A-10 warthogs

[commander bunnypants]

ya know, probably one of the coolest fighter planes ever made. I am entranced by those machines. Uglier than hell, but damn what a platform.

DDQM

[ewagner]

1. I heard one A-10 driver

describe the plane like this:

It's sort of like the smart, ugly girl in high school... not your first choice, but you were really, really glad to have her around.

[Redleg]

2. The grunts generally appreciate them.

Much better ground support than from the fast-movers.

[Superfly]

5. Hey, where'd you get the crossed cannons?

They look a bit fuzzy, though.

[Redleg]

46. I found them somewhere on the web. They are a bit fuzzy-

I don't know what to do.

[Superfly]

3. Beautiful aircraft...

Had a friend who flew them. Said they actually slow down when the 30mm cannon is firing.

[TXlib]

10. Excellent example of jet-propulsion principle

I had a student who served in the first gulf war who was on an A-10 crew; wasn't clear to me if he flew one, or was ground support.

He said that they were told not to fire the cannon for more than 3 second bursts, as the airspeed would drop to stall level if you did.

I taught physics, and this student volunteered this as an example of conservation of momentum.

[Endangered Specie]

16. Not just that, you dont wanna expend all your ammo too quickly

Im curious exactly how many bullets these things hold (and how fast the gun fires)

[7th_Sephiroth]

35. i dont know the load capacity

(i'm thinking several hundread thousand rounds) but i saw one at the air museum and they said something like 1,000 rounds a second (or 60,000 a min.)

[DS1]

27. The recoil of the gun is equivalent to the thrust of one of the engines

You can figure out the implications of that.

Depleted Uranium mass protest in 3, 2, ...

[DarkPhenyx]

30. Screams like a banshee too.

Shit your pants scary sound. Unless it's supporting you then you don't mind it so much. :evilgrin:

[Roon]

4. From what I understand..

the plane was designed and built around the gun.

[commander bunnypants]

7. ya big gun

DDQM

[DarkPhenyx]

8. And it's "Bathtub"

Definately a durable and effective aircraft. Plus they are quiet for an attack aircraft. When they are moving low and fast you do not hear them till they are on top of you or already gone past.

[commander bunnypants]

9. and kiss your ass good bye

DDQM

[DarkPhenyx]

12. Yup!

Defiantely one of my favoriate "call for fire" days at OBC. Loved having them on call when I was in too. Knew I had something that would do the job, and wasn't going "bingo" on me for no good reason.

I wish the Air Force had followed through and transfered them to the Army inventory. AF dosen't appreciate them like we do. We'd give 'em a good home. Kind like a stray dog. Besides...they look more like Army equiment anyway. :)

[Superfly]

Ha, ha, ha...

I have to call big BS on that. You do not call in CAS during OBC...

[DarkPhenyx]

25. Wanna bet?

Let's talk cash ok? Give me dollar figures.

[Redleg]

47. We called in CAS at OBC in 1988.

We didn't get any A-10s but some USMC jets nailed some targets for us.

[blindpig]

28. too true

AF generals hate the things, don't want to have anything to do with ground combat. Assholes think they can win a war sheerly on air power. Never happen, never will. Look at the mess in Kosovo. If Big Dog hadn't been a political coward and had gone in on the ground with massive air support as per Gen Clark that mess would have been over in 2-3 weeks without all of the "colateral" damage & ethnic cleansing.

[DarkPhenyx]

32. And for "planned air support"

they want you to tell them in advance where the enemy is going to be. Oh, excuse me. let me call them right now and schedule a time that is convienant for you to fly. :mad: I used to get into growling matches with my Air Force laison about that crap.

[TXlib]

6. pic

It's a tank-killer. It doesn't need to be agile. But it KICKS FUCKIN' ASS and it TAKES FUCKIN' NAMES!

[Commendatori]

36. Thanks for the pic...

...much appreciated. That's a thing of beauty.

[BOSSHOG]

11. They often fly over my home in South Mississippi

from the Naval Air Station in Belle Chaase, Louisiana. Quite a beautiful sight and they do fly loooow. The ultimate bad ass in the air arsenal. It ain't no sissy stealth jet; it'll let you know where it is, then what it does.

[smiley_glad_hands]

13. They let women fly those---I think the only combat plane

that women are allowed to fly. Flying tank is what it is---it could lose a large chunk out of both wings and still fly.

[LagaLover]

17. Women can fly ANY combat plane in the USAF inventory

except for Special Ops Acft.

