My son was in Iraq in 2008, and wasn't in a situation that needed the A-10, but he did see it in action less than a mile away from his base. Some of his fellow soldiers were actually being pinned down by sniper fire coming from a building that they were going past. So they called in air support and the A-10 came in and destroyed the building completely. 3 passes by the A-10, 2 using the cannon and 1 for a rocket that blew the building to hell!
@@vjetar2822 I could ALMOST buy into your oil angle ... except that the West didn't much bother Iraq until it invaded Kuwait ... and now the West is deeply involved in Ukraine ... because it too was invaded ... and Ukraine doesn't have oil (does it?) or poppies for that matter. So there seems to be something to the claim of protecting the Territorial Sovereignty of Nations, regardless of whether or not they have oil (or poppies!). The poppies are in Afghanistan ... and any Country which is dumb enough to shelter Terrorists who were foolish enough to attack The U.S. on 9-11 deserves 20 years of U.S. Military occupation as punishment. That said, you have a point about the money. There's boat-loads of money being made from those opium poppies ... and where is the money going??? Now that the U.S. Military is no longer there ... or the Russians before them ... or the English before them ... where will all of that money go? There's a high probability it will once again go towards funding Islamic terrorists ... which will (also once again) give some bigger, stronger Country a legitimate excuse to move in and take over ... again! Who will it be this time? Is it China's turn??? This cycle of occupation by other Countries almost leads one to think that all of that opium is keeping the Afghanis from learning how to get along with the rest of the World. Trust me, Americans have no desire to be in Afghanistan. It's a shit-hole. A shit-hole which could be a paradise if they spent their opium money sensibly! The best hope for the rest of the World is that they keep fighting amongst themselves and leave the rest of the World alone. They can't even get along with each other! No wonder other Countries keep moving in and setting up shop!
A soldier and Marine’s best friend… It’s a shame no new ones have been produced, as the airframes currently flying are really starting to get up there in age.
This beautiful sturdy gal needs to stay in service. If they shelf this jet, so many soldiers are going to have bad days. We called for CAS so many times we got familiar with the voices of a few pilots. "Bushy" was our favorite. She was a tough-ass firebrand that could fly that A-10 like she was riding a goddam unicorn. Except this unicorn shit 500lb bombs instead of rainbows. She had this smooth Virginia accent, and when we heard her voice say "Rolling In", every damn Marine fell in love with her. If I had ever met her in person, I would have immediately asked her to marry me.
Boeing just complete a wing replacement on 280 A10s. The new A10 Thunderbolt 2 contract was just awarded maybe 2040 in service. But they have kept a steady updates on all components of this aircraft vid link to A10-2 ua-cam.com/video/mMyzciMic4Y/v-deo.html
Courtney I had the distinct honor of this plane being demonstrated when it first was being tested. I don't remember exactly what year it was but I can say it will definitely scare the daylights out of you. If you hear that front cannon it is already too late because you are a goner. I love your videos and especially your respect for our military. I am a U.S. Army veteran and you always make me proud of the fact that I was able to serve my country. I salute you for what you do.❤❤❤❤❤
As an Air Force veteran, I fully agree with your opinion...the A-10 is a badass plane. I was in the Philippines in the early 1980's, and had the pleasure of watching a few of them fly through Crow Valley Gunnery Range. The are relatively quiet, compared to most planes. When I was inside the temporary shelter, and an A-10 would cruise through the valley, it didn't sound very loud. But when it was close, and fired that gun at a target, it always made me jump. Awesome plane. Awesome video. Love your channel. Love your smile.
Growing up near a munitions plant in the U.S., that is an all too familiar sound. They called the hump that test fired the rounds from "Tracer Heights". When they test fired at night it was like the 4th or July. The sight and sound was just awesome. We also had A-10's frequent the skies over our house during the NFL season. They used to do all the fly overs of the stadium before a game at one time. Our house seemed to be in the holding pattern and would fly over the house 3 or 4 times before they went over the stadium. There were times they would be so low you could see the pilots. I'm a form and function person. Not so much the glitzy. This aircraft is my favorite hands down and to me is one of the most badass planes period. Looks tough, flies tough and is tough. Who knows how many lives this plane has probably saved. And you just can't beat the throw back graphics on these planes. ❤
We live about a mile from where some of the 30mm is produced, they periodically test the rounds in 100 round bursts with a GAU-8. The serenade never gets old. Can't hear it indoors though
The aircraft was built AROUND the gun. I believe that this is the first time that was done. It's a beautiful plane, and with proper support, is still relevant almost 50 years after it was first fielded.
