A-10 Warthog Close Air Support Exercise • Live Fire GAU-8

A-10 Thunderbolt "Warthogs" fly close-air-support maneuvers at Nevada Test and Training Range, firing GAU-8 Avenger guns and rockets at ground targets. Unit - 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron (422 TES) - U.S. Air Force
Film Credits: William Lewis, SrA Rachel Maxwell
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[themightymeme]

The whistle the plane makes when it flies by is thrilling.

[bossman]

The A-10 is the accessory and the GAU/8 is the main attraction, lol

[JimForeman]

I know a lady who flew Warthogs during Desert Storm.

[Laserfox]

I hope I get today that plane someday.

[MusashinoZero]

During the CNN shots of Baghdad and all of the AA flak that was being let off did you notice how they weren't hitting anything, so it seems confusing to me why you would want to present an easy target to the enemy like the A-10 or the Tornado. As for closeness that would be better left to a drone.

[justafoon]

Why put a gun on a plane when you can put a plane on a gun?

[MusashinoZero]

Its a little dated, that and the Tornado were getting shot down by Iraqi anti-aircraft fire in Gulf War I because they fly too low.