If that kills that goddamn brain dead “brrt” meme, I will officially proclaim this to be a positive effect of this war
I’m not an expert, but I’ve read that A-10s don’t have very good missile defenses, and they will be pretty vulnerable in Iran, which is stuffed full of missiles
The planes are like 40 years old
Wikipedia says they were built from 1072-1984 so yeah, old.
But we don’t have anything to replace it for super low ground support like that.
Everyone else uses drones for that, for a reason.
Those A10s really mopped up in The Crusades!
Back when Fairchild Republic was called Fairchild Monarchy.
Of all the animals, I would rate Warthogs as one of the most flightless. Odd choice.
It does look like that, yes.
Great name for the Halo jeep thing. Horrible name for a jet.
Looks more like a puma to me
Warthog is a nickname that they couldn’t get rid of. It’s officially the Thunderbolt II.
I think its kind of dumb because the P-47 Thunderbolt was a high altitude interceptor/fighter that also happened to be good at ground pounding.
The A-10 is exclusively a ground pounder that becomes a sitting duck if it ever gets caught with its pants down.
Dunno why they copted a fighter name.
A-10 is live target practice for Iran’s domestically produced manpads. It should not be anywhere near this conflict. That they are using it at all shows massive incompetence.
The whole reason why there isn’t a modern equivalent to the A-10 is because the Air Force knew that said plane wouldn’t be able to survive in a conflict where the enemy had any surface-to-air attack capability.
that’s impressive. those things are armored like tanks that fly.
Tanks that don’t fly aren’t doing that hot these days either. Slapping a red bull on it didn’t help
Isn’t this the one that goes Brrrrrrt?!
Many of our GAU-8s have A-10s installed on them. One fewer now, apparently.
Well now it goes brrrrrrn’t
it’s a good Friday
Don’t think that plane is going to rise again in three days.
Didn’t the military request more recently?
Who names an airplane “warthog”? pigs can’t fly and neither can the pig-pilots inside them.
It’s officially called the A-10 Thunderbolt. “Warthog” is a nickname service members gave it. Similar to the F-16 Fighting Falcon getting nicknamed the “Viper”.
The Army has trying to get more of them for over a decade. The Air Force doesn’t want them.
The same people who named the B-52 the Big Ugly Fat Fucker: The USAF.
I thought that was the point. They made a tank with wings and kept adding thrust until the pig flew.
Oh no Powerglide!!
