. They had slightly better straight line speed than the Spitfires. But if they got into manoeuvring, the Spitfires could out turn them easily. Of course I have no idea how accurate their software modelling is. It was interesting resting though.

@@TesterAnimal1 idk what point you’re trying to make comparing the maneuverability of a ww2 turn fighter vs an A10 lol

@@TesterAnimal1 Obviously a spitfire would win, you really don't need a comparison... how is it useful to compare a WW2 prop to a jet anyway? Against early jets... maybe, but the A-10 is definitely not an early jet.

SkullAngel002 : Your right about the A-10 not being a dogfighter, however a lot of people do think it's just a regular fighter jet. It was never designed for dogfighting. Some fault it for being slow but it was designed that way on purpose so it could linger on target without the need for 5 miles of airspace to turn around for another pass! It was designed for close air ground support & also to attack ground convoys or trains. It was also the most feared weapons platform we had in both Gulf wars & in Afghanistan. When the enemy heard those distinctive half screeching half screaming engines coming in, they either surrendered, went underground immediately or died. That's how much they feared that cannon. I grew up around the now closed Willow Grove N.A.S in Pennsylvania. The A-10 was the fighter wings primary aircraft. I saw them everyday almost for 25 years. Sometimes they were so low you could see the pilot clearly...And that cannon stood out like Pinocchio's nose!

And if I recall correctly, small portions of them have been flown back to base and landed safely. A good look at the pictures of said aircraft will leave one saying "there is no way that aircraft could fly and no way the pilot could have walked away from that", yet both are true.

Thank you for your service to our country.

Thank you for working on them. I remember news footage from Dessert Storm, showed them shot up still making it back. Yes I would have liked them to talk about redundant systems to keep it airborne. I got to see them up close in Las Vegas airbase. We road the bus through base on way to and back to Nascar Race. The Driver of bus had a job like yours in Military.

When were you there? I was an aircraft electrician for the 74th and then for the 73rd,as a MSgt. Then I became the Maintenance Intro supervisor for the Chief of Maintenance. I was at England AFB from late 1984 until I retired in October of 1987.

As I was as well, 926th Tactical Fighter Group, NAS Alvin Ca-lender Field, Belle Chase , La. They are now F-16s, but i was there when it was A-10. Crew Chief: Warthog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This channel is bad for clickbait titles.

@@rdsii64 And fake thumbnails photos.

@@don39boo And misinformation about the cannon. Not the most powerful.

Classic click bait. I block channels that do this. Very misleading

Just report it for being misleading .

The brrrrrr must be a serious morale booster

Nothing sounds like them!

The a-10 is very powerful. It was built in the 90's but it is still effective

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Same bro!

@@shortfuze5261 They were built in 1976 by Fairchild Industries!

You Beat me to it... good call

Lol

GEEK!

@@frankmoreno6866 : DORK... (Biden voter)

@@frankmoreno6866, USAF Aircraft Armaments Systems Specialist, but yeah, guilty as charged. :-)

They are the best ground support aircraft we have my unit was in Yakima firing CTR for war games there was an A10 that flew over our country area we didn't know it was there until me and some friends looks up and there it was right above us low enough to see the numbers and the pilot and then engines it was an awesome sight don't get rid of it

My father was stationed there as well - I was a baby, left Brawdy to go to Germany, when I was 3 ish, I think. Used to sit at the end of the runway, and watch the Tornados take off.

I'm not 100% sure, but i read somewhere that the original gun selected for the A-10 was too accurate and didn't have enough dispersion to spread the rounds out enough to cause more widespread destruction. So they had to find a new gun. hence the GAU 8

I used to haul fuel in trucks. I was thinking " a tanker of fuel for 800 miles? And it would fill the entire wings and fuselage maybe twice

it would be much easier if you used liters, then the error wouldn't be so much offset between weight in kg and liters

@@alessioschiavone3898 Liters are not American enough, sorry.

@@Hopeless_and_Forlorn There are two types of countries, those on the metric system, and those who landed men on the moon!

