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The A-10 saved my life on three separate occasions when I was in the Marine Corps. Drinks or their meal is on me if I find out there's an A-10 pilot in whatever bar or restaurant that I'm in.
As an ifantyman the first time i saw an A10 make a run, all i could say was THANK God they are on our side. Even as friendly aircraft they are Fucking ominous!
the F15 may be the greatest fighter jet ever built. Still a proficient dogfighter and now when paired with F-35s just a missile launching machine. I read a book where the engineers at MD built it to meet certain requirements and then found out it could completely push past all of them.
Same. My mom was an A-10 hydraulics mechanic for 20 years and got to see it at air shows many times growing up. Always had a soft spot for such a cool aircraft.
I have actually made parts for this aircraft. Boeing is doing a re-winging project for them to extend their life. Most planes are built and then they figure out how to mount weapons. With the A-10 they said, "Let's make this gun fly!" The gun and magazine assembly is the size of a Volkswagen Bug. And yes, 70 rounds a SECOND. They carry about 1200 rounds.
The reason some of the planes have been used for 50 years is because there’s nothing wrong with the design of the plane and they just switch out old technology with modern tech when needed. It’s just the frame that’s the same essentially.
TLDR: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. As technology improves electronics and avionics are upgraded. This happens all the time in every weapons platform. What doesn't change is the physics of going through the air. Thoese guys in the 70's who were barely past using slide rules for calculation, really knew their stuff. They put together some damn good airframes. That's although there are many variations of jet design optimized for different things, there has never been a design that has proven superior to say, the F-15 at doing what it does. It's absurdly fast and agile for dog fighting at slightly below sonic speeds and boom and zoom style tactics at supersonic speeds which are the conditions for most air to air fights these days. When a design is near perfect for it's job you only change if the job changes. While the air superiority role has got some new wrinkles but nothing has really changed the game much.
There are some superior antique designs like you'll see bush pilots use often because somebody got it right almost a century ago and they aren't making them much righter, just more expensive ;)
The reason some are used for so long is not because there is nothing wrong with their design. They are used so long because design and implementation of an all new aircraft just costs so much. The F35 replaces the F16 and costs a trillion dollars. You can bet your sweet bippy that her successor won’t fly until 2050! In the 40s through the 60s they made a new model every year. Things didn’t start to slow down until the Viet Nam era.
@@josebrown5961 plus we are so far ahead most of the time our enemies cant make better ones and or not willing to spend the money to make a better one. these 50 year old planes are so advanced imagine the shit they have on the back burners being worked on right now, The b2 bomber is so advanced theres conspiracy theories they used backward engineering alien tech to make them
I had this top of the line car stereo in the army. 1st infantry Div. There're was an air show in town. A B2 was flying low. I had my stereo cranked, and that B2 totally drowned Out my stereo. Those things are loud. From the looks of them, nothing I would want to mess with.
@@mimiv3088 YEA, don`t forget about the crew that keeps their airbourne Ferrari airbourne...them fly boys may get Barbi, BUT the grease monkey goes home with the bar maid, giddyup
@@mimiv3088 And the logistics network which places and supports all other elements. Air Force Material Command spends 80% of the Air Force budget annually.
My personal favorite story about the F22 was the time a pair of Iranian F-4s were preparing to shoot down an American drone (Over international waters, okay?), and a pair of Raptors were able to sneak right up on them. One of them flew under the F-4s to see what they were carrying, and then flew up next to them. The pilot then said. "You really ought to go home." The two Iranian jets immediately turned around and went home.
To be perfectly clear, the F-22s did this without being noticed or acknowledged until they decided to speak up. The F-4s had no idea they had been detected, approached, and examined at all. There was no capability to respond whatsoever and the F-4s were utterly outmatched.
One other point of note on the C130 “Herc”: they are also used to fly into hurricanes to gather weather data on wind speeds, forward motion, barometric pressure, and other weather related data. It takes a massively sturdy airframe to survive flying into 200KPH+ winds.
