As an army vet, all i can say is when the fertilizer hits the rotary ventilation system, nothing can give you more hope than a freaking A10 rolling in. How can you beat a gun that had a plane built around it

@JacKnife3705

4 ай бұрын

“When the fertilizer hits the rotary ventilation system” imma use that

@kenf3539

4 ай бұрын

"when the fertilizer hits the rotary ventilation system" is as good as "Up a river of excrement with a Native American water vessel without a means of propulsion."

@Svensk7119

4 ай бұрын

No, it's better!!!!!

@davidherzog58

4 ай бұрын

AMEN. I grew up saying, "When the Deification contacts the Rotary Oscillator" While I had my Boots in the sand, there was no sound we loved more than the twin engines of our Beloved Warthog coming over the hill, and the glorious farting noise she made when she blew her nose.

@shadowangel3995

3 ай бұрын

@@JacKnife3705 @melvance7281 I love this.

The plane was built around the gun!! Former Marine infantry officer and the A10 was an angel on our shoulders!!

@steeljawX

4 ай бұрын

I imagine the planning meeting was one of those stereotypical joke ones of people mulling about a table with various schematics and equations scattered all over. In the middle of the table there's a small model of the GAU-8 and then someone in complete frustration takes a model P-47 and slams it down on top of the GAU-8 model and then someone else was like, "Jones, you're an absolute genius!!!!!" And that becomes the pitch phrase of the A-10. "We're not putting the gun into an airplane, we're putting the airplane ON the gun.....Go with our idea and we'll throw in a titanium bathtub for free."

@417jumps3

4 ай бұрын

@@steeljawX they were doing all of that thinking in a closed-door room drinking tequila and smoking some natural grass and came up with that idea!!

My grandfather, who just passed away last week, was the primary flight test engineer on the A-10 and literally wrote the book on how this plane was tested before it was put into service.

I’ve seen a lot of A-10 videos and this is one of the better ones. The pilots love this plane because it’s a true gunfighter aircraft. Just one person and a big, bad, gun. Enemy troops were terrified of this very distinctive aircraft.

The plane being built around a gun means that technically the A-10 isn’t a plane with missiles and a gun. No, it’s a gun with wings, and missiles. Lol Edit: Therefore the pilot is the Stick Operator lol

I don't think boots on the ground will ever let the designated close air support disappear to a multi role. If not the a10 it'll be more like a10 remastered.

Honestly love the real engineering channels stuff as they go way more in depth about the stuff they cover then most others do. Makes for better reactions as well imo as you’re getting a lot of detailed information you’d never notice otherwise.

There's a video about a female A10 pilot who flew her badly damaged A10 back to base using manual flight controls after her hydraulic controls were shot out

@thememeking1070

4 ай бұрын

Black rifle coffee

@davidherzog58

4 ай бұрын

Her name: Capt. Kim "killer chick" Campbell, Her plane was hit over Bagdad while flying close air support on a cloudy day, and had to fly the plane 300 miles back to Kuwait without the hydraulics. the plane is on display at Seymour Johnson Air Force base in North Carolina. Sorry for the rant. my head is full of Semi Useless information, and sometimes it just spills out.

@taobarb1

4 ай бұрын

@@davidherzog58not a rant! It’s really impressive info about an amazing pilot who knew and trusted her airframe.

@susanwahl6322

4 ай бұрын

I have Kim Campbell’s book, Flying in The Face of Fear. It’s very interesting.

@nathanmeece9794

4 ай бұрын

@@susanwahl6322 I'm going to have to get me a copy

The enemy knows the sound of this plane but by then TO LATE.

I was canoeing on a river when an A-10 flew over at tree top level. We waved to each other. Actually, the barrel on right side of the gun is on the centerline of the A-10.

@shadowangel3995

3 ай бұрын

If I remember correctly, it’s due to the recoil. It would affect the ability to fly correctly.

The sharks teeth on the A10 is the insignia of the flying tigers. Check out the info on the flying tigers during ww2.

When i was a kid i had the privilege of not only taking a photo of myself with the plane parked and even touching it but also to see a live demonstration near the airstrip at the airshow Let me tell you one thing: that gun's armor-piercing incendiary round is like an inferno when it hits the ground, i could feel my face melting from 150-250 meters away from the impacts so it definitely wrecks more than havoc, it rains absolute armageddon on the enemy This plane is incredibly deadly to anything that exists, metal or flesh When they tell you the air around you burns and you start suffocating, thats not even half of it because it assumes you have not been burned alive before that even happens If the AC-130 is the angel of death well the A-10 is the angel of terror

Check out "A10 close call". It's a short video about brits a little close. You can hear the roar of the gun after the impact of the rounds. Very good insight on what's it's like on the wrong side of this gun!