Courtney, Awesome Video! First off, please let me thank you for your appreciation for our military! The ships, plans, machines, and weapons are completely out of this world....and our brave men and women...an entirely volunteer force...are the souls putting Everything on the line to ensure the continued freedom that, sadly, we here in the states, often take too much for granted. It's very touching for me...and immensely appreciated to see your support and appreciation and the awe and wonder of it all as you watch these videos. I've watched a number of New Zealanders reacting to various military videos...and you all show the patriotism that I wish everyone here had each day...so THANK YOU. Now...regarding that loud, smoke-billowing buzzing "BRRRRRRT" we hear from the GAU 30mm A/8 Avenger gatling cannon. Normally...when you shoot a gun, you hear a BANG or a BOOM. That massive gun is the same size...30mm...as the forward cannon in the AC-130 video; and like they said in the video, each round for that weapon is larger than a coke bottle. While the 30mm on the AC-130 can shoot 200 rounds/minute, the Warthog's GAU A/8 Avenger 30mm fires those giant rounds of armor-piercing, high-explosive, depleted uranium "Nuggets of Freedom" at a rate of 3900 rounds per minute. THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED per minute. It's SOOO fast, the human ear cannot distinguish the individual blasts, so audibly, it comes across to us as that BRRRRRRRRRRRRT!!!!! The sweet, much beloved Buzz from the Angel of Death to all those that would do harm to our forces on the ground. Thanks again for your support of our military. Can't wait to watch more videos...take care, God Bless!
I can tell you from experience that as demoralizing as that sound is to the enemy it's just the opposite effect to the troops their supporting. That sound is an immediate boost to grunt morale.
Enemies called it The Silent Gun and Whistling Death. It is particularly quiet in flight. The cannons Brrrrtttt sound is terrifying to the enemy, but music to the ears of our troops. Its a six barrel rotary cannon, also called a Gatling gun. And the plane was built around the gun.
Have a squadron of these aircraft near me. Get to watch them fly all the time. Also been to a couple airshows at the base and seen these marvelous airplanes up close. You really don't know just how massive these planes are and how BIG that gun sticking out the nose really is until you're standing in front of it. Hands down my favorite military aircraft.
All of us have always loved your videos! The GAU-8 cannon on the A-10 can fire just under 4,000 rounds per minute = more than 60 shells per second! These are 30 mm diameter and just about 1 foot long, armor piercing incendiary shells. This means a 2 or 3 second firing of the weapon at a target rains between 120 and 190 rounds of large armor piercing incendiary rounds on the target. Try to escape THAT! Even armored personnel carriers look like Swiss cheese. The gun ammo 'drum' is the size of a VW Beattle. A coworker was in Afghanistan in the US army and 3 times an A-10 saved their lives. Every time they heard an A-10 gun over their heads they knew the enemy was gone. - by the way A turret is the top of a tank that spins.
Try just checking UA-cam for GUNSHIPS and you’ll find that during WWII the USAF was modifying planes like the B-25 Mitchell with a 75mm cannon in the nose, and building the P-39 Aircobra and P-63 Kingcobra with a cannon that actually fired through the center of the propellor. Other than aircraft that have been modified to carry side firing weapons include the C-47, C-119 and the C-130 Hercules which carries Gatling cannons like the A-10, a 105mm cannon and a 40mm Bofors (or its replacement).
Someone once said "Let's strap a gun to this plane" and "Air Combat" was born. Some American once said "Let's strap a plane to this gun" and the A-10 was born.
Simply stated it's a 6 barrel Gatling gun. In parlance the sound is written "Brrrrrt". The damage shown in the video doesn't even come close to representing what the plane is capable of maintaining flight with.
yes, the GAU-8 gun designed by General Electric, the makers of washing machines... one spins to get things clean, the other spins to make things disappear!!
The bullets from that front gun move faster than the speed of sound so they start hitting the ground before you hear it, that’s why people say if you hear that gun go off, you weren’t the target 😂 🇺🇸
General Electric had this massive Gatling gun laying around and an engineer asked what in the hell they were going to do with that. They got together and decided to build the most bad assed plane to ever exist, around it. The Air Force honchos really want to get rid of it but Congress won't let them. The Warthog is the most loved plane by U.S. ground troops. When they are pinned down, hearing "brrrrrrrrrrt" is music to their ears.
You were talking when they mentioned this Courtney but that "gattling gun" in the nose of the A-10 shoots 3900 shells per minute. That comes out to 65 shots per second! Unreal!