@@sdfan1421 There are two types of countries, those on the metric system, and those who are unfathomably stupid (and badly fake moon landings)

i can imagine how you guys cheered when you heard those turbines in the distance

As a Brit, well said. I to think that the USAF, rather than repeatedly trying to find ways and excuses to get rid of them over past four or so decades, should have started preliminary R&D work to procure a 21st century version of the aircraft, with all of the latest advancements in avionics, sensors and sensory fusion techniques built in to a new design whilst retaining its core legendary firepower and survivability qualities to produce a 21st century networked and fully integrated can opener! I have also long held the view that the RAF should have pushed to try and procure a number SQNs of A10s during the time they were in production.

@@nathanielwhite8769 Theyre job can be done better, and has been done better for decades now, by other aircraft. Its a cool plane, but isnt worth keeping an entire line of aircraft in use when they could be replaced with more effective aircraft.

@@Matt_10203 Hi Matt, out of interest to what you have said; Apart from the greater standoff ranges achieved by current and future platforms, what Aircraft to do you think would be more effective in the CAS role that can provide persistent loitering times over the battlefield before refueling is required?

Thank you for your service. What a fun aircraft!

Bullshit, there is NO 82d Airborne Infantry Regiment.

To think they first wanted to replace them with the F16. Im a civilian and even I know how stupid that idea would have been

Fascinating to read

There are many Kurdish and Iraqi soldiers out there that would say the same thing as u

Operation inherent resolved with a absolute success and I'm glad for it

You should be! If you get a chance, thank your old man for us. Helluva job! We can sleep at night.

Real, real sweet. I’m jealous.

Need a American to fly it all but one here knows what protects freedom and Justice exactly we the people's jobs to we the people . Hard to believe you all faked it so long like worms playing you as fools pretending to be learned . Prymid scheme of ego arrogant masters in deceiving self pretending to know demand know void in know unknown to even self Deceived even self became two unknown to even self

@@thehopeforunderstanding9263 DUDE! I think you’re having a stroke!

@@todaywefly4370 I Know you as clueless about me as you are about what protected freedom and Justice exactly your jobs as we the people . Try north Korea they trust government to give them freedom and cops to hand out justice.is one we the people in this country ty God it's me they you ass backwards as we the people they think I stand alone God smack . I know was always your choice and sure as hell not I going to get snaked . Always could of waited in the truck I can handle it Michael my God given name I stand for one nation under God indivisible by 4 with each I stand for liberty and justice for all . Get smacked won't smack God that's just as idiot as trust government to give you freedom and cops to hand out justice . We trust in God or I keep my promises and protector of freedom and Justice exactly what I do . Stand for liberty and justice for all known to the father . Is a Known age coming known or unknown I stand for those known to the true and just born father . Alone I stand for the true virgin mother creator and protector of the true and just born universe Michael my God given name guess know deceiving self exactly void in know unknown . Is a Known age coming known or unknown

It was a lovable dirty bird but as a sheetmetal mech I worked 24/7 on it... USAF @Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson AZ.

What did you use to spackle over all the holes they would come home with?

Were you at RAF Bentwaters?

Thank you for your service. 👍

Go forward, America! Long live the Nato! Long live freedom! Down with all dictatorships and terrorists all around the world! Best wishes from Germany!

F-18 f-16 f-15 ah-1 ah-64 all are better then a-10

This is what I always spoke of. My men ,my men,my men. Protect cover our men.

Agreed...Marine pilots are very bold. They have to be since the Marine maintenance budget is constantly being squeezed in order to support the order armed services branches.

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Ive watch a crop duster doing that samething i was driving a uhal i thought i was going to crash dude was so close lol

I am a blackhills bandit and sat in a B52 . Tailgunner position even now wow.

10,000 lbs of fuel not 10,000 gallons. An over the road fuel tanker is 9000 gals if you need a size comparison.

IYAAYAS!!!

I was in the Marines then and was an ground air controller who called and control airstrikes, artillery strikes, and navalgunfire missions and the A-10s are one aircraft we worked with. They impressed me for all the A/C

Grew up in the 80's watching these birds fly out of Martins in Middle River. I lived near the Gun Test range, Nothing sounds like them, Nothing!

Served in the Marine Corps from 1975 to 1983

My uncle worked there. He took home some scraps of titanium cut into different shapes. I have them now.