The pilots of the A-10 train for CAS. Also remember the ones looking to get rid of the A10 are the very same people (Air Force Brass) that had aircraft made with no guns, because there would never be dog fights again, because it would be (over the horizon missiles, guess what they needed those guns after all. They were wrong then and they are wrong now.

@samanderson7745

4 ай бұрын

You hit it right on. Sure, the F-35, and even F-16 (both thankfully have guns) have their places on the battlefield, but so does the A-10. That same brass would shit a hard turd if an F-35 pilot brought their aircraft 100ft above active combat to put rounds on target. In many cases the gun is the morale killer of the enemy over any rocket or bomb. Plus, when the pilot can bank at low altitude and give a salute to their comrades on the ground it gives that 19 year old a bit more hope that he's going to make it home, thereby keeping our morale high.

@prisoner6266

4 ай бұрын

It could do with a decent targeting package, though. Binoculars don't really cut it when you're that high up and need to fly the plane at the same time. That said, the gun probably needs some tweaking, too, as it struggles against most "modern" armour (something something 10-15% pen rate over 10 strafes against 30+ year old tanks). Also needs a way to counter the new ManPADSs that are around today while it strafes, but that might require a whole-ass redesign.

I mean, you basically described the epitome of the USA there James. Most other nations look at the problem like, "How do we build an aircraft that can carry more armaments into the air?" The USA looked at the problem in an inverse manner. It wasn't how do we put more armament onto an aircraft?" It was, "How do we get this gun airborne?" In a sense the F-22 and F-35 have followed similar practices when you think about it. There very much so was this, "We've got this stealth technology. How do we fit a fighter inside it?!" rather than, "Okay we now have a fighter. What do we need to do to make it stealthy?"

Aco 2/64 Armor, 3rd ID Schweinfurt Ger. When the Warthogs came in '78, we loved them. We still had M-60s but were getting M-1s soon. I came home in '79.

The gun sounds incredible!!!!

I fell in love with the A-10 the day I went to Wright-Patterson Air Force museum. The A-10 display has a short video of a tank, the BRRRT, a cloud of dust, then no more tank. "Hole-lee She-IT" The plane went to #1 on my list and remained there. This was 45 years ago.

GE was like, we need to make wings for this gun. Fairchild was like, done. Do not ever doubt America's ability to make an absolute Death Machine. This is probably one of the most terrifying Aircrafts in modern times and ever far back as the infamous Vought Corsair, another Air to ground death machine, it was nicknamed Whistling death by the enemy typically as it was proving to be an excellent close air support Aircraft. 🇺🇲

This is one of the best A-10 documentaries I have seen. And as always nicely done guys.. The last A-10 was built in 1984. They just keep upgrading it. There is talk of a brand new version but as yet it's merely talk and dreams of what it may look like. Congress has tried again and again to cancel the project in favor of something new. But nothing has been put forth that will take on this role as well as the Warthog. I've seen the hog up close and even held some of the rounds from it's main gun. It sounds like someone ripping canvas when it fires It also has an unmistakable sound when it flies. Sort of like a high pitched whine

@CaptainFrost32

4 ай бұрын

And if you can hear it, you weren't the the target. :) The depleted uranium rounds were faster than sound, meaning they hit the target first, followed by the report after.

Unfortunately, earlier this month, the announcement was made that David Monthan Air Base (Home of the A-10) is getting ready to start retiring this amazing aircraft. Sad, that an aircraft that can take damage like the A-10 is going to be replaced by another airframe that cannot.

You'll have to visit Tucson Arizona to see the hogs flying around

here we call it a stick shift, or manual transmission....but, i guess everyone has their own way of naming things 😁 note: the Armor piercing rounds are actually made of depleted uranium (uranium that isnt radioactive), which they never seem to say in any of the videos, glad they point that out here btw.

@randalmayeux8880

4 ай бұрын

Or sometimes we say, "four on the floor", or three on the tree".

It's not a fighter jet; it's a ground support aircraft and tank killer.!

The A10 is not a "fighter plane." It is an air-ground platform.

As an American army brat lived many years in that corridor of war before the fall of the Berlin wall and communism.. 2:55

You really know that the Puzzle Palace (Pentagon) has totally lost it when they want to replace the Hawg with the F-35 Fat Amy. I call the Fat Amy the "Flying Waiver".