Hope I'm not asking a dumb question but have you seen your NZ Family channel? Beyond that just wanted to say you and the NZ Family represent your country very well ! As an American I love our friendship and the alliance we have had since fighting along side in WW1. Keep up the great work Courtney earned a subscriber 😎👍
hi kyle! i have seen them pop up on my youtube home page before but i don't know them personally. but hey i really really appreciate your kind words. it means so much to me, truly! :)
You are to show the video of the captain Kim Campbell's interview where Her plane that got shot up. What she had to do to get back to base!! very interesting!!!!
The old idea was: Any non American country invents a plane. "Wow can we put a gun on it?" Americans upon building a new gun, "Wow can we put a plane on it?!"
If you have not already I highly recommend checking out the channel Real Engineering they have some good videos on different machines including some military equipment including: The Insane Engineering Of The A-19 Warthog The Insane Engineering Of The SR-71 Blackbird
Hi If you liked that gun then react to the Phalanx CIWS which s a gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small boats.
A-10s can serve in the defense of Australia and New Zealand from the Chinese menace. If Chinese ships come your way, an A-10 carrying Harpoon missiles can sink a ship and send hordes of Chinese troops to the bottom of the Pacific. The more A-10s you have, the better.
The ground troops love the A10 because it can come in close in danger zones to get them out of trouble. Supersonic jets can't do that like the A10 can.
The GAU/8 Avenger auto cannon. The plane was built around the weapon while other planes add weapons to fit the plane. In the Discord, the photo comparison side by side showed the GAU/8 as larger than a VW Beetle. Every round that is fired, the empty 'brass' is collected inside to prevent its own flight hazard. Depleted uranium ammunition, larger than beer bottles, is self-sharpening as they penetrate targets. System redundancies add to the robust design. If the Warthog takes fire, the fuel tanks seal any holes. If the primary flight system is disrupted, the controls are switched to the secondary parallel function, and if that is affected, the fly-by-wire old school controls allow for continuing controlled flight. If the avionics package goes off-line, the pilot can still aim and fire the GAU/8 Avenger or drop dumb bombs. A-10s have returned from missions missing wings or missing an engine, no problem. They can land and take off from more unimproved strips than most planes in military inventory except VTOL craft. Apparently, the latest upgrade for A-10 will allow them to synch up with paired drones and act as forward control, giving them additional missiles and ordnance while loitering over the battlefield, leaving the GAU/8 in the pilot's hands.
I was canoeing on a river in the Adirondack Mountains, in Upstate New York, USA. A warthog was flying down the river at treetop level. We looked at each other and I waved to the pilot, and he returned my wave.
I lived within sight of Wright-Patterson A.F.B. for fifty plus years. We had relatives out of Missouri in town and a cousin waved at the pilot of a C5 one time and he waved back. You could count the rivets in the plane, it was that close.
I saw them flying tree top while I was camping in the Adirondacks. Scared the sh!t out of us. Seconds later another pair did the same fly by, amazing!!!
The rounds hit the target before the sound of the gun does. Most combatants hear the telltale sound of the Warthog's engines, and they run away. 04:46 Kim Campbell was at the time one of only two Warthog pilots to have ever successfully landed a Warthog in Manual Reversion mode. The other pilot got the plane on the runway, but ran off the side and crashed.
The A-10 is very feared by our enemies who have seen it in action. You commented about the sound it makes when firing it Canon. That sound is very distinct. It is without a doubt the best sound our troops could hear while pinned down during battle. It basically means the enemy is dead and the ones lucky enough to have an encounter with the warthog and live to tell about it loose the will to fight immediately.
Courtney, there are a lot of videos of Marines and Soldiers calling in air support. When the warthog shows up and shoots its gun, the guys on the ground get extremely happy as the rounds are hitting the ground and the gun says brrrrrt
@@zetasans495 People instantly get off to the feeling of correcting people on the internet before they even actually watch/listen to stuff. We call those people Redditors or something.
I was a combat engineer in the U.S. Army and we trained with these plains to fight USSR in the 1980s. These planes would fly so close to the ground so fast that by the time you finally hear them they were already passed you. They used to drop 500-pound bombs and shoot the cannon just over the ridgeline for training. When they shoot close to you on the ground the gun vibrates your vision so bad you will see double or triple. I have always loved these planes since seeing them in action supporting us in the field.
heck, was a tanker in usmc mid 80's . My biggest fear was those damned ruskie helicopters. Its been over 30 years , i can't remember the name of those things, but they were flying tanks ! With today's drones and what not...I can understand why the USMC got rid of me tanks. sigh. but time marches on. Don't want our boys (and gals) using bad, old equipment.
