This aircraft has been flying over my home since I was little. There is a squdren based out of Willow Grove JRB.
This aircraft is a tank killer. It is the only plane eve to be designed around a cannon. The 30mm cannon on the front of the plane can fire 3,900 rounds per miniute or about 65 a second.
This aircraft saw heavy use in the first Gulf war where it took out Russian made T62 tanks with ease. With it's twin GE turbo jet egines it can take a hit and keep on going.
It got it's name of warthog because people thought it was ugly..... not when it's saving their butts they dont!
While I never saw any combat during my six years in the Marine Corps (under the Clinton administration) I have participated in training exercises with the A-10. It is an amazingly powerful and devastating piece of US property. It is also known by another name “the tank killer.” There is nothing like the feeling when you are running out the back of a Marine CH-53 helicopter and you hear the unique engine whine of an A-10. You know your back is covered!
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