Indeed!!!!!!! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

Politicians are like nappies,they need to be changed often and for the same reason

No shit I hate politics

I heard that it was the Air force that wanted to retire the A-10 and Congress said no. Someone in the house realized the potential of this platforms lethality in a future conflict and they just might be right.

Oh go and stick it up your Booz Allen Hamilton, the USA's DoD and the corporations that serve them are just as bad as any area of the government for ridiculous financial irresponsibility and outright embezzlement. The Fortune 500 process is notorious - have a read of "war is a racket" if you need to know the roots. America as the owner of the world's largest standing army, invading afghanistan and Iraq... the "founding fathers" would have thought you were joking to be told of the extent of American military imperialism and taxation + loans in the 19th and 20th centuries. And the 21st.

You got that right. No point trying to improve perfection!

and opponent which don't have nothing better then ak47

Okay but the A-10 is very different to a tank. Tanks are meant to hit hard from far away, the A-10 just goes BRRRT right on top of things.

A cheap to manufacture tank, that’s heavily armored, and literally built around a gun, and very convenient to use, and heavily built on stabilization, and heavily built on survivability

Death from above!

@@jeremyrogers4839 only for those with shitty weapons

Because there allmost suicidal these days. God bless them so they dont get killed when they fly so slow

I loved working on these planes! Watching them fly was just awesome!

However bless those who prevent the need to use it more.

@@Iamlurking504 like an s-300?

@@kaxymusic1370 what I meant to convey was "bless diplomacy over war"

Exactly, this video just seems like the producers were only told some upsides to the tremendous amounts of downsides this aircraft has.

It’s slow as a slug and isn’t stealthy at all, the only upside it has is it’s armor. And let me tell you something about this magical thing called a SAM, what was the video creator thinking? Heck the only defense most American planes had at the time was, air superiority and SPEED. Take away Speed and you are a fantastic anti air missile target.

yeah, i dont think we ever see A10 in action for like 20years now... its because an easy air target LOL, maybe on some place with no anti air capabilities such in africa with pirates and anti american rebels

Its not air-air its air-ground true any air to air weapons could shoot at it but the A-10’s fuck it up gun could get to the sams before the sams get to the A-10

​@@nerdemoji5711 he never said the a-10 was air to air, he meant the Russian vehicle has air to air missiles, and btw your totally wrong

Because that’s not how it works? When laden it becomes a very heavy plane… That and AA weapons (mainly missiles) becoming way easier to produce, purchase, and distribute. That and the 30mm GAU proved to be very inaccurate, and was responsible for several friendly-fire incidents. Wouldn’t be great if CAS Warthogs ended up killing marines in the fire.

Since the AF really doesn't want it, the Marines or even Army should take them IMO and I am former AF.

maybe because of friendly fire? there is a reason why ground vets hate it

@@definitelypeacock Why would that be a problem peculiar to the A 10 as compared to the F4U, AD 1 Sky raider, F4, A4, Harrier, or FA 18? All close air support requires coordination or it can be lethal to friendlies. This applies to arty as well.

@@seaknightvirchow8131 but there are much better alternatives than the a-10, the a-10 is outdated especially with ways to see your target, pilots literally have to use binoculars to look at their targets, there is a reason why the a-10 is responsible for half of the friendly fire deaths

how is it saving lives? its literally kiling other humans beings... how could anyone celebrate that

The A-10 should give you chills - the Warthog is responsible for more friendly-fire casualties than any other platform. The pilots use binoculars to line up their runs. Thankfully, there are much better systems around these days.

@@codedlogic Absolutely! Like the F-35! Or even the F-111 ARDVAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRK! Although its worth mentioning that A-10 pilots no longer need binoculars since the A-10C upgrade, it is still incapable of performing to any reasonable standard.

@@nathangehman7018 Finally someone who knows what they are talking about

Its a piece of shit and still proliferates as pure propaganda.