@@bendover3820 Even up here in southern York co, PA, we see them flying into or out of Martins.

put a toilet on it

Pretty much. There was actually talk of bringing back a low attack fixed wing propellar platform like A-1. Heck I know some combat pilots who mentioned a modernize version of the T-6 Texan for low support with its AFT Gunner providing additional cover fire for the troops on the ground.

Shout out to the SkyRaider! The People don't know what it did, or how critical it was. Soldiers know different.

The A-10's original name was Thunderbolt II, after the WW2 fighter that served excellent double-duty as a ground attack aircraft. Most of the old WW2 footage of trains exploding were taken from the gun cameras of P-47 Thunderbolts.

@@DK-gy7ll What do you mean original name? Its still called the Thunderbolt II. That's its official name. "Warthog" is the unofficial pet-name the pilots coined it.

Yes ive seen the A10 warthog flying at an air display twice what a plane phenomenal piece of kit got a shell casing from one it tower's above my other stuff from the 1900s

NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd imagine an experienced ground soldier who's just called in CAS would experience pure terror upon seeing an A-10, thing has more friendly fire cases than any other US aircraft in service combined

@@callumsmodellingcentre6902 ppl forget about the sad service record the a10 has, these retards think this piece of shit is great just beacause it goes brrrrtttt. The most freindly kills where a10 and no one talks about it, most pilots hate it.

completely hilariously untrue. The gun can barely reliably hit a tank in its aiming area, never mind cut it in half.

@@Matt_10203 there is Military footage of it, I've seen it.

They should produce new ones, incorporating new upgrades.

You can just imagine spending Billions on a new version using the same needed parameters….and coming up with an A10 again! 😀

Don't forget the cost overruns, delays, and political infighting that goes along with it!

The six pack was kinda crude. There weren’t really any smart weapons per se. But you could thread it thru a needle at 500 MSL.The new electronics and sparrows would be nice. I never understood why you would want an F35 in this role. The 35 is not a slow speed pilots ride! The A10 was like driving a Honda SUV to the grocery store while the 35 is like driving a formula one race car to the grocery store.

FaelWolf speak'eth thy wisdom!

Want to get an up close, and a further response from an A-10 Pilot? Show up at Edwards AFB Flight Test Center near Rosemond, CA (east of Lancaster/ Palmdale) on 3rd weekend of February each year for their annual Air Show. They show off all their planes here from the A-10 to the B2B, SR-71 etc. Go the afternoon before to the Officer's Club (Pancho Barnes Bar) and go look for an Officer with a silk scarf depicting the A-10 on it. There you'll find him - and go buy him and drink and "chat him up as they say". My other favorite plane is SR-71. Got to chat up that Officer, and realized I was talking now to a Colonel! It's a pecking order, in order to fly this plane. Haven' heard of anyone less than a Colonel, being able to pilot this plane - much sought after assignment. Like Tom Cruz would yell out "A need for Speed"!

@@r.c.salyer3652 lol, sounds like it would be fun...bring bail money and all that. gotcha. I'm feeling the need for speed...I've got lungs. Lol

80's Kids Rock!

Me too. 54yrs old

It's my favorite one to fly in BF2 :]

Absolutely - I'm 88 and LOVED this beast from the beginning - Great decision to keep it alive.

@@donspeckeen1233 You were my age when I was born! I am sure you have some good story's!

Watch Lazer pigs video

Also the grunts don't like it only the pilots and only some of them, the infantry absolutely despise this the UK even wanted to ban it in the UK troop areas because of the mass amounts of friendly fire

They are being kept because the USAF doesnt have an effective replacement. These are costly and aging fast in comparison to our adversaries more advnaced fighters and Anti-Air capabilities. A-10's look cool, but dont let looks fool you.

​@@Holret Problem is they'll never control any air space vs the US so our fighters will dominate the air space, and the A-10 will do what it's always done. It's like saying the Apache is junk because it can't take a Mig head on. The Mig has to get past the air cover first and that's not very likely.

@@slimjim7411 Theres a definitive difference between an apache and a A-10C. First is the cost. Maintaining a jet such as the A-10 is unbelievable expensive, second is the aging of the aircraft again adds to the cost of repairs and availability. 3rd is the fact that unlike a gunship, the A-10c has to keep moving and cant simply fly below the radar at lower speeds to enter enemy airspace. The A-10C may not be junk, but it will be outclassed in everyway inside enemy territory with a decent anti-air space.

