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190th Fighter Squadron emerged as the overall winner for Hawgsmoke 2021, a biannual A-10 Thunderbolt II competition, at Moody AFB
by Dario LeoneThe 190th Fighter Squadron won all three team awards: overall champion, top bombing team and top tactical team. The overall win…
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These cool photos of Davis-Monthan A-10s under a snowstorm give a whole new meaning to “Brrrr-t”!
by Dario LeoneDavis-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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