@donaldstewart8342

4 ай бұрын

F-35 jack of all trades ,master of none

@tbolt2948

4 ай бұрын

I've said that myself. It's like the FB-111 except the Aardvark actually found a niche it was good at.

Is this a tank in the air basically that's what they fight. They flew over my head all through my childhood

It is not a fighter plane. It is a ground support plane.

Gandalf is a character from the lord of the rings... it's a classic series. The author is from England! Lol

My favorite aircraft.

When I was in the US Marine Corps I was stationed at El Toro Marine Corp Air Station there was an A-10 squadron there. Their engines have a unique sound. I live in the high country of Colorado. Sometimes they fly up here to get some mountain flying in. One time 2 of them flew directly over my home.

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The A-10 was designed to do one thing and one thing only, close air support it was designed to fly low and slow and still be able to maneuver no other military aircraft is capable of doing what the Hog does

There is one huge difference in the ability of an A-10 and any "fast jet" replacement (F-16, F-35). That is loiter time over the target area. An A-10 can literally stay over a target area for hours at a time, and its relatively slow speed allows it to stay very close to that area. A fast jet's loiter time is measured in minutes (tens of minutes at best), and every run takes it miles away from the target area.

Kind of off the subject here, but although I know you kids don’t review a lot of tv shows or movies, try the American tv show “24”. You have to watch them in order but once you start it will be hard to stop.

Fun fact: because the rounds are fired from the GAU 8A move faster than the speed of sound, you hear the rounds hitting their target before you actually hear the rounds being fired. And if all rounds were fired continuously, the plane would stall and fall out of the air! The hog is typically flown in pairs that enter the battle space and swoop in, alternating with one another in a scissoring sort of maneuver and then come around and hit again if targets were missed or added. It is a crazy, formidable aircraft flown close enough to the ground for pilots to look into the eyes of their targets. None of the fighter jet pilots can say the same!

The only mistake they make is calling it the lightning bolt, it's actually the A-10 ThunderBolt II nicknamed Warthog. This channel has lots of great videos.

@tj_2701

4 ай бұрын

I'm talking about the Real Engineering channel

A10 is probably gonna join that short list of things we can't get rid of because its so effective, like the BUFF & M2 50 Cal Machine Gun

So not a fighter. But she is a beast of a close air support system. Everyone of us ground guys appreciated her

the f-16 have different roles from the a10. sure f-16s etc.. are faster more nimble etc..but they arent really meant for low altitude flying but they also more fragile and expensive. the a10 can take more punishment and is easier to fix. fighter planes arent. fighter planes have speed yes but if they lost that speed theyld be sitting ducks

@tbolt2948

4 ай бұрын

While the Hawg is King the Viper can fly a maverick and give the enemy an enema.

When my son was in Afghanistan in the Marines in, I believe 2005, he was a forward observer and designated marksman among other things. He would call for what they thought was appropriate weaponry to deal with the Taliban, whether tanks or helicopters or whatever. He had A-10's come in off and on and though he was a PFC part of that time before becoming a corporal due to Operation Whalers, there was a female pilot who was an officer that was one of his favorites because not only was she good at her job, but he could flirt with her. Marines get the job done whatever the risks, I guess, especially when you're 19. Also, though depleted uranium isn't radioactive, the dust it makes is toxic, which is where the increased risk of cancer comes from. Some Abrams tanks have side armor made of depleted uranium and the people dealing with it have to be careful with it for that reason. I guess it would be somewhat comparable to asbestos in that way.

@JustMe-dc6ks

4 ай бұрын

All uranium is radioactive. Depleted uranium is enriched in U-238 the most stable isotope so less radioactive than plain uranium. And yes you’re right that chemical toxicity of the dust produced by impact is the primary health risk other than being hit by it.

@vampiro4236

4 ай бұрын

There was a female AC-130 navigator (later pilot) named Allison Black who was well known in Afghanistan for basically being the queen of putting warheads on foreheads. She was nicknamed the Angel of Death and in those early days the Taliban knew that moniker and were scared to death of that one. Gotta wonder if your son was ever on the horn with her.