Worked on the F-15 Eagle from 1981 - 1992, avionics technician. While there is overlap, most aircraft have a role they excel at and other roles they can almost do. When I was in the F-15 was to take out everything from 10,000 feet into space and the F-16 Falcon would take out everything from 10,000 feet to the ground. The A-10 does poorly in contested air space, but absolutely rules in uncontested airspace. Contested airspace is when an enemy can inflict significant damage to your aircraft, from either ground based units or via enemy aircraft. Single role aircraft generally excel at their role and are better at this role than almost any other aircraft at this role, F-15 and F22 at air superiority, A-10 at CAS (Close Air Support), B-52 at bombing large areas back to the stone age, etc. The F-35 is a multi-role fighter, designed to do lots of thing very well, but not excel at anything.
You got me with that long German word you put up on screen. The temptation was too great to not look it up. When I clicked “listen” to hear it pronounced 😳. You need to take a deep breathe before saying that one lol😅
Benjamin Franklin, one of the main founders of America, had a saying. "There has never been a good war, or a bad peace." The supersonic B1 bomber carries a heavier weapons payload than the B-52 and can fly at treetop level. Even if it is not a nuclear bomb carrying version, one of the last things you want to discover, if you are an enemy nation, is a group of American B1 bombers over your country. I worked with a US Army soldier who said the A-10 saved the lives of his men 3 times. 460 mph is not as slow as you think. The A-10 (A for Attack aircraft, B for bomber. F for Fighter) was never meant for air combat, but it the God of Close Air Support for the ground troops.
460 mph was top end screaming speed in WW2 for a P-51 probably coming out of a shallow dive. Some of them who did STEEP dive bombing encountered the sound barrier. This caused control surfaces to "freeze" or flutter. A mystery for some time until scientists solved what the sound barrier was.
Fortunately for Benjamin Franklin he didn't live to see World War II; he may have had to change his mind. "War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." - Jean Dutourd, French veteran of both world wars
@@Walker_Bulldog I think that without angry narcissists clawing their way into power, there would be no death camps. It happens all the time around the world. The human race will earn a place in the galaxy if we ever get past this problem. I have an M-41 Walker-Bulldog in my display case. I like it, but in real life, I would not want to have to use one. You post good messages and you care about others.
We have "air shows" in the united states. Basically our military will send out elite squadrons of jets and pilots to give demonstrations to onlookers. They're incredibly fun.
Please do a reaction to the A-10 warthog. It was a plane built around a gun that's bigger than a Volkswagen Beetle. They built the gun. Then put a plane around it. It was developed to be a tank killer and to protect the soldiers on the ground. Now we just turn whatever tries to hurt our troops into mist. There's an indepth video about the A-10 "Leaked Files" I think it's called? Someone can correct me and put the true title if you know it. Thanks. This old Texas grandma brain forgets 😂. It's my favorite video. It's reality on the battlefield and how the A-10 brings our troops back home to their families by keeping them safe. Great video. Just found your channel Chris and I am thoroughly enjoying it. And super excited to see more. ❤ and blessings to y'all from the Great State of Texas 🤠🇺🇸
Air superiority is first established by stealth fighters and bombers. They take out the enemy air defenses so that other aircraft that could be taken out easily have an opportunity to complete their missions. This approach is being adapted to accommodate new realities coming from the Ukrainian conflict were hand-held munitions can take out a plane.
Great job again Chris! You may want to look in to the AH-64 Apache Longbow helicopter. You could probably do a whole video just on that one helicopter. It's absolutely amazing. As for the F-22 Raptor not showing up on radar (actually it shows up the size of a bumblebee), details are heavily classified. But a big part of the stealth package is that it has no straight edges so radar waves don't "bounce back" like other aircraft. Also, it uses a radar-absorbing coating as well as electronic countermeasures.
Don't forget that the Hercules can now also launch the new Rapid Dragon package. 90 cruise missiles get thrown out the back on 2 pallets and then swarm their targets.