@@Holret Again, A-10 is not an air-superiority or multirole aircraft. It only comes in after the airspace is cleared of enemy jets and AA. Much like the Apache, it is a close-support aircraft and also has the ability to deal with armor, as pod rockets aren't going to deal much damage against tanks.

Why go digital will be the weakest point easy…

@@inkscars6380 The F-16 took over the A-10s role just fine and the Apache can do similar things but better and safer

Or didn't mention it at all really .... Basic click bait!

@@stupitdog9686 And had the clickbait futuristic picture with the heading of "New" A-10. Love the aircraft tho !

It was maybe the worst CAS created it was missing the ability for quick change of plans and also CAS is supposed to fire near allied troops and the a10 was bad at that

No it does not it only works on third world countries without any advanced AA

One very cool memory from back when I was an early Teenager was when my Sister when and I were walking to the local store that is next to a fairly large river and a pair of A - 10s came flying low above the river and flew right over the bridge . They came from a general easterly direction and did several turns following the river not more than 50 feet above the water . They did a cool rolling ( not fully a barrel roll but 2/4 to inverted ) climb over the bridge then dropped back down as They continued for several hundred feet then did a steep climbing banking turn to the south west and flew out of sight . Apparently these Planes were doing some sort of drill and were temporarily at the National Guard Base for a training exercise . It was so cool and the sounds of those engines was like no other Jet .

I was stationed at Minot Air Force Base back in the 80s and a Squadron of B - 52s was stationed There . AWESOME Planes and I enjoyed watching Them taking off and landing when I was not busy with Duties. Once in a while Rockwell B - 1 B Lancers would "pay a visit" and I was thrilled when the B - 1 Lancers took off with afterburners . Damned LOUD but AWESOME and I loved it !

@@michaeltheoret8913 Great story.

Great story. Thank you for service to our country.

@@michaeltheoret8913 Great story. Thank you for service to our country.

When the Air Force was created as a separate branch, there was an agreement among the services that provided the framework for future aircraft roles and who would fly them. The army was limited to liason fixed wing, and guns could be mounted on helicopters. I don’t recall all the details of the agreement but as a career army infantry officer I totally agree with you. I’ve always thought that there should be A-10s, Tucanos or other fixed wing CAS and COIN aircraft with “MARINES” or “US ARMY” painted on the sides in great big letters. Also agree with your statement about those flying CAS should have some infantry training. The army used to require helicopter pilots to be branched in a combat arms (infantry, armor) or combat support (artillery) branch before going to flight school. You have to know your customer.

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But it's not. It's not some AF conspiracy. Read the actual reports and ground crews hated them. They requested A10 removed from theater.

So if you have Marines flying A-10’s you have Dawgs and Hogs. Go devil dawgs!

​@@HandFromCoffin Thats true it was the British that wanted it removed the A-10A which was the one in the dessert storm and the reason why they hated it was because the situational awareness was so bad that one time there were a convoy of centurions and the A-10 Pilot couldn't tell if one was a Gaz or a british truck and on the centurions the orange IFF panels he couldn't tell if they were RPGS or the IFF panels and it injured ifrc 8 people and killed 1 and the video footage is out there with the Pilot audio recording, And there was another incident were marines called in a A-10A gun run on Hostile Contacts and they were pretty close so the A-10 Pilot got confused and opened fire on the Marines and killed ifrc 20 Marines, but even with the upgrade of the A-10C II its still not that great of a aircraft, and the only reason why it got too this point in publicity was because of the sheer amount fake news and fanboys of the Airframe but now that whole phase is starting fade out because more and more people are realizing that its really not that great.

Why would that happen? What events would lead to that crazy ass idea?

@@a-rocthehypman2016 The right wing seem to believe they are gonna throw a revolution. And if they are even dumber than they seem, they may even try it, and find out that the vast majority of American citizens do not support their political goals. In a way it might be good if they did, as it stands right now, the q-anon/trumpista/neoconfederate and white supremacist set are an ongoing problem. If they stick their necks out for the chopper, America can deal with them the way such scum deserve. They seem to believe that the US armed forces will mysteriously and ineveitably join the wacky right in armed conflict against the rest of the nation. If you haven't seen these comments everywhere, I envy you, the sheer idiocy is sometimes enough to cause me to puke a little in my mouth.