Another name for a pilot is a Stick Jockey

Genuinely my favorite warplane, and I'm not the type who trivializes or fetishizes war. But this thing is just plain goddamned FINE engineering. They took a big gun and built an airplane around it. I mean... come on, that's just badass! We have several stationed at a base north of Detroit, which used to be stationed at a base in Battle Creek, and every so often (not so much since the move, but sometimes still), they'll come fly some training maneuvers over my town, and maybe stop at our airport to refuel before heading back home. Lemme tell ya, even though you know that they're not loaded and they're just doing some practice flights, when you hear those engines and see that nose pointing directly at you while you're watching from your balcony, it's just a LITTLE bit of a "holy crap" moment! 😄

Dude check out new Super A-10 Warthog it's new and cooler. Former operator A-10's always saves the day!

The warthog is a big asset on battlegrounds

A few weeks ago I was coming home from south Georgia, US to Florida. There's a base nearby and a couple of them flew overhead 3 times. I heard that the people who fly them as stick operators and not pilots because it's a flying pew pew.

They got a detail wrong, the shells aren't retained to prevent damage, that's an easy enough problem to handle. The problem is that when you expend that much ammo, that is that large, that quickly, if you eject the shells to center of mass shifts so radically, so quickly that it can destabilize the aircraft and make it very hard to control, so it shifts them back into the fuselage in a way that keeps the weight near the planes centerline, also prevents needing to worry about assembling ammo chains that drops lengths, keeps the belts fully reusable. So while it may help prevent damage, in one way, the primary reason for keeping the shell casings on board is to help reduce the rapid shifting of weight when the gun is operating, it still shifts the planes center of mass, but it helps quiet a bit using the spent shells like ballast.

The sound of freedom goes Brrrrrrrrrrttttttttt

Better watch out when the sky starts farting!

The last word I have heard is it’s going to be rewinged and upgraded to seamlessly communicate with all airborne assets. This communication includes the A10 can review all weapons on surrounding airborne assets and request control of the weapon on a plane nearby. This is also expected to the new x drone called the ultimate wingman and other drones. The rewinging also allows the A10 to be loaded out with all the Air Force weapons and better optics. Thanks for sharing. American loves the under dog that wins and saves the day.

T here is a good one about the SR71 called the la speed story

one update since this video came out is that the price of buying a brand new F-35 all spect out for ground support, is actually cheaper than to buy the necessary upgrades for the A-10 to carry out the same roles. Except for the gun, the F-35 can pretty much carry out the same duties as the A-10 but for less and with better sensors and technology to aid it and nearby allies. Not trying to diminish the use of the A-10, but shows its only a matter of time before it too retires and makes room for the next generation.

For a video describing the A-10's ability to fly after damage, check out the story of pilot Kim, KC, "Killer Chick" Campbell who refused to bailout over Baghdad after her A-10 was heavily damaged while providing CAS to troops on the ground and had to fly in manual reversion. The video is put out by Black Rifle Coffee. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dIF1zaZrqJTbiqg.htmlsi=mh3atTGmW8P18qTV

You're not flying a plane, you're flying a gun-- stick operator

Although ground troops resoundingly love the A-10 arriving overhead, the critics of the A-10 are usually not disputing its affect on the ground in a high intensity battlefield. They are pointing out some shortcoming the A-10 has when compared to other aircraft. Although it is really fast when compared to foot soldiers, tanks and jeeps, its actually pretty slow compared to other aircraft. That makes it vulnerable to other aircraft. All that really means is that it is tougher to use prior to air superiority being established. But once the F-16's, F-18's and F-35's have established air superiority, the A-10 is free to move in and do what it does for the ground troops. In that role, it really has no rivals. The gun, the bomb and missile loads, the durability and the loiter time (amount of time it can linger over a battle) is unmatched. Its relative slowness becomes an advantage over an aircraft like an F-16 in that it moves slow enough for the pilots to get a decent view of their target. An F-16 comes in so fast it has less time to look over the entire area. It basically needs to have a target pointed out for it so it can more or less be guided into the exact target and take a few quick (but accurate) shots. An A-10 can visually get a better understanding of the layout of the area. Its hands down the greatest aircraft ever created for the purpose of taking on entire battalions of enemy tanks and other ground targets.

Not Lightening Bolt but Thunderbolt 2 to honor the best ground attack aircraft of WW2-the P-47 Thunderbolt but the troops just call it the Hog!

