Never served myself, but likewise, thanks for your service. That being said i have seen A-10s doing spring manuevers and they flew over me not more than 75 feet, and let me tell you, when a plane can fly past you that low before you hear it, it makes you glad its on your side.

Amen Brother!!!!

Thank you for your service sir, God bless you!

Absolutely A10 saved our butts more times than we can count

Angels on our Shoulders, right? Bless those pilots and those planes

does that imply for snipers as well

You two should sit down and write a book. This would be awesome to read from both views. But meeting the pilot who saved your squad must've been the most amazing feeling ever. Hope you two still talk to this day and are best friends. A bond like that should never go away.

@@DrDennis05 Yes I thought about that but when I even think about some of the things in Afghanistan that I went through I have nightmares for months. This particular set of events when I spoke to pilot over the radio I literally told him to drop the Ordnance on top of us knowing that we would not survive the conflict or his gun/bomb run but that the people attacking us would not get to use our body’s for propaganda. Pilot acknowledged and said good luck to you I’ll see you on the other side. But with his expert skill he didn’t hit any of us even though he dropped several bombs within 5 m of us and probably fired over 1000 rounds of 30 mm exploding ammunition to drive them back. It was probably one of the most scariest experiences I’ve ever lived through and I truly hope that no one ever hast to go through the same again. It’s not just the people to come back missing pieces it’s the people that come back that have seen to much and don’t know how to describe it to others . With my grandfather told me about World War II there were things that he told me that I just couldn’t understand the complexity of it. Now experiencing these things I understand what he was telling me. Even after I’ve gotten back and a lot of my unit has gotten back. Several of them committed suicide because they didn’t know how to deal with it and there was no support for them to deal with the trauma that they had endured. I wish all veterans with seek help if they need it and not be looked down on for doing so .

DEARH TRIANGLE

I never served but I have many family members that did. From the very bottom of my heart, I thank you for being willing to serve our nation. I am truly sorry for the lingering issues it has caused you. I am going to pray for you right after I write this message that God will take those disturbing memories from you and help you heal. I cannot imagine what our military members go through. From a very thankful citizen I promise you that all of us that did not serve but still are grateful for this country, we love you.

Thank you for serving

Not only that but when they built the plane the engines would starve for power when that glorious brrrrt would go off and they would shut down. So instead of changing the freedom utensils inner workings, they made the death delivery system to where it would automatically restart the engines every time they spit those freedom seeds

I still love the story mentioned in the video, where the A-10 gets shot-up, pretty badly even, and the pilot just goes to manual control and brings her craft back to base. Super hope that girl got a medal. Way to fly, yo.

Pretty much a flying gun that shoots missiles, drops bombs, and basically cant be shot down

Yeah but that canon was supposed to be put on the tomcat but was to heavy for the flying brick

Welcome to the American warrior mindset.

I was gonna mention that - good call. The cannon was developed first! They didn't build a airplane, they build a cannon, then told their subcontractors "OK, someone put wings on this thing"! The A-10 is eventually what came out.

The Phoenix long range air to air missile was developed, but needed an airplane to carry it, adding another reason to develop & build the F14 Tomcat, where they stole many of the design features from the FB-111 Aardvark. The F14 Tomcat is a superior interceptor & dogfighter to the F18 Hornet but could not carry a ground attack payload the Navy was hoping for. But the Hornet did give the Navy their first supersonic attack aircraft, replacing the A-6 Intruders and the A-7 Corsair IIs.

That's literally propaganda they told the military.

Air Force keeps saying they want to get rid of the A10 (been saying this for 30 years) next time they say this I'd love the army to say "we'll take'em"

Amen brother

About 99.8% of em are lies too lol

Yeah, that's awesome!

I hope that we always have the A-10, or an improved future version, to support our ground troops. Sadly, the Air Force has never been too happy about the close air support mission... they seem to much prefer pointy nosed, stealthy, high altitude, supersonic aircraft that really aren't much help when troops are in contact. All respect to the Warthog drivers and maintainers.

A little before my team, just be happy you never had to jump with a fucking Javelin!! LOL I mean, I always thought rigged Hollywood was cheating, and full battle rattle was more like it; but add a Javeline and it was "A Bridge Too Far" (if you'll pardon the pun).

They can call em 'ugly' all they want, but its mechanical beauty and technical redundancy at every turn, you cant really kill these things, and trying to only seems to piss em off (Then again, what do i know as a civilian?)

Thank you for your service! I'm glad you're here to tell your stories to inspire us all.