I was a flightline weapons troop on F-15s, while the guns were smaller they could fire at a rate of 100 per second on high mode, but with only 940 rounds in the system you had to manage it. I suggest Fat Electrician's vid:if you want to have some fun with it.
Thank you Shadow!!! xo.. I agree with your suggestion for the Fat Electrician... he's a great fact speaker with a unique and appealing way of clarifying things.. xo
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I live near a former SAC (Strategic Air Command) US Air Force Base in California. They trained B52 pilots and would fly in big circles over the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains to the east and eventually over our town (we got used to just pausing conversation when they flew over and starting again when the roar dissipated), doing touch and go landings at the deep concrete long runway at the Air Force base. I would recognize the sound of those 8 big engines anywhere. The stealth tech is amazing. The huge B2 Spirit Bomber has a radar cross section equivalent in size to a bumblebee.
It's not a bad thing to admit you don't know certain subjects. The fact that you are learning about topics that interest you is admirable enough. Personally, I'd love.to learn more about Germany, considering I was born in Würzburg as an army brat, but I've never had enough time, due to family circumstances. Keep up the cool videos, I enjoy the genuine reactions, even for subjects you admit you don't know very well. As is, you probably know more about America than many Americans these days.
You're a young man and not expected to know great details of American weaponology and aircraft. I enjoy watching your interest and eagerness to learn about weapon systems I worked on and flew in the C-130 Hercules in the Air Force.
My late grandfather built C-130s decades ago. He was involved in then-top-secret project to fit a Fulton surface-to-air recovery system on a C-130 for the first time. Sadly Pa died when I was still a kid, so I don't know much about that part of his life. (He owned a plant nursery by the time I was born.) Dad has always been highly amused that one of the deadliest military aircraft the US has is a cargo plane. The AC-130, the "Angel of Death," has earned that nickname. They're one of the aircraft an enemy does not want to see headed their way.
0:04:00 Bit of trivia: The first "stealth bomber" could be argued is the British DeHavilland Mosquito of WW2; built largely of plywood it was discovered reflected radar poorly. The Germans called them "ghost bombers"; according to German radar skies were empty, yet bombs were falling down. So German interceptors fly to investigate, but find nothing!!...the Mosquito could fly 400mph plus, which for a time made it faster than any fighter in the world. By the time Luftwaffe pilots gained altitude to investigate, the Mosquito pilot was at home drinking his tea ;) The Germans tried to create a 'German Mosquito' late in the war but another of their mistakes was they dud not make the wood glue makers a protected profession, and in trying to recreate their formulas brilliant aircraft designs were coming apart in midflight for lack of a proper woodglue.
Except the unicorn horn he was referring to was not a refueling probe. USAF aircraft don't use drogue-and-probe aerial refueling systems anyway. They use boom-and-receptacle. The unicorn horn in the video was a pitot tube used for air data collection. That particular pitot tube is not a production part, but a testing unit. You can identify it as a test part because it is painted bright orange. Standard production A-10s are not equipped with a long, snout-mounted pitot tube. Most prototype aircraft that are still undergoing flight testing are equipped with that same kind of long pitot tube on the nose, but it is replaced by smaller, redundant, fuselage mounted pitot probes on the production models.
@merryleelanehart8690 It's OK. The US Navy generally does use probe-style aerial refueling points, so it's an easy mistake to make depending on which aircraft you are looking at. The A-10 in this video had that pitot tube installed in the same location that its refueling receptacle would normally be, so it was definitely there for testing purposes and that plane is probably not on active combat duty. If I recall correctly, the tail letters were "ED" which stands for Edwards Air Force Base. There is a major aircraft testing squadron there.
You also might want to start checking out videos from the fat electrician. He’s a great story teller and covers a lot of little known or over looked parts of American history
Yeah, I especially enjoyed the "America Stole A German Submarine And Stuck It In Chicago" one as well as the "Barbary Coast" one. But rarely do I watch one of his I don't enjoy.