The A-37 Dragonfly is considered by some to be the grand father of the A-10 Warthog

Aka the fart of death. That's what it sounds like from a distance. Some people call manual transmissions straight shifts for some reason 🤔

Instead of replacing the A10, they decided to upgrade it 😁

A-10 Thunderbolt (aka _"Warthog")_

My friend is in the us reserves and works with a10 he’s a loader on the ground I have several empty casing from this gun I hope to get enough to make a night stand or something with them

Most fighters now do have an APU

Expenses is the exact reason why I dont get replacing the A-10 with the F-35. Why put such an expensive aircraft at risk flying low altitude operations? Plus the cost of maintenance is going to be much higher for the F-35 than the A-10. While it would be nice to have another aircraft capable of of ground support I see no reason to retire the A-10.

@tbolt2948

4 ай бұрын

To put it simply the Fat Amy is a PO💩 that just crashed while it was parked and the pilot was climbing out of it. 😂

@Sheppart92

4 ай бұрын

Simple reason. They cant make money with the A10 that is cheap while a new extremly expensive and complexe machine brings the government and weapon manufacterer more money. They dont really care anymore nowadays if something works really well, as long as it brings them money.

@tbolt2948

4 ай бұрын

I've said for years that someone in Congress is getting rich from that hunk of junk, Fat Amy.

First love the channel keep it up

I hope you don't take this as criticism, but as knowledge to make your channel better. Your thumbnail uses the term fighter in reference to the A10. The letter at the beginning is a description of the planes mission. A = attack F = fighter C = cargo O = observation P = patrol Plus others such as SR, FA, AC and others I can't remember. Love your content and as a grandparent I love seeing Archie change as he grows.

With all of the atributes, makes me wonder WHY AF generals are constantly trying to retire this OUTSTANDING war plane!!!

@davidherzog58

4 ай бұрын

because they have to justify spending shit tons of money on their news shinny toys, so they say hey, lets save money by getting rid of some of our old, yet perfectly good older toys.

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@runrafarunthebestintheworld

4 ай бұрын

Yeah she looks tired but thats life with a baby.

@Cody38Super

4 ай бұрын

@@runrafarunthebestintheworldoh, I know, I was one once, and I was exhausting!

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An A-10 costs $10 million, an F-16 costs $63 million. The math is pretty obvious buy what you need for a fighter, then use the rest of the money to buy A-10s. You don't discontinue a plane designed for ground support. Yes, you can use a fighter for some ground support with PGMs, but a fighter can only do a limited amount of ground support with PGMs. The only costs I'm not aware of is whether a drone might be cheaper (or whether a drone version of this plane could be made).

The A-10, A is for attack....F is for fighter...etc. Great old plane, served us well(most of the time), a lot of troops love it, many dead by it, but time to go, retire. The sun sets on every cowboy one day.

@user-nr5ux7gr2g

4 ай бұрын

Of course it has more blue on blue since it's the only fixed wing aircraft using a gun for CAS ( AC -30 does very little CAS) and does the majority of CAS support and it's not going anywhere

@jonathanfreedom1st

4 ай бұрын

Disagree. When something isn't broken don't fix it.

@chrissauter7501

4 ай бұрын

The Air Force has been trying to find a replacement for it. Every time I come across an A10 pilot, I try to pay that person's bill (if at a business) as I have been on the ground with their direct support many times.

@tbolt2948

4 ай бұрын

Do you really think the Fat Amy is going to be able to move mud like the Hawg? Get real.

@Cody38Super

4 ай бұрын

@@chrissauter7501that's very respectfulof you, good on bro...the F-35'snot the gun...but the weapons suite more than replaces the A-10.

Actually they just upgraded the new A10. So they will be around for a long time yet.

outside wasn't the annoying noise😮

You should do a video on Britain's unkillable soldier he has a pretty amazing story most unkillable soldier in the recorded world

Everytime u paused the video u did it right when a important fact was being told. You compleatly missed the part about the pilot be inside a Titanian bath tube. So that fire from the ground couldnt hurt the pilot. Its like sitting on your helmet in a chopper in vienam.

Americans only refer to a manual transmission as a stick shift. But that's probably what you meant.

@fyvefouroh

4 ай бұрын

I'm American, I call it a manual

Dear Shire Folk , The A-10 is a ground attack aircraft. It is NOT a fighter aircraft.

After serving in the Marine Corps being supported by these aircraft, my husband spent 11 years working on loading these hogs and then added repairing and maintaining the GAU 8A Gatling gun both in Michigan with the Michigan ANG 127th Wing and during some pretty remarkable deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. There is no more proven, effective and reliable air frame, and the close air support it provides to Marines and soldiers. Despite it not being pretty or high tech, it does its work and has far fewer things in or on it to go wrong. Honestly, it’d be perfect for the Ukrainians!