Ummmm no....first DS war did not have an infantry unit be approached by a bunch of tanks. Lol 101st wasn't even sent in until after the US tanks and aircraft like the A10 went in first. Lol

@@nexpro6118 Also, 101 isn't Airborne, it's Air Assault. That's why they were sent to fight the Ebola outbreak a few years ago; because neither is airborne. And unlike his statement, you DO got Javelins and Carl Gustav's in Airborne Infantry Platoons. Another wanna be, sigh. It takes all kinds to fill a freeway. Bravo-2, 505 PIR

Thank you for your service, I’m thinking about joining the U.S Military, what part of the military do you think is the best? 🇺🇸❤️

@@Viper.TSMFTX Air Force for the best jobs and benefits, from my limited knowledge. You also get to see the world

Wow your like the 346890 person in the comment section to have his life saved by the A10. Lol like, the entire military is in this comment section lol

@@Viper.TSMFTX thank you sir, as a veteran I really appreciate that.

@@The_Sniper13 Anything for a veteran, thank you for your service sir!

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I can see this beast, or at least this design, surviving to the far future

Saw something about it being redesigned. Keeping the gun.

@@phredphlintstone6455 Yup. You still have the hardheaded politicians bragging to replace them cos "NEWER is BETTER" but the few, who have served, would squash any negativity towards the A-10. They should always remain combat ready.

Turbo fans are much quieter than straight jets

Thank you for your service.

Never been in the military but have always loved the A10 and F16. Badass birds. Thank you for your service.

Say "fish & chips" please.

USAF vet as well. My duty station we had the 22's. But I did get to experience power of the A10 in Afghanistan. Amazing machine

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. IN PAST AND PRESENT. IN WAR AND PEACE. I THANK ALL WHO SERVES TO KEEP MY FAMILY AND I SAFE.

I grew up not far from one of the plants that they used to build some of the first V22 Ospreys. It was an experience having Amish buggies to pass on the shoulder of the road while a V22 Osprey flew overhead on a test flight 😂❤ #ThatsAmerica

What about the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird"? I think it's worth checking out and a very beautiful plane.

@@jclowe735 they say the first thing you notice about an SR-71 on the ground is that it leaks fuel all over. It's actually designed that way because at the altitudes it flies there is no leakage.

@@mariewagner5283 same for me but it was the a=10 out of fort wayne indiana. they'd fly up to michigan several times a year and fly by road (i=69), was something you don't forget.

@@jeffburnham6611 not the altitude.. The speed. It goes so fast and gets so hot the metal expands and seals the gaps

Love the truth in your comment that “you only made it angry”.

Have you had any experiences with the black hawk?

I bet you could build at least 5 or more A-10's for just the cost of one F-35.

@@Lonewolfmike Its actually more than that, but your point is very much on target

Also A-10s are famous for being able to take a few hits and keep flying.

@@lostcelts1536 and can be forward deployed being able to take off and land on roads and dirt fields and doesn't require lengthy maintenance after each mission like fighter jets need

Stealth bomber

As someone who was deployed a few times I loved hearing the A10 pilots come on radio saying they was in the air

Hearing the brrrrt here comes the pain .. for the enemy

The only pressure needed was the Army saying that they would take the program over. Even though the Air Force spun off from the Army after WW2 they do not want to let the Army get fully back into piloted combat aircraft. The Army should have the A-10 program.

I wish they didn’t cancel the F-14 and could bring it back somehow

Can confirm!

They used to do practice runs over the Salamonie reservoir out of Grissom. that's about 35-40 miles due east. they would stay in the area for sometimes as long as 10 min. going back and forth real low doing whatever they were doing. seen them do this stuff ALOT over the years.

Bro soviet frofgoot(su25)is way better than this .su 25 can reach supersonic speed .A10 is a easy target for s300. Thats why usa dont use that anymore.

My brother was AC 130 mechanic in Vietnam. He has told stories about heavily damaged A 10s that made it back to base where there was no explanation how they were able to fly much less land.

Specifically, look up the AC-130U 'Spooky.' It's something Michael Bay uses in Transformers movies.

@@tahliasgoddaddy that thing can land with 1 engine, half a wing, and no gear. It’s the closest thing to a tank with wings.

@@chrisveilleux9130 I mean, yes… It’s also saved, and taken thousands of lives. 🙄

@@scourgey4205 Right, absolute respect. I just mean that holy crap that is an insane piece of tech. I didn't mean disrespect, and could have said that better.

I've similar guns like that fire onboard Navy ships. Brrrr 3000 rounds gone.

Thank you for your service sir, God bless you!