Its literally killed more friendlies then every other aircraft ever fielded by the US

I just love the look of this awesome aircraft, remember when they first appeared thinking I would not like to be on the receiving end of that fire power. Even if we do not have it here ( UK ) glad to be a close ally of the US.

@@blackvulcan100 Its literally killed Uk solders

@@zeddddd2846 You mean blue on blue ? I have never heard of that.

@@blackvulcan100 yes, In the invasion of Iraq an a-10 fired upon an convoy of UK forces in route and killed/ wounded a good chunk of them. After one pass he was told what he did and returned to base but the damage was done. Due to lack of pilot assistance he had to go based on visual info and binoculars alone leading him to misidentify the target and fire upon them.

That's why those that DON'T fight on the front lines continually try to ground it.

A-10 really should have been a two seater (pilot and weapons officer). It’s a shame the upgrades couldn’t have added a second seat.

50 cal can pen its bathtub armor

Actually, it isn't hard to fly at a low altitude because it becomes natural. Once you learn to fly altitude means very little. The same with speed except that your turning radius expands. As for weapon selection, it is usually a rotating selector switch for the station where the weapon is located. If it is an electronic weapon then it will have its own control panel and is set up before a run. I am not taking anything away from the men/women that fly the Hog but like all other planes, the pilots adjust to them.

Yes maybe, but actually flying it is, from the vets who flew it, easy very easy which makes sense they have the toughest job. A lot of effort was made to make it fly as easy as possible. Now when it comes to actually do it’s job and to (what to) attack is dependent on the pilot’s skill.

@@zeddddd2846 you do realize shrapnel is a thing right? The main thing the armor protects against is say for example cannon rounds hitting the rest of the airframe. The armor absorbs any fragmentation effect/spalling provided the impact is a small or further distance away.

Im sorry to inform you but the a-10 has killed more friendly/ allied forces then every other American aircraft combined. This thing takes lives not saves them

@@zeddddd2846 you can number lives lost but lives saved? How?

@@willestus9120 The after action reports??? There are plenty of aircraft that do the role of the warthog better you don’t need a outdated 60s design trying to be relevant in an era of f-35s, f-15s, and f-16. The a-10 is unreliable and debatable if ever effective at all, it’s far overshadowed in terms of “lives saved” by nearly every other aircraft and without the horrendous friendly fire.

@@zeddddd2846 every plane you named is not what the A-10 is. Every plane you named is a fighter plane they're role lay in air to air engagements they're at best mediocre in a close in air support role you seem to appear knowledgeable when/where was your deployment

@@willestus9120 I never personalty served. But in terms of the most recent conflict we have been in desert storm the a-10 has not stood up to the challenge. Also f-35a/b is a multi role strike craft its not just a dedicated ASF, same for the f-15/16 and while those aircraft might of been primarily an ASF they still had good ground attack capabilities and are more then capable of launching a wide assortment of air to ground missiles. In desert storm the a-10 ran ground attack missions alongside f-111s, f-15s, f-4s, f-16s, f-117s, f-35s, and typhoons. All these aircraft ran relatively equal missions and all entered the conflict at the same time serving till the near end. By comparison the a-10 did worse then nearly all of the listed aircraft only coming above the f-117, and f-16 iirc while its contemporaries performed far better then it. This is due to a wide variety of reasons but the primary one is that, the type of war the a-10 was built for does not exist anymore nor will it ever exist again.

The thunderbolt 1 AKA- the p-47

@TryNDoxMe the what

They should have called it the honey badger from the way it behaves lol

The Sound It Makes When Firing Those Gatlin Guns...If You Don't Know About CAS. STFU...First To Fight...☝🏾💯👊🏾✨️

Its just as effective as waving an American Flag. And beauty gices you nothing. How should it increase moral, when burning and falling in the skyes. I say it will do the opposite of boosting moral

Wanna talk about this statement?

it's not. Its record is nowhere near impressive. It's impressive but nowadays less like a paper tiger and more like a lead one. Heavy, slow and a hell of a soft target.

