Raptor sees the Warthog out

a reply to: Timely

Police on horses are not cavalry

a reply to: Aloysius the Gaul

If horses had a 30mm cannon I'd agree with you. It's viable and that's why it's being sent to war as we speak.

originally posted by: Aloysius the Gaul

a reply to: Timely

Police on horses are not cavalry

Your definition - my analogy.

We are on the same page albeit with a different slant.

The thought of the tourists, ummm ...terrorists having some "shock and awe" in theirs and their Mothers faces,
would act as an extra impetus for insurgency in the ranks.

I know my Mom would not like something as efficient a cleaner as this thing - looking for me and my mates !

a reply to: Timely

this makes me think. what a hungry hungry hippo


gimme fuel yurmmm! ah maybe too much to drink on a Friday. But what an aggressive bird.

a reply to: aholic

Would hate to see that thing leering at me !!

Bring it !! No ! Send it !!

My A-10 tribute video, I hope you enjoy:

a reply to: Sammamishman

That's a great tribute to an iconic aircraft.

She did her job so well, didn't she?

Then again if I were air force chief, we'd still be flying F-86's

a reply to: OrbitalDecay

Thanks.

Yeah, it's always hard to say goodbye to the iconic symbols of yesterday, but without it there would be no progress I suppose.

a reply to: StratosFear

They didn't make a "ZR-1" in '14. Last model year for the ZR-1 was in 2013.

The 2015 is call the Z06 C7. badder than the ZR1 and cheaper.

a reply to: aholic

If you're not some Air Force Brass who demands that everything in your fleet be "perdy", there is absolutely NOTHING negative that can be said about the Warthog. Best combat plane ever commissioned.

a reply to: nwtrucker

I stand corrected Sir.

a reply to: tadaman

The only other plane that can fly with a missing wing is an F-15

a reply to: aholic

Horse has a kick to it.

Did you know?

Engineer Pierre Sprey, a former Pentagon procurement official who helped design the A-10, confirmed to The Daily Beast that none other than legendary Luftwaffe Colonel Hans-Ulrich Rudel was consulted to develop the Warthog.

www.thedailybeast.com...

Age old concept and a good one in my opinion - forgetting my feelings about Sprey - no wonder the rest of the world has held on to their Frogfoots or Frogfeet shall we say. An important role.