People been saying we lost the Afghanistan War...no WE did not lose this war. We trained the Afghanistan military for 20 years, they have to step up the plate to DEFEND their country....the same way as Ukrainians are doing now. This is one-time we should put US boots on the ground in 🇺🇦. I really doubt that Putin would start a nuclear war...the end of Russia. Did you know Russian population is 145.20 million compares to USA is 337.550 million but they have a larger land mass.

isnt that common sense though?

@@henlooo8135 No, not necessarily. In fact, very few platforms have the payload total as their main attribute.

Yeah, smart girl

​@@henlooo8135not at all, alot of gunships are that, a gunship

It is, more than likely, what was reported as “UFOs” back in the day, too.

Here is a quick doc. On it this is the guy I watch. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hN2Hpbd2p96xXXU.html would love to see what you think of this beast of a bomber

"Angry Dorito" Able to Next day deliver the sun to you're doorstep using patented warhead to forehead technology

Thank you for your service!🇺🇸

Thank you for your service sir, God bless you!

We appreciate the support soo many gives to the active duty and veteran community thank you

1) I think the main reason "they don't make'm like they used to" is the shift in leadership's thinking from designs specialized to do one job exceptionally well, to multipurpose designs. 2) That and the shift from designing it, building a prototype, testing it, and then creating a finalized design before starting production to Just-In-Time design that tries to do all of the testing in a simulated virtual environment. The idea was that this would save a lot of money and time, but it has proven to be a disaster. 3) Lastly, there is a benefit in older platforms in that they have been tested and revised over and over. Weaknesses have been fixed. Failure-prone parts have been redesigned. Also typically, a platform doesn't stick around long enough to become old if it isn't good. New platforms have to start from scratch. Of course, a new platform has to start somewhere. :)

@@Trifler500 Great reply. You brought up things I hadn't even considered. I think #3 is probably why it's still used to this day. Tweeks and fixes and updates make an already good machine viable for much longer.

@@MDestron2282 Thanks. :)

Wow

Not to mention one got shot down (pilot was rescued) during the same mission and one landed with one engine blown off at a captured Iragi Air Base (so no cameras), I know because I saw it! They had to fly lower than normal that day due to dust conditions to support the ground troops entering Baghdad...

Wasn't she a cheerleader in college? I do remember a story about that.

The black " Triangle " is the B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber.. We also have the F-117A Stealth Fighter .. But what I love is the F-35 Joint Strike Figher and the F-22 Raptor .. Which America will not sell to anyone .. Its ours .. lol

@@krisfahnz The F-117 was "retired" in 2008 primarily due to the fielding of the F-22 Raptor. Despite its official retirement, a portion of the fleet has been kept in airworthy condition, and Nighthawks have been observed flying since 2009. (my bet is the CIA is flying them)

@@douglascampbell9809 It would still be a interesting craft for them to look up do to its unique design .

HELLO McFly ‼️‼️‼️ During a Refilling exercise.... As seen here... When they fire their "Chats".... It's a sign of "Thank You, Have a great day"...

The F-22 and 35 are sold to many of our allies around the world. I work for Lockheed Martin. Not trying to be a jerk, just clearing up a misconception.

Your father was an ammo troop? Hell yeah. So am I. AC130s mostly.

@@Khemtime this is a plain that or NZ. Family should see. The AC 130 GUN SHIP.

Busy "passing gas", eh? 😃

And makes it harder for an IR-guided SAM to get an "off-axis lock on" (ie not looking up the tailpipes at the exhaust plume) because the wings block the engine's IR signature from the ground on side shots.

Hey that Cobra is still making bad guys shake in their boots.

@@jaymellenen2088 Yes when I was in we watched a firepower demo of the Cobra. They could feather the props and you wouldn't hear them until too late. They would light you up then fly over checking out the damage truly awesome.

Bring the Rain !

@@melvinsmiley5295 😂🤣😂🤣

AC-130 ABOVE

Definitely!

It was God almighty!

I was so proud Denzel of you ! ❤😊

@@user-pp5ri9dq4y No it was a well engineered plane with redundant controls. Please don't inject your religion on others.

@@Zankaroo 😃 👍

Interject your faith in God any time you like. Don't let the naysayers get you down.

They basically designed the airframe around the gun didn't they?

@@fubar1217 Yep. They even had to do slight modifications to the frame and engine placement to reduce the possibility of the burned/burning propellant messing with the engine's air supply because early tests showed that the GAU fired so much, so quickly that the ejected gases could cause engine stall-outs.

@@fubar1217 Yeah they did. There is a more detailed video documentry where the designers talk about the design of the aircraft and becouse they was designing it for CAS they first picked out the cannon and pretty mutch build a plane design around it. The A-10 isent a plane with a cannon. It´s a flying cannon.