I like the looks of the old better. it was like a heavily armed Godzilla coming at you... Just the lools of it would make you want to hide!

@@SegoMan , I agree completely. That was the one I was referring to. You always remember your first love, and not her sister.

XB-70 love ❤

It doesn't aim at everyone.

Or it just missed, they aren't very notorious for their on-target hits.

Sen. John McCane raised hell with the Air Force and the Congress when they recommended removing it from service in the early 2000s. He gave a lengthy explanation way the AF has nothing that can come close to replacing it in their inventory of on the drawing board that can protect downed air crews and pinned down ground troops while saving the very lives of our highly admired and protective of our military. I’m not a Republican, but my respect for McCains outstanding live of our fighting men and women.

@@ronlheureux7623 McCane said he would table a bill to lift the Ban on Army Fixed-wing Aviation if the USAF tried to pull the A-10, he even circulated a draft of the Bill around the Pentagon and the flag officers of every branch, this got them to pull their head in.

Man, I would fly them if I were an air force pilot. That aircraft is sexy enough for me. Brrrrrt 😁

@@ronlheureux7623 I'm sorry but you have no idea what your talking about. The warthogs track record is pitiful at best and is overshadowed by the vastly more effective f-4, eurofighter, f-111, f-16, and the legendary f-15 in ground attack roles during its hay day. Now days it is a slow, under equipped, and vulnerable aircraft witch requires an upgrade package more expensive then a brand new f-35B to even be considered usable in a modern battlefield. It is an obsolete 1960s design that is expensive to run, not compatible with most of today missiles, with a primary cannon that is useless versus post 1970s armor, and was designed for a type of war that no longer exists.

@@ronlheureux7623 What Zeddd said + McCane was a corrupt two faced Ahole who the press went easy on (except in 2008...kinda) because he was controlled opposition for democrats

That updated airframe is an artist rendering and not real. That wouldn't even be an "upgraded" A-10; the fuselage and airframe is so different that it would be a completely different aircraft built from scratch.

@@PhycoKrusk - Thanks for helping me prove my point. As this was an artist rendering, it shouldn't have been used to represent an "A10 Warthog After Upgrade..." as it implies something that isn't factual and in fact the rending isn't discussed at all in the video.

@@richvaman1823 There's another rendering floating around that depicts a "stealth" A-10, if you haven't seen that one. It's... better, I guess. At the very least, it looks like an actual, functional aircraft, even if its stealth characteristics would be of dubious effectiveness. Also, I just now noticed this, but in the rendering used for the title card here, is that tiny little bump underneath the cockpit supposed to be the cannon?

There are bolts also.

*worst

@CarFreak yea i mean no upgrade can change the fact that’s slow and could easily be shot down by sams unless it gets stealth capability’s it’s very hard to use against a near pear enemy

Except everything can and has already done that.

The F35, F16, F15, and F/A-18 can do its job better than it can,

@@FemboyMetalhead Good to see some people who know what they are talkin about in here

yup

no. It is slow, heavy and vulnerable. The only environment where it is useful is one without an enemy that can fire back.

@@cldus7442 it's heavy cause it can take alot of fire and keep flying

except the hammer keep hitting your hand and not the the target caus you need fucking binoculars to see targets this plane is shit and I'm done with ppl say it's it's a flying "tank" it's not it a flying beacon thats low and vaunvrable in the the 90 it's might have been ok at best but these day ppl are just blind littrly blind also theire is no point of showing facts since these ppl won't hear it so agan shit plane thanks for reading.

@@mutingp you know what you are one of the people that tried to get the a-10 replaced but i have news there is no flat earth 5g does not affect the human body essential oils does not cure every desease and the a-10 is a rugged durable aircraft that any air force pilot/army soldger will tell you it's a great aircraft that can keep going for another 25 years so take that and take it up your blowhole and be quiet. and if you keep hitting your fingers you probobly are bad with any tool you use what next gonna stab your hand with a screwdriver and blame the tool.

At what cost? What a boondoggle.