@@charlesparr1611 You watch too much CNN, MSNBC, NPR, etc., parroting the Democratic talking points. You really don't sound much different than the Q-anon people.

@@charlesparr1611 you actually just made me puke just now. It's people like you who are so divisive and instead of trying to pull us all together as a nation and see who the real enemies are /should be, you make us wanna fight each other. I really do think now that ultimately the so called left and right will never ever unite or coexist truly peacefully. I think we're all just born to think different and honestly I can't stand most of you left wing nuts. And you're wrong, there's way more people on the right than you think there is and you people never learn your lesson, and you really should be more aware of the reality. Just because you stole an election and cheat and are corrupt in every way possible doesn't mean you always will get away with it or are definitely in the higher numbers. I'm not saying I'm one of the far right people either I'd like to think I'm just a down the middle honest living kind of person but I definitely see way more corruption and evilness from the left than the right undoubtedly. Most of you people just suck. See, I guess I was right about us all just being born to think or believe certain ways because now I sound divisive. But I think the years we're in now so much has happened for so long it's just too late and too far gone for us all to agree or get along. We know you're evil and you try to play reverse-psychology and make us out to be evil or guilty of wrong doings. And I'm speaking of the general rule. I've got a few but very few "liberal" friends in my life and can't imagine ever growing much more of them, we all just see this life differently. And while I know hundreds of years people and things change, it's a miracle our nation has lasted as long as it has I guess you could say peacefully, not counting the Civil War. But unfortunately just as yours and now my opinions differ so drastically and we could probably easily be fighting in the street if we were in front of one another, it's probably only a matter of time before another civil war could happen. It's enough we can't trust our government at all whatsoever, we can't coexist with many people in our own neighborhoods as it is so there's not much hope for this country. I'm sure like it's always happened as with our military, we do for the most part somehow coexist to fulfill objectives and manage to protect and hold this country together, but every year now or even month it's getting more difficult to coexist. Now we've got some of the most powerful and most dangerous nations stoking the war fires and people like you and I who are fellow citizens can't stand each other as a recent rule and would generally most likely be happy to beat one another to a pulp, and that even puts disappointment and negative feelings in my own mind about myself as an American who may one day soon have to fight just to defend my own neighborhood if we ever get attacked from abroad, that we as Americans are so far apart in our beliefs and just the way our eyes see the world, it's just disheartening and makes me feel disgusted sometimes. Like just the things you said and the way I know a person like you feels and thinks, I know I can't stand you as a human and would probably gladly just knock you out as opposed to just speak to you. And that's sad that this is where we are now. "We" feel you've all taken it this far and are just nuts and evil people at your core and are destroying us from within, because you have all your agendas you want to live with, which ironically is what a Russian communist many decades ago said would happen to the USA (they would destroy us from within) , and just like we can see what in Pelosi and Schumer and the squad and all of you left wing radical socialists /communists are doing, that's exactly what you're doing, you're destroying my nation as quickly as you possibly can from within. At the moment at least, there's not ballistic missiles raining down and ships or paratroopers attacking and tearing us apart. It's you all and your evil, divisive ways and beliefs which are totally against our nation as a nation birthed with Christian values. And "you" "people" on the so-called left, believe it's "us" on the so-called "right" who are evil and dumb and uneducated and are racists and want to "overthrow" our government. So you see, I don't see how we can ever truly get along or ever unite fully, even tho that's how I initially started out this comment stating we should be able to. I just don't see how we could. Because although I totally disagree with the words you said and how you characterized how MANY of us feel, while we don't agree with just overthrowing the government, yes many of us absolutely feel that almost every single person in DC should be thrown out on their asses asap and many even thrown in a cell for life, and we should somehow start over completely and hope we can get true people in office that truly care for this nation and its people, and who would accept things like term limits and rules to be enforced as far as them having a salary cap and limits on investments and income etc. There's no way these people like Pelosi should be able to get away with becoming multi-millionares while in office and can pretty much just die while in office like Biden has been in politics his whole life while not doing a damn thing, just getting rich. And that should go for both sides. I don't trust a single one of them all. See, isn't that something. I want us all to be able to unite and be a happier and even greater country, but I don't even trust a single politician who's supposed to be in our service supposedly working on our behalf. It's BS. I'm sure there's a few good ones who truly do but the general rule is that they're all shit. So in closing, while I'm no Qanon or white supremacist sorry to disappoint you, I do share many of these beliefs that you equate with those people and honestly people like you disgust me and make it seem more clearly every day now that we're ultimately doomed as a nation and who knows how much longer we can continue on like this. I know the past couple of years or I will even say the past 15 years has really made me dislike my own nation a lot and lose a lot of hope with humanity. It's a good thing I don't look to humans for anything at all and my ultimate strength comes from God, but it would be nice to not have to deal with people like you every day. While this time it was my choice to type out this comment and react to you, there's many days I don't even leave my house just because I don't want to deal with people like you and am just as happily so in not leaving my home, where I know it's my choice if I happen to communicate with someone like you. So I've given you enough of my time but just so you know there's plenty of us like me out here and you can be as dirty, corrupt and evil as you'd like but we aren't pushovers and we'll always be a real fight for you to deal with. Hope you wear your big-boy pants daily because we aren't going anywhere and no matter how much you people break this country down and try to corrupt everything in sight, we will always be fighting you every step of the way.

