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[–]notafunhater 30 points31 points ago

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The A-10 is still my favorite plane. You guys can have your stealth fighters, the Warthog is just fucking awesome.

[–]gsfgf 10 points11 points ago

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And it carries my favorite gun. We should get drunk and rob the Air Force.

[–]dmack96 4 points5 points ago

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Good. That'll make it almost fair for them.

[–]DaywalkerOG 5 points6 points ago

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Low tech, durable, and devastating.

[–]burnte 5 points6 points ago

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A gun so awesome they have to mount it off center to the rotational axis to keep the firing barrel in line with the center of the plane so the gun doesn't turn the plane. A plane so awesome it can fly home with half the plane missing. You blow half of it away, IT KEEPS SHOOTING AT YOU.

[–]DaywalkerOG 1 point2 points ago

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Exactly.

[–]magicwizardbacon 2 points3 points ago

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Who needs to be stealthy when you can f their shit up in a matter of seconds?

[–]random314 0 points1 point ago

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There are you-tube clips of what that gun can do.

I don't think there is a ground vehicle strong enough to protect someone against that monster of a gun...

[–]TheifsTheme[S] 0 points1 point ago

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I feel that this exact conversation has happened before

[–]blore40 14 points15 points ago

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This Gun > Pen > Sword

[–]Fyzzle 0 points1 point ago

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The penis mightier.

[–]Krase 11 points12 points ago

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There was a story about an A-10 in the first gulf war that made it back to base with 1/3 of one wing on one side and only 1 engine. tough little airplanes.

[–]alupus1000 6 points7 points ago

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That was about the only believable part of Terminator Salvation - A-10s are exactly the plane you're gonna fly after a nuclear robot apocalypse.

Fun fact - the stabilizers, engines, landing gear, etc are all identical and can be swapped left or right depending on whatever parts you got left.

[–]crusoe 1 point2 points ago

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They have duplicate hydralic lines for all control surfaces, AAAAANND, a mechanical backup.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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[–]skepnaden 5 points6 points ago

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Never though I'd read the line: "Look at my gatling gun", but I did and now I want a plane on top of it.

[–]TheifsTheme[S] 4 points5 points ago

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"the plane is an ACCESSORY"

[–]Animal40160 3 points4 points ago

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What is even more amazing is to be in its relative vicinity when it fires.

It is truly God.

[–]dzudz 0 points1 point ago

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I need elaboration.

[–]Theropissed 1 point2 points ago

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In otherwords you hear it, you worship it, and may it grant you mercy.

[–]Animal40160 0 points1 point ago

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I am mobile today and can't go into a lot of detail but you can do a google video search for A-10 attack, firing. Some awesome combat footage from Iraq and afghanistan.

I have been around them firing during peacetime but that doesn't compare to the real deal.

[–]AllThree3 4 points5 points ago

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my roommate and i were just talking about A10s the other day. there's a squadron of them based near our houses, they fly overhead all the time. they're scary-badass.

[–]ComputerSavvy 0 points1 point ago

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Live next to DM?

[–]AllThree3 0 points1 point ago

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NASJRB Willow Grove. the A10s are actually gone :/ i should prolly edit that in. the base is closing this september. it sucks.

[–]ironhead7544 4 points5 points ago

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They wanted an anti-tank gun. So they built it. It is a good one. Then they just added the plane around it. A one second burst will destroy a tank.

[–]djjohse 9 points10 points ago

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'Merica! Fuck Yeah!

[–]BrainWav 2 points3 points ago

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Can you believe they're planning to replace this beautiful machine with a new plane? The F-35 Lightning II. That will be a sad, sad day. Still, by then (2028), it'll have had a 51 year run. That's damned impressive.

[–]Vulkans 1 point2 points ago

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What blows my mind is that you can get 15 A-10Cs for the price of one F-35.

[–]sj_user1 0 points1 point ago

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Due to political considerations about casualties congress and the military would rather shoot off 10 million dollars of missiles from 100 miles away than let one pilot get in harms way. Now if they could turn the A-10 into a drone they would have a winner for another 50 years.

[–]alupus1000 0 points1 point ago

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They tried to make the F-16 into an A-10 replacement. Went very badly. And I suspect a dirty look will break an F-35, let alone half a wing blown off.

[–]rocketbootkid 0 points1 point ago

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Couple of years ago, plan was to have the B-52 in service for 100 years.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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A-10C Thunderbolt II "Warthog". So beautiful...

[–]I_RAPE_RATS 2 points3 points ago

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[–]Monumentus 2 points3 points ago

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A repost of the A-10 wouldn't be complete without the a picture of the gun beside a VW Beetle for scale.

[–]JdoubleE5000 3 points4 points ago

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I can almost smell the depleted Uranium from here!

[–]renegade_9 1 point2 points ago

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And THAT is why the A-10 Thunderbolt II is the single greatest airplane ever built. The plane is built around that absolute monster of a gattling gun.

[–]crcaseyclark 1 point2 points ago

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warthogs are BADASS!

[–]TheGreatBeldezar 2 points3 points ago

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I've been a redditor for less than a year and this has got to be the most re-posted image I've seen! Not hating, just sayin.

[–]superfusion1 10 points11 points ago

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thank you. i believe you, but I have been on reddit for more than a year and I have never seen this. so not everyone sees the same stuff the first time, or the second, or the third, etc. reposts are a fact of life and valuable here on reddit. Not hatin, just sayin.

[–]malpensante 5 points6 points ago

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thank you. i believe you, (both of you) and i have been on reddit for more than four years and I've never seen this.

[–]ultranoodles 0 points1 point ago

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Repost, but I still love it.

[–]Wr3nch 0 points1 point ago

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I had the pleasure of spending a few weeks at Moody AFB in Georgia, which is an A-10 base with full gunnery range and everything. There are two things I immediately noticed about this aircraft: 1) It doesn't matter where you are, if the A-10 is shooting, you will hear it 2) You hear the impact of the rounds hitting the target before you hear the shots being fired.

[–]bloodflart 0 points1 point ago

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Hey I worked weapon in the Air Force for the F-22...that's all I got I never see anyone talk about weapons.

[–]clownfart123 0 points1 point ago

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The F-14 was designed around the AIM-54 Phoenix

[–]ironhead7544 -1 points0 points ago

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They wanted an anti-tank gun. So they built it. It is a good one. Then they just added the plane around it. A one second burst will destroy a tank.