The A-10 is a beast! "Brrrrt". A gun with wings. Seriously, they built the gun, then the plane around it. They can only pull the trigger in quick bursts for a couple seconds or they'll just burn through all their ammo. There were Iranian jets following an American drone about to shoot it down. An F-22 Raptor pulled up behind and underneath them, checked out the Iranian armaments on their wings, then pulled up besides them and called them on the radio and told them "you should go home." They went home. They never saw the F-22 on radar. Didn't see him until he called them on the radio and they looked over. Terrorussia released a video challenging the American Air Force with their "stealth" fighters. A) The Terrorussian Su-57 isn't totally stealth and B) they challenge us with all 14 of their Su-57's and I'm curious to know if they understand we have around 200 F-22's. And even more F-35's. Just 1 F-22 could smoke their entire "stealth" fleet.
The way the US does it -- they have the stealth planes come in and take out any ground air defenses -- then the rest come in behind and flatten everything. Once they have established air superiority they could probably send a ww2 plane into an area and not be too concerned about it being hit by ground defenses. The F-15EX likewise benefits from stealth clearing out the ground defenses -- it's basically a missile truck that can interact with the F-35's computers to target enemy planes and launch missiles while not being anywhere near them.
Fun fact about the F-22 in the Iraq war one of our literally flew right under one of their piolets, dude had no idea he was there so he then flew right beside him close enough to see into each others cockpits and he radioed over to him "i think you should go home" and he did
I had a cousin who was an electrical engineer that worked for General Dynamics that was over the project that developed the visor with imaging inside. He said it also had an infrared mode to tell how much fuel was in a ship or truck, or tank. It could also tell when the enemy moved weapons that left a heat or cooler image on the ground. He worked with physicists.
the fact you calculated the fire rate of the a10 to per hour for some reason made me fall out my chair laughing ive never heard anyone measure fire rate in per hour
One if the most impressive things in this video is the speed he calculated the per second into per hour. He had the answer before I could even pick up my phone to use the calculator.
Learning about things that interest you is awesome. I actually found you because you did a video from The Fat Electrician. He does alot of videos on these aircraft as well. Dudes awesome and I am enjoying your reactions to everything.
I live near Stewart airport in Newburgh, N.Y. and I have seen most of these aircraft in person. Air shows, on the field or flying around the area doing maneuvers. It’s a sight to behold.❤❤❤❤
One thing all wise military personally know is this: WE all make mistakes, and no matter how well prepared you are, even one can cost too much. We still hope the enemy is more screwed up than we are. When it comes to Russia or China, we know they are. The North Korean dictator is 'most terrified' of American stealth aircraft according to North Koreans who defected. I worked with B-52 pilots and listened to their 'war stories'. They only speak of the funny ones of course. The B52 H has a range of 12,500 miles without refueling! The blue paint on the F-15 Eagle fighter was changed to a slightly darker gray tint, for those at European bases, because the skies over Europe are not as light and blue as the skies over America.
F-15s have been recently upgraded to F-15 EX. A more deadly weapon hauler platform. My favorite is C-130J GHOSTRIDER loaded with deadly cannons and guns.
Historical video called,"The Star Spangled Banner as you've never heard". Gives a basis for American patriotism. Sadly some here that criticize the U.S. think that the word patriot equals oppression, having misconstrued this word to divide and discourage freedom of speech.
As much as I love that video it is highly embellished but it does give an idea as to the love for the flag and not letting it touch the ground. It would still give the same point without all the embellishments
The A10 can only fire in those short bursts shown. The recoil slows the plane down. I've probably been in a few shown during my younger days as my Father was a Civilian Air craft mechanic. At that time we lived within a 1/2 mile of Wright-Patterson A.F.B.
