End looms for US Air Force's 'Warthog' ground-attack jet
 

hi,

Seen this

End looms for US Air Force's 'Warthog' ground-attack jet

looks like it's the end of the old warthog.

Fats

Maybe the UK should buy some of them. :hmm:

They could transfer some to the US Army and send their (volunteer) pilots with the promise of a promotion on remustering.

End looms for US Air Force's 'Warthog' ground-attack jet
 

Old story, keep up, lads!

And the US Army has suggested that they could fund the A-10 because of how unique and desirable it is for CAS.

The A-10 - the only jet you could 'bounce' in a Jet Provost!

Naturally all solo student pilots on BFTS were cleared for TOO :E

You can tell a type is to be scrapped when they just spent a fortune refurbing them.

The A-10 fleet has just been re-winged under the 'Hog Up' program.

So probably doomed, complete with its new wings...

You would have to re-hire some Ground Troops to have some to provide CAS to wouldn't you?:E

You wouldn't want to overtake it though...

http://www.gunslot.com/files/gunslot/images/72995.jpg

As Sergeant Wilson may have said to Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army
"Do you think that's awfully wise?"

Are you asking about the Superior firepower or the Peace sign :O

A brilliant aircraft.
It can be shot to ****, and still lumber around and rain hurt from the sky.
I can see why the blue suiters hate it - it actually does the job it was designed to do!
I love the peace sticker - God help anyone on the wrong end of that.

" It can be shot to ****, and still lumber around and rain hurt from the sky."

That Capt in Iraq was a good example of the above who managed to
get the aircraft back to base with holes and bit of aircraft missing.

....and you thought Colt made the "Peacemaker"

[Colt .45]

Replace the '********' in 500N's link with bl0gsp0t (and replace the 0 with O) to see the images of the mangled A-10...:)

-Dazza

TinyURL to the rescue:

From the archives: The OIF story of "Killer Chick" ~ Warthog News

Ha! Recollect trying that at Leeming - except they weren't A10s :(

Go Away!! Go Away!!
 

Memories of TOO over Blakeney Point.......we were in an F4, came across 4 A10s in echelon all peeling off in turn as if in some formation practice...so rather than bounce them we joined in on the end as the fifth man and duly peeled off in turn...eventually they spotted us and they all started waggling their wings madly to warn us off!......such fun!

As an aside I was always of the opinion that there were only ever 4 A10s based in the UK and all they ever did was fly over East Anglia all day in Hollywood Battle formation.......a cunning ploy to convince the enemy that there were in fact a lot more of them..... :)

The USAF is run by Fighter Jocks....and they do not like to throw themselves at the ground but rather zoom around thinking they are the Ultimate Gun Fighters.

That is why CAS is a secondary mission in their hearts.

Their Lips tell you all about how important CAS is....but when it comes to the nut cutting....the Wart Hog ,which is the ultimate CAS aircraft in the USAF Inventory, is always on the chopping block.

I would suppose the RAF is exactly the same....except it does not have a real CAS aircraft in the Inventory anymore.

If I could ever wangle it at a price I could muster I'd buy one of those.

a day vfr bugsmasher with attitude :E