Maintenance unit completes upgrade of 100th A-10 ['C'-Model Warthog]

Air Force Link ^ | 1/18/2008 | Bill Orndorff

[Mr. Lucky]

You must have had a spare pair of trousers in your luggage.

[Sender]

Details of the GAU-8 gun system and video of what happens to slow-moving tanks

[alfa6]

Crikey mate an A-10 thread and no pics yet.

Gotta Run y'all have a great day

Regards

alfa6 :>}

[frithguild]

[null and void]

In Afcrapistan the muzzies call them “Whispering Death”.

It's a nice bonus that it looks like a flying cross...

[enuf]

All this is my display.
I hope this pic. shows up. If not, the coolist pics. of A10s Google Warthog Territory. My display is the one with the Tiger in the background. A10s are my favorite. My nephew flys “Ugly”

http://www.a-10.org/photos/Photos92145/grinnell.jpg

[Doc91678]

And they wanted to scrap this War Bird? It’s proven to be an exclellent aircraft.

[alfa6]

Looks good to me

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[spanalot]

link dont work

[enuf]

How’s this

http://www.a-10.org/

[SuziQ]

‘You can run, but you’ll only die in small pieces.’

And tired

[SuziQ]

*snort* Gotta love that sticker!!

[aviator]

I got to see one up close, talk to the pilot several years ago at an air show in San Angelo, Texas. Pilot told me they actually throttle up a bit when firing to overcome the recoil from that nose cannon. I’d hate to be on the wrong end of this gun.

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Not necessary to add power during strafe. The barrels heat up and start slinging bullets wider (dispersion) when shooting for more than one second. Most strafe runs are pretty short on firing time.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

A newly modified A-10C Thunderbolt II taxis in during the roll-out ceremony Nov. 29 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. The A-10 has been modified with precision engagement technology to create the new and improved A-10C. The enhancements include full integration of sensors, multi-functional color displays and a new hands-on-throttle-and-stick interface. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alesia Goosic)

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- An A-10C Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft pulls up sharply out of a low-level strafing run during a combat search and rescue demonstration here Oct. 4. The digitally-upgraded A-10C is equipped with satellite-guided precision weaponry and advanced communications data links for transferring information with ground-based warfighters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Nick Draxler and Tech. Sgt. Frank Williams, 438th Air Expeditionary Group weapons loaders, verify a weapons checklist on a Joint Direct Attack Munition before loading it onto an A-10C Thunderbolt II here. Sergeants Draxler and Williams are deployed from the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, Baltimore. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. D. Clare)

Senior Airman Daniel Young marshals in an A-10 Thunderbolt II for munitions disarming after an Oct. 28 mission at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The A-10C's are assigned to the 104th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, which is made up primarily of members from the 175th Maryland Air National Guard. Airman Young is a Maryland Air National Guard crew chief. The 104th EFS is the first unit to use the C-model A-10 in a combat zone. Its upgrades have made air power more efficient and have streamlined the close-air-support mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Angelique Perez)

[ArrogantBustard]

‘You can run, but you’ll only die in small pieces.’

They should like that. They're The Religion of Pieces.

[Blueflag]

LOL. Funny. Pithy. TRUE!