Tak: hit hard from rather far away A-10: completely remove it from right above Something between these: oh god I fear that day

Now that’s excessive, it caused more friendly fire than a lot of things but you’re exaggerating a lot

We may need space jet next

The p-47 Thunderbolt lightning is the A10 version in the 21st century

No it doesn't.

I hate to bust your bubble but the F-14 is not the best plane ever made that's why it was retired in 2006! The F-15 is the best jet fighter ever made celebrating 50 years in July and another 50 years with the new F-15EX! I should know, I'm a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force!

@@craig4867 As a Navy Vet if you are a pilot i thank you for your Service to Your Country

And the AC130 is sort of like the A10's big brother.

@@strangelyukrainian7314 The A10 is a fraction of the cost of a F15, which is half the cost of a F22/F35

My entire existence is in shambles now

Nope. Plenty of videos where the gun fires far away so you wouldn't hear the bullets hitting the ground and still makes a brrt noise, although the bullets hitting the ground makes it sound more aggressive up close.

nope

negative

Id say its more of a VVVVMMMMMMMT Followed by a BRRRRRRRTTTT Cuz sound takes a while to travel lol

the army started the airplane design on army funding.,,,,if you remember,,,,at the time there was a big pissing pentagon contest over who had the most planes. Turns out the airforce had the largest airforce,,,,,the second largest airforce in the world was the us army. What with caribou, c 130, all sorts of observation aircraft and helicopters, and others, the army had a really big force. Air force was jealous. Sooooo lets pull out cargo planes, ground attack, and some observation. At this time,, the A10 development was pretty well along and veeerrry well funded. Yet we were short on immediate wars,,,so the airforce got the program,,,,not to continue it but to cancel and to use the funding for other things. As fate would have it,,,all of a sudden we had these far east uprisings and a need for ground support. Air force jumped in then and finished development. At the time, air force pilots saw the A10 as a down grade and insult to their high mindness of high and fast and most were shunned who were A10 drivers and they didnt want to have to transfer to that lowly system. BUT fate changed the junk yard dog into a real performance proving hero,,,,and we have what we have today,,,us old timers can remember the way the story played out,,,,regards

@@bill45colt You have so much misinformation there....

Unless it fights anything faster than a biplane.

nope

I think people forget how fragile actual tanks are, in Ukraine we learned a lesson we already knew, the javelin EATS tanks

Mi24P is more like a real tank

we'll see...

it’s already retired for spec ops

Pretty sure they are since the platform of the a10 is too old and you can't keep upgrading a design forever

It also kills more friendlies than hostiles

here is why kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jb2Wpt1mt5zNoqc.html&ab_channel=LazerPig and this is part 2 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nddhlMZjqKewlXk.html&ab_channel=LazerPig

That’s another good point everyone forgets with it, combat is evolving and turning more urbanized, the most we ever saw of the a10 was in an open desert where there’s no terrain, obstacles, civilians, or really anything to worry about other than the target, anything can do good against a small country like that

@@skeeman7514 even then the a10 really didn't do anything an f15, f16 or b1b couldn't. The gun isn't as wildly effective as the media claims it is compared to the smaller 20mms fitted to f15s, f16s and f35s

@@cldus7442 Does the A10's lower speed not allow it to stay on target longer than the aricraft you mentioned?

@@bobcrane9945 you don't need to stay on target very long to drop a guided bomb

@@cldus7442 OK but doesn't a strafing run take out more tanks and cover more ground?

It is a cannon and completely obsolete.

And so?? The A10, can hold its own , and for Sam's, they got answer for that too

I say , keep the A-10 technology for America 🇺🇸...there's a good reason why we haven't shared this aircraft with anyone.... it's our battle field edge and let's keep it that way !!!I ✝️🙏🇺🇲🇺🇲

@@possumwilliams2940 no one wants such an outdated plane....

@@possumwilliams2940 We would likely scrap the parts in the next 20 years, i mean the F35 was just being released during the 2010's.