Im so glad i found your channel. Its kind of exciting getting in on such a new channel lately people have been reacting to the Golden Girls. A us sitcom from the 80s also popular is Married With Children and Modern Family. And of coarse Jolly
I just discovered your channel! Welcome! My mother’s mother’s father’s father came to America with his family (he was only 4 years old at the time) from Owen, south east of Stuttgart, in what was then Württemberg, in 1848 or 49 (I’ve seen it both ways). Their name was Kiedaisch, which doesn’t seem to be very common. Anyway, for military history, weapons, and even units (or “jobs”) within the US military, you should check out The Fat Electrician - whether you react or just watch for your own enjoyment (he’s a great story teller!). He also seems to be very positive to RU-vidrs who react to his videos, and even helpful.
Thanks, yeah i have never heard this last name before 😊. He is on my list as well as so many other things :) The US is huge and in many ways so different and therefore there is soo much to check out, so he will come, I dont know when but he will :) Btw Stuttgart is now the capital of the state of Baden-Würtemberg, one of the 16 states of Germany and home of Mercedes ;)
Your videos are great! I appreciate your curiosity. It has given me a boost in morale about my own country, and reminded me of how good we have it here even though it isn't perfect! I live near Dayton, Ohio and Wright Patterson Air Force Base (which is the largest Air Force Bases in the USA). My step father served in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in Germany for a time. Here in Dayton, Ohio we have the US Air Force Museum (no charge for admission) which is a very large museum with hundreds of planes, bombers, missiles and artifacts from the World Wars and more. We also have the training module of the Space Shuttle. If you are ever in Ohio, the Air Force Musuem is a great place to stop, usually retired Air Force guides are there to explain the planes and tell personal stories about them. I recommend you visit if possible. Thanks for the videos. I am of German ancestry (my family last name was Anglicized during WWI). So, I do have a special place in my heart for Germany since it is the land of my ancestors! I also recommed Cincinnati Ohio (not far from Dayton and the Air Force museum) if you're ever in Ohio. It has tons of German landmarks and architecture and even food, and the largest Oktoberfest in the world except for the one in Munich!
Hello Chris, one plane of interest. It predates the fighter aircraft in this video. It is the Lockheed F - 104 Starfighter. It was adopted for use by the Luftwaffe. It served for many years. It has a distinctive sound. Capable of twice the speed of sound.
This video is a little old, but nearly all the information is still relevant/accurate. The F22 production line will probably be restarted, and another 100 or so may be cranked out in the near future. Details, like do the machine tools still exist, have to be worked out. The F35 cost per aircraft has actually FALLEN over the last couple of years, due to so many other nations wanting them; and projected costs being higher than reality. More produced, cost per item goes down. Low observables AKA "stealth" is using materials and shapes to absorb/scatter radar energy so the return is either too small to register ("invisible") or so marginal one cannot get a firing solution-known as a "fire control quality track". The details are eyewatering but that's the basic theory. F15s are getting upgrades to eventually become missile-trucks with the F22/F35 supplying target data. That makes the Eagle more survivable and avoids hanging ordnance on a Raptor/Lightning reducing its "stealthiness". Older F16s fly as UAVs (targets mainly), and there is a plan to enhance their unmanned capes and make them the "Unmanned" part of Manned/Unmanned teaming. Which is exactly what it implies. B1s got a reprieve (again) and about 40 -45 will still be around. They are also getting some upgraded avionics.
You would think the Spooky and Warthogs were easy targets because they were slower, however they tend to operate in areas where we hold air superiority and provide cover via fighters and AWAC.
For real fun, and to bump your subs, do a reaction to The Fat Electrician. He does history ("Proportional" is especially good), and reviews military crafts. Funny story-telling, but you'll learn a lot.
A fun fact about the Warthog. It actually has a window washer system, due to the absurd amount of gunpowder it puts out while firing. Also, those rounds being fired at 70 rounds a second are bigger than a bottle of beer. And are made of depleted uranium. And cost approximately $2000 a round. So, 252,700 rounds in an hour. So... $505,400,000 an hour.
I was on an M163 Vulcan. It was a 6 barrel 20 mm Gatlin gun mounted on A M113 track. It fired 50rounds a second. It was an air defense gun, or small armor vehicle's. I tell you, firing that thing was a rush. You could fire 30, 60, or 100 round bursts, or what was called Low No. That setting was like firing a 50 cal M2. It was retired for the Bradly.
