A-10 Thunderbolt II (Fairchild Republic, USA)

How Moody Maintainers Saved an A-10 Warthog from an Early Retirement...

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A Mystery Country Is Trying to Snatch Up America's Extra A-10 Warthogs
A "gyanúsítottak" a cikk szerint: Lengyelország, Dél-Korea, Tajvan, Egyiptom, ill. Vietnám. Ebből talán Tajvan lehet a legvalószínűbb, de láttunk már furcsa dolgokat.
Tuti hogy a begőzölt lengyelek! :D
Tajvannak szerintem annyira nem lennének hasznosak ezek gépek. Nekik elég szigetekről szétrakétázni az érkező kínai inváziós flottát, amire sok idejük lenne, mer kb. 6 óra hajóút a sziget és kontinentális között...
Egy ilyen tankelhárító repülő a lengyelek által rettegett orosz tankroham elhárítására való...
 
7,500 Hours: Longest Flying A-10 Pilot Ever Retires After 37-Year Career...
  • 13 deployments (including for the Gulf War)
  • 358 combat sorties, including 48 troops-in-contact situations
  • 1,161 combat hours, during which he shot 39,340 rounds of 30mm ammunition, dropped nearly 350 bombs, and fired 59 Maverick air-to-ground missiles
  • Fired another 141,500 30mm rounds outside of combat for a total of 180,840 30mm rounds
  • Received a Distinguished Flying Cross, 18 Air Medals, and 11 Aerial Achievement Medals, “among many other citations and awards,” according to the press release.

 
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Bye-bye A-10...

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A-10 Warthog Appears To Have Become A Drone Killer...

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