A-10 Simulated Base Attack at Air Show

[miK.]

Pretty cool clip even with the ground blasts being pyrotechnics... hang til the end!

[freeradical]

Pretty nice. I watched real training done here in Korea.


http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/f...koonni.htm

[Don Kiyoti]

A-10s are fun to watch when they're going all out. (Unless they are attacking you of course.) They fly over my house so often I don't even look up any more.

[neophyte]

I thought they had been decommissioned? They seem so capable at their task.

[lemmingboy]

neophyte wrote:
I thought they had been decommissioned? They seem so capable at their task.

My father was load crew chief for the A-10 National Guard unit in Maryland. The A-10 was decommissioned, to the point that they began transferring the planes to Korea and he began training to loading the F-16s that were supposed to replace them.

Then when they actually started trying to use the F-16 in the same ground support role as the A-10, the Air Force and Army realized it couldn't do it. Instead they updated all the A-10s with new cockpit instrumentation.

Last I heard, the National Guard is ordering new A-10s and are starting the process to decommission the F-16s that were supposed to replace the A-10s.

I remember when I was 5 and going to the family day airshow at my dad's unit. When the A-10 fired its 30mm gun the richochet actually made the plane go backwards for an instant. Whether you're a pacifist or not, the engineering around the GAU-8 and the A-10 is simply awe-inspiring.

[AllGold]

Interesting, lemmingboy, thanks.

I love how the gun sounds like a gigantic fart. :jest:

[Will Collier]

I love the Hog. Great jet, and fortunately recognized as being uniquely capable for its task before being prematurely retired.

[wowzer]

Wow! Thanks for sharing. I'd never watched any video that showed live ammunition usage. That's an airshow that I'd like to attend.

The warthog is amazing...I've read that up to 40% of the plane could be destroyed/damaged and it could still fly. That's engineering.

[JoeH]

I miss seeing the A-10's go over this area. They converted the Air National Guard unit near here that used to fly them to F-15's a couple years ago. Their planes went to other ANG units to be refurbished and keep them supplied with usable airframes.