A-10 Warthog Takes A Direct Hit From SAM, Gets Pilot Home.

[SEIndSAM]

I found this while searching for something else, cool 4 min video. This is from the first Iraq war, so it's old, but I had never seen it before. Goes to show how rugged the A-10 was designed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7JM82fa5ZY

 

[Spear Dane]

Oh my. That is why I adore the A-10. It was made to survive WW3 over Germany, a few angry Iraqi's aren't gonna faze it. Best aircraft we ever made, of any kind. I wish we would just make more. Thanks for posting.

 

[Spear Dane]

I looked that guy up. He is still serving, now a Major General with an Air Force Cross to his name.

 

[Woobie]

Yeah, we should definitely phase those out. I'm sure the F35 could do the same thing.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Love.those ugly things.

 

[edsinger]

I wonder how it would compare to a Su-25 Frogger..?

Nah, the warthog oh wait Thunderbolt II would win hands down.

We should make more, update them.......The little prop planes will not work and the F35 is not even the same mission.

 

[9mmfan]

Try that with an F-35 piece of junk. The whole plane would have blew up and it costs at least 4 times what the A-10 did/does.

 

[Woobie]

Try that with an F-35 piece of junk. The whole plane would have blew up and it costs at least 4 times what the A-10 did/does.

And for the specific job the A-10 does, the newer jet wouldn't have been able to perform the mission.

 

[BugI02]

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[halfmileharry]

Beast of a plane.
Someone mentioned the F-35 not being as tough as the old Hog. Agreed. I can't think of another aircraft as tough and the A-10
When you think about the newer pursuit planes they're on the bottom of the evolutionary rung of the ladder.
This newer technology is not that new but it's changing daily as we learn more about it.
Hopefully the engineers will eventually fit all the pieces together to develop a great plane. I'm holding my breath and crossing my fingers.

 

[KellyinAvon]

He retired last July. Air Force bio link below, that's one hell of a career.

MAJOR GENERAL PAUL T. "PJ" JOHNSON > U.S. Air Force > Biography Display

 

[actaeon277]

Here's a good site for military videos

Military Video Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard - Military.com

 

[oldpink]

And the braindead ****s in charge at the Air Force refuse to relent in trying to retire this Thunderbolt/Warthog?

 

[Dean C.]

Straight from the A-10 Wikipedia article (100% worth a read) "The aircraft is designed to fly with one engine, one half of tail, one elevator, and half of a wing missing[SUP]" [/SUP]
What else is really cool about the plane is that the Pilot sits in basically an armored titanium "bathtub" that can survive 23mm cannon fire.

We need the A-10 in the inventory because sometimes you just have to say **** you to terrorists with about 3,900 rounds a minute of 30mm depleted uranium cannon shells.

 

[PGRChaplain]

We have Hogs here at the 122nd ANG. They make their final approach turn right over my house. Very Cool Aircraft!

 

[DanVoils]

I found this while searching for something else, cool 4 min video. This is from the first Iraq war, so it's old, but I had never seen it before. Goes to show how rugged the A-10 was designed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7JM82fa5ZY

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