USAF - The A-10 Thunderbolt/Warthog

[Shinji]

So i'm planning to join the air force this year and applying to be either a forward air controller or an A-10 pilot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m-GzBYDqTs

PPPPPPPPPPPPBBBBBBBBBBBBBRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRR

That sound you hear after the lights is the actual cannon firing.

The A-10, is, as mentioned in the video, the hand of God.

And now incase you don't know what this mother forgeter is:



It's basically a gun with a plane around it, literally. The plane had to be constructed around the gun because the gun and it's ammo are so large. It has a 30mm cannon mounted on the front, and it forgets stuff up. Now, what does this gun look like by itself you ask?



This monster fires 30mm rounds that usually include depleted uranium. Yeah, it'll forget you up.

I cannot wait to become a pilot of one of these things, or even experience it taking out a Taliban hideout.

Discuss how awesome the A-10 is.

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[Demitiri]

Wasn't this the one that replaced the P-40?
or the P-38?

[zackin5]

BBBBRRRRRRRR

BBBBRRRRRRRR

forget yeah.

Edit:

Oh, and what it's like being on the receiving end.

[Shinji]

Wasn't this the one that replaced the P-40?
or the P-38?

Not that I know of. And forget yeah Zackin5, i've seen that video. Turns out one of them didn't make it out.

[HelplessNobb88]

Go for the A-10. Pilots have had engines shot off and not even know about it.

[ShadowsfeaR]

Those things fire depleted uranium. Penetrates damn near anything. :I

[Night Fox]

Apaches.

[Shinji]

Apaches.

Favorite heli.

Love the cannon on that thing too.

[Sebster 105]

Oh, and what it's like being on the receiving end.

American's can't shoot straight :/

[Fredulus]

Go for the A-10. Pilots have had engines shot off and not even know about it.

uh
how does that work? o.0 lol

[Night Fox]

Favorite heli.
Love the cannon on that thing too.

I could say the same about A-10s.
When I do play Ace Combat 6, that's the plane I fly.
That or the F-22. Or the Sukhoi 47.
Depending on the mission.

American's can't shoot straight :/

Apparently we can, since we are.

[HelplessNobb88]

uh
how does that work? o.0 lol

I dont know, but if your surrounded by a titanium "bathtub" weighing over a hundred pounds I doubt you will notice much.

[JAW959]

I have yet to meet terrorist that can outsmart BOOLET.
Sorry I had to.

You had better post while you're in bro, would be cool.

[Shinji]

You had better post while you're in bro, would be cool.

I will.

[Messes]

From what I've been told, you cannot even see out the roosterpit once you start firing the gun because of all the smoke.

Crazy lol.


Also, see you in the airforce, Shinji. I'll be helping you land ;D  (ATC)