[TXlib]

21. Are they allowed to fly them on combat operations?

I would imagine so, if they're allowed to fly them at all, unless they're learning to fly to train other pilots.

[LagaLover]

22. They absolutely are allowed to fly them during combat ops N/T

[Florida_Geek]

14. While most over at this forum at right wingers

their bird is pretty

http://forum.a-10.org/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=3

Here's a nice shot of 971, a Spang jet that ended-up on the golf course in Osan after a throttle cable broke on landing. This is a shot after it was repaired but before it got painted....




and I like some of their signatures

Go Ugly Early !
No body's ugly after 2:00 A.M.
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If you can't go fast...go Ugly

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[Cush]

15. Love the A-10, loud as hell

I remember going to the annual Air Show and Andrews AFB about 10 years. They had an A-10 flying over and shooting blanks at dummy targets. That cannon is LOUD

[commander bunnypants]

18. I love the sound of that cannon

PPPPPPTTTTTTT

DDQM

[MsFlorida]

19. used to be a crew chief on the A-10

Now that was an interesting occupation!

[commander bunnypants]

20. Almost became a SAR corpsman.

went intoo something else though. And I dont think whirlly birds are as much fun to fly in. Granted never flew in a plane like that but I have flown in some fun planes

DDQM

[LagaLover]

23. Do you mean

USAF Pararescue? Those guys are amazing; my hubby never let them buy their own beers in the club.

[commander bunnypants]

24. naval sea and air rescue

went into surgical services . Yea the airforce jumpers are an awesome lot too.

DDQM

[Gothmog]

26. The Warthog is cool

I love the warthog. It is a cool looking plane.

[lazarus]

29. my favourite plane

That thing's a work of art. Pure function of form, genius design. Back in the days when you built things to work, instead of building them to look cool.

[mr_hat]

31. Cool yes. But not a fighter. The AF didn't even want 'em.

[TheMightyFavog]

33. Hmpf... SU-25 Frogfoot is better.

Faster, more maneuvearble, can carry more ordinace, can take quite a bit of punishment,(As pretty well much all Soviet/Russian-desighned aircraft are meant to) and it has a naval version, capable of carrier work, not to mention, unlike the A-10, it can hold its own in dogfight, when necessary.

Granted it has fewer electronics, and It can't take as much punishment as the A-10, and it's basically a rip-off of the Northrop YA-9, the aircraft that lost to the A-10,

[commander bunnypants]

34. aint as cool looking though

:)

DDQM

[LagaLover]

38. The A-10 is MUCH better for what it does

No comparison. And any US fighter would blow it out of the sky in a dog fight.

[TheMightyFavog]

An A-10 taking out a Frogfoot? Bullshit.

Frogfoots are much more agile. Those things can fly fucking rings around a Warthog.

Now, An F-15, F-16, F-18, or an F-14, It would be no fucking contest. They'd make that Frogfoot go down quicker than Bob Packwood's pants at a job fair.

[LagaLover]

42. That's my point

The A-10 is a MUCH better attack acft than the SU-25. You said that the Frogfoot could hold its own in a dogfight, and I pointed out that any US fighter would hose it with no problem.

BTW, the A-10 is not a fighter; neither (despite it's designation, is the F-117). So, when I said any US fighter I meant F-14/15/16/18.

Sorry for not being more clear!

[TheMightyFavog]

43. A frogfoot can hold its own in a dogfight with an American plane

Given the skill of the person behind the stick, of course.

We learned this lesson the hard way in 'Nam. We had MiG17s blowing our most advanced frontline aircraft out of the sky!

[TheMightyFavog]

40. An A-10 taking out a Frogfoot? Bullshit.

Frogfoots are much more agile. Those things can fly fucking rings around a Warthog.

Now, An F-15, F-16, F-18, or an F-14, It would be no fucking contest. They'd make that Frogfoot go down quicker than Bob Packwood's pants at a job fair.

[commander bunnypants]

41. But it is not as cool looking

I am only an aviator in my dreams. I really cannot discuss who would win with what ordance, manuverability, and all that jazz my friend.

The Harrier is also a cool plane

DDQM

[polazarus]

37. I wish

I had that picture where the wing almost got blown off and the pilot still was able to land it bullet holes and all.

[LagaLover]

39. Killer Chick

SHE did a HELL of a job bringing that baby home.

[MrScorpio]

44. I used to see them every day when I was at Spangdahlem

Now all I get to see are the F-15s.

Langley's getting the F-22 soon. What a boondoggle!!

[Richardo]

45. If you don't avoid that aircraft do you have "A-10 shun deficit disorder"?

:evilgrin: