Davis-Monthan AFB is located in Arizona, so the maintainers and A-10 Warthog attack aircraft stationed there haven’t had a snow day…
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BRRRRRRTTTTTT!!!! HOW USAF A-10 TANK BUSTERS SHOT DOWN TWO IRAQI HELICOPTERS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM
by Dario Leone“I put another 100 rounds down, and the helicopter jinked right into the last burst; the helicopter looked like it had…
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Rare, cool video shows A-10s and Thunderbirds Formation Flying
by Dario LeoneThis just-released video shows a rare formation with A-10s and the US Air Force Thunderbirds over Nevada. Brought to my attention…
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Impressive video shows A-10 pilot belly landing after catastrophic gun malfunction blew his Hog’s canopy off during a training mission in 2017
by Dario LeoneTaken on Jul. 20, 2017 during a training mission, the impressive video in this post features Major Brett Devries successfully landing…
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Michigan ANG Hog driver awarded DFC for 2017 belly landing after catastrophic gun malfunction blew his A-10’s canopy off
by Dario LeoneThe training flight narrowly avoided catastrophe on July 20, 2017, when DeVries successfully landed his A-10 Thunderbolt II with neither a…
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Interesting video shows 576th AMXS crews painting three variations of nose art on A-10 Thunderbolt II
by Dario LeoneNot all A-10s get nose art, but for the ones that do, paint crews refer to the different paint schemes by…
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Former A-10 pilot explains while the Hawg is better than the F-35 as CAS aircraft (but only after the F-35 had gone through first to clear the air in the battle area)
by Dario Leone“I’d pick the Hawg. And I’d be forever grateful that the F-35 had gone through first to clear the air for the…
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Retired USAF Pilot explains how you can retain consciousness during G-LOC blackout
by Dario Leone‘Everything quickly went from blue to gray to black. Like really quick. Had I continued to haul back on the stick,…
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F-16 Fanboy who Became A-10 pilot explains why he would never trade its Warthog for a Viper
by Dario Leone‘All through high school, and then all through pilot training, I wanted to fly the F-16. Agile, multirole, and downright sexy,…
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A quick look at Scaled Composites ARES, the mini A-10 that never was that played the part of the secret Me 263 jet in the movie Iron Eagle III
by Dario Leone‘It’s fast, cheap to operate and easy to build. Most importantly, it has the ONE THING troops want and that the…
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