I have worked on both. They took a lickin and kept on tickin.

I thought the Skyraider's nickname was 'Sandy'.

Agreed, they did their job and so did the brave pilots

*- In Nam,* we had ground suport from the *F-4's Phantoms* flying low from our backs to obliterate nasty targets in front of us & warm us with their jet exhausts as they left. Not that we needed the extra heat in jungle terrain. All in just a few teeth rattling seconds. - And during *Tet.* I watched 3 *VNAF Skyrader* prop dive bombers flying in a circle over & over about a 1,500 feet above us that looked like a bunch of giant buzzards, all for about ten minutes before they finally swooped down one following another, & letting go of 500 lb. bombs that followed the plane's down untill the plane's swooped back up and the bombs continuing stright down. They missed the V.C. bunker 500 yards in front of us. - So a *twin barreled "Duster" (Navel pom pom guns on a tank track)* happend to come by and getting shot at, blasted the bunker to smithereens & left. - Later, back @ camp, we were told what a great job we did illiminating a dangerous enemy threat & all we did was watch the action. - Sorry, I had to get that off my chest.

The USAF even landed a C130 on an aircraft carrier.

Seems to me that from the front and rear, (if radars work the way I understand, which is NOT a given), you've already got a silhouette of an aircraft that's unmistakable as ANYthing but an A10. Giant circular structures that MAY adhere to some basic theories about reducing your radar cross-section, but without special materials and much better angling of reflective surfaces, they can't hope to mask a radar cross-section effectively from a good operator, (IMO). Those big old engines could appear to be fuel cells or tanks, or maybe a couple bombs, but radar operators are trained to have SOME better intuition than just anyone who happens to sit at that station. So my babble just adds to your comment. There are 'stealth issues', at least as far as I can see.

The volvo 240 was built around the heater fan. Try replacing one! LOL J/K!

@@dryan8377 BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Oh god it's true. I've turned those away many times.

Government Kills more from incompetence, even it's evil can't compete.

You sir, are an honourable man

A-10 still have friendly fire, they wounded 20 canadians and killed 1 because they didnt know where allies/enemies were

Ok the term "Fedcoats" is wonderful. I'm using that

Correct. I respect our Military people but not always those who call the shots and want wars all the time.

That seems to be the issue with the Warthog now. If they upgraded its engines to something more modern, it might be able to fly faster.

@@eloscuro704 the A-10's speed really shouldn't be the problem, it was built specifically to be a low flying, mid speed, heavily armed close support craft. Ask anyone who has been in combat what they would rather have, the Warthog or a Hornet flying cover? The AC-130 Spectre or an F-35. I guarantee 100% they will take the 10 and 130 any day of the week and twice on Sundays, because speed is a drawback for close air support.

Needs a counter emp