Chris, My favorite airplane is the A-10 warthog. Next is the C-130. You'll see one in a bit. The hog is like a flying tank. The Raptor is amazing bird!! Those stealth airplanes use special coating and angles that don't reflect radar beams. And their engines are placed in such a manner that their exhaust is hidden. Prevents some systems from spotting them. The C-130's are amazing and have had a long life. They are tough. The hurricane-hunters fly them into and thru hurricanes. And they can operate in primitive airstrips..The more high tech airplane need more support and such. Take care and have a great 2024!!
Stealth design to make a plane invisible to radar is mostly about using materials and geometries which scatter the radar pulse almost completely instead of reflecting any back to the radar station. Just math and materials
There are videos that could be fun like why no one wants to mess with the A-10 Warthog to see its gun in action but another great video showcasing how we conduct operations in a funny way is America obliterates half of Iran's Navy in 8 hours by fat electrician his channel is a legendary for learning in a funny way
The main weapon on the A-10 is the gun, the GAU-8 Avenger. It id so powerful it can destroy tanks with kinetic energy from its 30mm rounds fired at 3900 rounds per minute. The A-10 is incredibly durable. It can receive a massive amount of damage and still bring its pilot home. The titanium "bathtub" that is mentioned is armor that protects the pilot from light to medium cannon fire.
The videos that kinda review where the various state names originate from might be interesting for you, or various geography type factoids... or maybe German 'parts' of Texas... or Pennsylvania (or most any state, probably, I know there's "German Village" neighborhood in Columbus Ohio near where I live.)
To put it simply, USA has the BEST toys! The A-10 has redundant systems as they fly low and slow. But they are tuff and can take alot of damage. The cannon in the nose can actually stall the plane if fired to long. They use uranium ammo which goes thru tanks like a hot knife thru butter.
You forgot the E-3 AWACS. No, it doesn’t have have any guns, nor does it drop bombs. What the E-3 does do, it allows the bomber / fighter packages to fly over enemy territory by seeing the entire air picture and notifying friendly aircraft when enemy aircraft are aloft. Seeing the enemy long before they see us allows us to shoot them down. As “eyes in the sky,” the E-3 guides our friendly aircraft to the enemy aircraft. Our fighter’s air-to-air missiles have a greater kill range than the enemy’s aircraft’s onboard radar. Thus, easy kills. Anyway, recommend looking into the E-3 and its capabilities. NATO also has an AWACS fleet and they’re 8:54 stationed in Geilenkirchen Germany. Have a great day, from Oklahoma!!
During the Vietnam War the B-52 would drop a seemingly endless string of bombs. I know that video said most were 500 pound bombs but they'd drop mostly 1,000 or 2,000 pounders depending what the target was. For North Vietnamese underground tunnel systems in hills, the heavies were dropped. The Air Force had a 1 kilometer safety zone so friendly troops had to evac the area. After the B-52 strikes survivors would be found staggering around with blood pouring out their ears, noses, eyes and lungs. Of course their brains were not working very good. For a surface level strike with I forget how many bombs were loaded but a "box" of B-52's would destroy a path about 1 km wide and 2 to 5 miles long (depending on bomb spacing). The B-1B is a hot rod car and carries a respectable load too.
They update the electronics and stuff. They aren't identical to the planes as they were originally designed. They used to say the military was about 20 years ahead of the consumer market when it came to tech (but I don't think the gap is quite that long anymore with the exponential growth we get in tech advancements now).
Stealth planes have the ability to evade radar as they are designed to reduce their radar cross-section using material and other design features such as smooth edges, radar absorbing material and internal design that absorbs and traps the radar signals inside the structure and also special coating to reduce infrared signature and detection. So a palne can look the size of a bird or even be invisible at times.