@@Shiftry87 The cannon fires on centerline and the nose wheel is offset to make room for it.

How cool!!

I live near the former England Air Force base in Louisiana where the A-10 were stationed. I do miss seeing those bad boys.

@@markcosenza3274 Exactly right. Then the squadron was transferred to a base on the east coast yet still made their cross-country runs to the Peason bombing range. My brother taught math and shop at Alexandria Junior Hig.

Same here - I had a low fly by over my condo around 2006 where they were using a local small airport for exercises. Scared the cr@p out of me! NH

Let it light up above you while in a fire fight. Our best friend!!!! Love the A-10.

I got to sit in one at an airshow! The crew had a dummy round from the GAU-8 that was the size of my forearm! One of the coolest experiences I've had!

F-21 (or 22..?) flight maneuverability seems pretty awesome too!

note: the plural of aircraft is aircraft, no s

Thank you for your service sir, God bless you!

I was working a tank range in Germany in '77. I heard the brrrrt and my moving target panel came back in shreds. I peaked out from the bunker to see it.

@@dislodgedhunters4071 OMG! I can only imagine what that was like peeking out and seeing that! Thanks for sharing and your service. I only seen that in video not in real life. Must have been a sight!

I'm pretty sure they're slinging more than 10 rounds at a time.

In the maximum two seconds of firing they’re letting go approximately 115 rounds. In the first second, as it takes a fraction of a second for the gun’s rotation to come up to speed, it fires approximately 50 rounds.

My dad served in Germany briefly during the early 80s (so, WEST Germany, technically) as a Ground Radar operator/tech (he was a Warrant Officer in charge of the unit). He told me of a time when they were having war games and his radars had been set on a hill at the edge of a forest. Across the valley in front of them, coming out of the trees on the opposite hill, they both saw and detected on their radar a group of "enemy" tanks. There were no battle groups nearby to protect them, so they frantically radioed in that there were tanks in front of them and to send help fast before the tanks spotted them. They waited nervously as the tanks rolled by along the opposite ridge, hoping they wouldn't see the radars. Dad said he heard a whistling noise but couldn't tell what it was or where it was coming from. The radars were directional, and only saw what was in front of them, which happened to be the unit of tanks. Suddenly two A-10s flew right over their radar units, JUST above the trees, and dove for the tanks. Of course, it was war games, so the A-10s didn't actually shoot at the tanks, just recorded them as kills and then flew off. He always said that he heard nothing but the whistle until they screamed by directly overhead.

Lol, I once lived 15 miles from a USAF range. You are correct on how quiet the A-10 is, except when they fire up the GAU-8......that you hear 20 miles away......

In BRRRRRRT we trust.

God farts is the funniest thing I've read tonight.

We have Martin State Airport here in Baltimore where well over a dozen of these A-10s stationed. I always love driving past the airstrip and seeing those Warthogs under the canopy, next to the roadway in plain view, ready-to-go

I saw a story that A-10 pilots participate in mock air battles against jets to learn tactics and the like and one thing the A-10 has working for it is the fact it can turn so quickly. The opposing jet has one of two choices at that point deal with the GAU-8 pointing at it or turn tail and then have a Sidewinder fired at its hot tail.

Yeah, from my understanding, the incorporation of computer-elements is the only significant change in like ~30-40 years, right?

@@jonathankozenko correct

Why replace what already works, right?

@@Angry_Mechanic Precisely! It fits the mission statement brilliantly.

Day in the life of a New Zealand family video coming soon!

Jacksonville FL, reporting in….

@@work1284 Also Jacksonville.

Ya the Frogfoot is not doing so hot in the Ukraine. I think Drones and man portable missile firepower has changed everything. Powered armor next? You can bet every world power with a significant tank force is working hard on point defense systems for their armor if they can afford it.

the f 1 11 did more work and the 30mm could barely pen m48s in testing, and the a10 the has the same problem as ww2 il2s and typhoons where they hit their target but not do any actual damage

And they had to be externally mounted to fit the cannon into the fuselage

@@kloeptomaniac I've seen the picture of the GAU-8 next to a VW Beetle.

Thank you for your service sir, God bless you!

They are also shielded somewhat from ground fire by the wings and empennage. The engines are left-right interchangeable as are many of the control surfaces.

They are also spaced apart so if a missile hits one, the other should still be fine. They are also oversized high-bypass and heavily armored. They can chew up small arms fire without reducing combat capability.

They are also placed high up so that in the event air fields are taken out they can land and take off on make-shift highways and roads set up with fuel and munitions vehicles. With high air intake there is less chance of ground debris being sucked into the turbines on takeoffs.

All true..

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy birthday!