And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Beautiful isn't it? And they want to retire it for some hi-tech wonder that is probably going to be like the F-35, a jack of all trades, master of none.
If I were a Marine AVIATOR, I'd still have extreme red-rash that the Corps didn't lobby hard enough to relieve AF of A-10's when they had half-a-chance.
The military loves the A-10. The Air Force, which, of course, is not part of the military, hates it because it isn't cool enough, and they want to replace it with cooler $100 million aircraft because, well...just because.
If you are in a world of shit, one of the most beautiful sounds is the whine of the turbo-fan then the burp of the GAU-8 as it obliterates tangos that had been raining shit on you.
This is the baddest air frame ever... It should stay in production forever. I've heard that the force of the gun is so powerful that it actually slows forward motion to a slight extent. Don't know how accurate that is but there must be something to it.
For about 20 years I lived a couple of miles from the Lake City Army ammunition plant. They have a couple of static mounted 30mm cannons among other weapons on their range. Every couple of weeks they would quality check the rounds they made. 5 to 10 second bursts. The sound is hard to describe, I would hate to be on the receiving end.
The closest thing to a mechanical orgasm.
ReplyDeleteLead? Depleted uranium!
ReplyDeleteOr tungsten alloy ...
DeleteJust a euphemism, John. We know.
ReplyDeleteJust a euphemism, John. We know.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful isn't it? And they want to retire it for some hi-tech wonder that is probably going to be like the F-35, a jack of all trades, master of none.
ReplyDeleteWere I an Air Force Pilot, the A-10 would be my ride of choice....
ReplyDeleteIf I were a Marine AVIATOR, I'd still have extreme red-rash that the Corps didn't lobby hard enough to relieve AF of A-10's when they had half-a-chance.
ReplyDeleteThe military loves the A-10. The Air Force, which, of course, is not part of the military, hates it because it isn't cool enough, and they want to replace it with cooler $100 million aircraft because, well...just because.
ReplyDeleteWorked A-10s 1978-80, they are a thing of beauty
ReplyDeleteA Gau8 30mm round, a M-61 20mm round, 50 cal casing and a 9mm for scale
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The bubble canopy is so large it has it's own weather system. I should be so lucky to fly a Thunderbolt.
ReplyDeleteAwsome photograph. Why are all the trees orange?
ReplyDeleteIf you are in a world of shit, one of the most beautiful sounds is the whine of the turbo-fan then the burp of the GAU-8 as it obliterates tangos that had been raining shit on you.
ReplyDeleteThis is the baddest air frame ever...
ReplyDeleteIt should stay in production forever.
I've heard that the force of the gun
is so powerful that it actually slows
forward motion to a slight extent.
Don't know how accurate that is but
there must be something to it.
That was true of all aircraft with substantial forward firing guns. 8 .50bmg's, 4 20mm, etc. The more ammo it throws, the slower you go.
DeleteBRAAAAAAAP! BRAAAAAAAAP! I love it...didn't they learn from the first Gulf war not to get rid of the best ground support aircraft ever?
ReplyDeleteFor about 20 years I lived a couple of miles from the Lake City Army ammunition plant. They have a couple of static mounted 30mm cannons among other weapons on their range. Every couple of weeks they would quality check the rounds they made. 5 to 10 second bursts. The sound is hard to describe, I would hate to be on the receiving end.
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