Howitzer is the name of the artillery gun. 105mm is the shell size. Yes! Americans put one in a plane. The C130 isn't going to be in an air space by itself. It could easily be shot down. But you wouldn't want to waste your shots on it when the other fighter/bombers are just waiting for you to take a shot at it. We have planes that their only job is to find anti aircraft positions. This is done mainly by waiting for them to turn on their radar to track one of our friendlies aircraft. Once you turn on your radar, these planes lock your location and then tell everyone in the area where you are. So you either get planes coming for you or bombs/missiles coming at you.
Check out the c- 130 in action. In Vietnam the troops called it Puff the Magic Dragon. It would arrive and like a friendly dragon it destroyed your enemies. You asked what the howitzer is. It is a small cannon that shoots from a side door. It also has several other ridiculous weapons. It is used for highly accurate close troop air support
The C-130 is a transport plane. It doesn't carry weapons, usually. I've heard a lot of good things about the A-10. The B-52 is a plane I've seen all my life. Seemingly. I giggle about the "outrigger" wheels on the wings. Because of the length of a 52s wings, the wheels are so the wings don't drag on the runway. I've seen some of the 52s take off at DMAFB in Tucson, AZ. Air Force brat, the child of a former member of the Air Force.
The F-35 is a flying super computer. It also has the most powerful afterburning turbofan engine in the world. 1 engine generates 43,700 lbs of thrust. That is exceptional. 8:1 thrust to weight ratio on just the engine. The F-35 with a standard load out has a thrust to weight ratio of 1.1:1 And the A-10 is the best ground attack aircraft ever made. It is the closest thing to a flying tank that there is. The plane is built around the powerful Avenger 30 mm Gatling gun. Older so it tanks it can turn them into Swiss cheese. Not so much with modern tanks but the plane also carry’s Maverick missiles and Hellfire missiles and bombs and pretty much anything we have.
US Army Vet. Here , look up B-21 Raider , or what I worked on AH-64 Apache Longbow . I lived in Germany in 1970 as a kid ,25 km Southeast or maybe Southwest of Stutgart , a place called Goppingen . NICE VID.
The depleted uranium munitions are what makes the a10's gun so devastating. The fast, highly dense rounds literally melt through armor and spray the interior of the target with molten, radioactive particles. Have a nice day.
It is rumored that when the B-one had had a replacement in the works one of the proposed names was the B-one-R, but the one up top caught on to the acronym and stopped it.
The F-15 was my nephew’s plane when he graduated from the Air Force Academy. He flew in Afghanistan and said when he let loose all the weapons at once, aka the Death Angel, the plane flies backward for an instant. I laughed at him when he mentioned flying a C130. Asking what it was like to fly a plane that was old before he was born. He said it keeps getting upgraded and is essential to the militaries of the world. They are still being made.
The gun on the A-10 is so fast amd so powerful they can only fire it in short bursts. If a pilot lays on the gun too long the recoil is enough to actually stall the plane's air speed, and just make it drop
It's all about the radar and precision weapons adaptation. The age of the aircraft is initially costs, but subsequently adapted to particular strategies and tactics.
The A-10’s gun is truly terrifying. It fires 30 mm depleted Uranium rounds at 70 rounds per second. The bullet and shells this think fires are the same size as your forearm. Depleted Uranium will do through anything but modem ceramic composite armour.
The C-130 is generally a cargo aircraft (which the exception of the AC-130) and doesn't operate in areas where we don't have aerial superiority. Being a cargo aircraft, they are vulnerable to ground fire, and certainly fire from fighter aircraft.
Chris. Keep in mind many of the older aircraft, such as the B-52 have all been retrofitted and completely overhauled and updated so basically the only thing original are the body and a few other items.
Thank you for sharing this, I must say that I was surprised that there was no mention of the SR71 Blackbird on this list, I know that it has been claimed to be retired, but I still personally believe that the SR71 Blackbird is the True Bad Ass of jet propelled aircraft ever to take flight !! Please take time to checkout some of the clips available on the SR71 Blackbird, I believe that you will understand where I'm coming from after you do, I hope that you will do a reaction to a video of the SR71 Blackbird, and again Thank you for this video, God Bless.