She’s ugly but beautiful! Saves so many lives on the ground. Turns so many skirmishes and battlegrounds into used car lots (or garbage dumps)! An outstanding machine!

It's not "hawk", it's "hog".

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It will be kept it has gone through another upgrade not long ago It is not going anywhere

The A-10 was built for one job, Close Air Support. The F-14, F-15 and now F-22 were/are built as Interceptors and Air superiority fighters. The F-16, F/A-18, and the newer F-35 are 'General Purpose' fighters. Although, I have my doubts about the F/A-18. Really though, smaller planes can be classified into 3 roles: Ground Support Air Superiority General Purpose. IMHO, the U.S. is going the wrong way in pushing GP 'fighter' aircraft over everything else. Thinking that a 'super-modern' F-35' can be as or more effective than a 60-year-old A-10 with a massive gun, when in the same situation. Or that a 'super-modern F-35' could even beat a previous gen pure dogfighter/interceptor like the F-15 or F/A-18. The F-35 is a "Jack of all Trades, Master of None." It was a waste of engineering talent. That is NO WAY to run a military superpower.

Pause the video as much as you need to, just remember to go back a few seconds before you resume so you don't miss anything. At one point you even unpaused it while still talking to each other completely missing what was said. Otherwise great video.

I love your fascination with our military equipment, this being one of them. What made this one so interesting to you? Of course, being an American, I am partial to our stuff, but after watching many hours of WWII history here on KZread, like probably well over 100, I have a lot of respect for the aircraft and tanks and things of England. Your fighters and bombers and other weapons were quite good, though to me, though the Lancaster was an excellent bomber, in some ways more capable than the B-17 and B-24, especially with the weird "Dam Buster" bombs which no other bomber could do, it's pretty ugly. But the A-10 isn't pretty either and look what it does. Not to mention, the first real jet engine was invented by one of your guys and he did an amazing job The only thing I thought was just plain stupid was fitting the excellent Spitfires and Hurricanes with .303 caliber machine guns. Why would you use a hopped-up rifle cartridge to shoot at enemy aircraft, rather than the excellent cannons that were used later or something like the .50 caliber machine guns ours used, which we could have provided under lend-lease. They could have developed it along with the aircraft and it would have made a very effective plane even more so. Oh well, who knows what they were thinking, but it just doesn't seem logical. Otherwise, I have a lot of respect for your weaponry, including the odd modern bullpup rifles. But our company Springfield Armory is doing a semi-automatic type of bullpup too, so there must be some interest in them here. Anyway, I hope all three of you are doing well and it's always good to see you. If you happen to make it to the NW on your upcoming trip, I would hope to maybe meet up.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrt

The fat electrician has a great video on this plane

I love all the talk of the modern field and what we're seeing with drone warfare in Ukraine. But i cal tell you there's NOTHING modern about being on the ground getting shot at. Planes like the a-10 will forever be needed in my opinion

@Raivo_K

4 ай бұрын

Indeed. I don't get people arguing against giving at least some A-10's to Ukraine. They say it is a contested air space due to SAM's and MANPAD's but every point outlined in the original video applies perfectly to Ukraine: low cost, ability to run without significant infrastructure, extreme surviveability etc.

I had a thought concerning your upcoming US trip..I believe you said you have decided to visit Texas, That’s great. Also I don’t know if I recall the date correctly but I’m thinking you said April?..if so on April 8 of 2024 a total eclipse of the Sun will take place across the USA, and the path takes it (for total eclipse area) thru Texas!.. this information is available online and how cool it would be for your channel to be there for it!!..just a thought,

If somebody describes the A-10 as a fighter, please laugh in their face. The A-10 was never intended for air combat against other jet aircraft. It was built to destroy tanks and other ground targets. It carries some air-to-air missiles for self defense, or engaging enemy helicopters.

As a counterpoint to this video, watch LazerPig's video about the A-10. The aircraft is downright dangerous to EVERYONE on the ground, not just the enemy, and the upgrade package to fix its issues, specifically the radar and other associated identification systems, costs nearly as much as a brand new F-35. Sure, it can take hits, but they do not fly again after getting their crews home, which is the important part, but no, they do not get repaired and sent back out. No aircraft does though.

when you pause....you need to (rewind) go back a few seconds because you always pause in the middle of a sentence or word. Not only do we miss what was being said...but so do you....most vloggers learned to rewind a few seconds....it makes a more pleasant view.