@@billallen4793 Yep yep! thats exactly it! I was in the M60...before the A1's. Oh every marine tanker went through Ft. Knox for training. If any swinging D say's another base, they are a Liar and a fake!
I worked weapon systems on this plane for the first four years of my 31 years in the AF. I was totally awed the first time I saw them lined up on the tarmac......just a bad ass machine of war, a flying tank, and the most lethal, manned, flying weapon platform in the AF, still.... Back in the 70s/80s, A-10 pilots were mercilessly ragged for flying a plane that suffered bird strikes from behind (impact with birds, but because it was so slow, the birds would supposedly hit them in the ass.....hyuk-hyuk, etc). The first Gulf war changed that crap with a quickness and there were NO more jokes!; zoomie pilots (fast planes like F-16, F-15, etc) understood that, not only was this platform absolutely bad ass and could kill you in multiple ways, anytime, any weather, but it would do it TO YOUR FACE, then immediately do a figure eight in the sky, come back and kill you some more! (unlike zoomies who skirt the clouds and lob crap from a much safer distance AND speed, and then scoot away)......which further demanded mad respect for the pilots who fly these awesome machines, often at treetop level and below the peaks of mountains to get close enough to look into the eyes of their targets......before annihilating them. Yeah, THESE pilots stare right down the barrels of the guns that are blazing at them, so......even the female pilots (yes, there are some) have HUGE brass balls. And finally, ask any ground pounder (Army or Marine infantry) who has experienced direct combat what they think of the Air Force's asinine attempts to get rid of this plane and they will howl.....because this plane is even more effective at eliminating threats than the best helicopters the Army or Marines have. NOT kicking those platforms or their pilots AT ALL.......they're ALL bad ass......but they just don't have the firepower of this machine. First aside: Back when I was working on them, they had NO Air-to-Air capability (no AIM-9 missiles), so, other than the gun (which was very limited), no way to protect itself from an airborne threat ......its been interesting to see all the upgrades over the years. Second aside: In the early 2000s, I had occasion to visit the AF Museum at Wright Patterson AFB near Dayton Ohio (HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend it if ever you can). Imagine my shock when I walked up to an A-10 on display that I had worked on 20 or so years earlier. Standing in that museum, staring at a plane I'd worked on......was the first time I actually felt old. Time waits for no one......it will roll over you and keep rolling as you stand up in it's tracks and wonder....."WTF just happened?" I still have a polished (powderless, of course) 30mm round sitting on my dresser (presented before I moved on in my career). Looks a bit like a rude adult toy or some sort of phallic symbol, but its always a nice conversation piece.....lol. Loved this plane.....still do.....and miss working on it. Peace out....
Thank you for your service. Thank for helping to keep our great country free. May God bless you and keep you and your family safe and free for generations to come. ❤️🇺🇸
There I was, a HMG section leader, part of a Combined Anti Armor Team (CAAT) at the first minefield breach in Desert Storm, under heavy mortar and artillery fire when a single A-10 seemingly stood on it's nose, burping 20mm rounds into the Iraqi trench line directly in front of me.....mortars got turned off in just a minute. I'll never forget that sight as long as I live ...
Good day Courtney. Pink chair hype. Love it this video is one of the better ones I've seen and I love the US Military News channel. 3900 rounds a minute or 70 rounds per second the sweetest sound BRRRRRRRTTTTT. They say if you hear the sound of the gun you're safe if not you're already dead. They have tried to cancel the A-10 program a few times and yet it has survived. In your discord I'll post a link to a video of a flyby if you want to hear the engines.
Hey Cody!! right? i didn't know what that sound was at first but wow that sound is so satisfying. absolutely incredible. Yessss i saw this channel has a bunch of fantastic videos!! great channel!!
When you plan your next US trip, try to schedule it around an Air Show. This is when the Air Force opens up the base to everyone to see the toys they have. Depending on what is in the program, you can see the F-16 Demo Team (the Thunderbirds), A-10, B-52, KC-135, and several other aircraft. They will sometimes invite civilian airlines to bring in a couple of their aircraft so people who never have flown to see those aircraft as well.
My dad dragged me to airshows regularly as a kid. Good call, dude. Courtney GOTTA go to one! Watching the A-10 in action is one of the highlights of my life.
I was in AFJRROTC in High School, and; being in Southeastern Virginia, we went to Open House at Langley quite a few times. But the best trip there was a bit different. Reserve pilots have to put in a certain amount of flight time annually, and generally fly empty. But arrangements were made, and a small group of us got to ride along in a C-130. Being Operations Officer on the Squadron Staff, I was one of the 2 or 3 who were able to go to the Cockpit and look around, check out the view from above, and try to recognize landmarks. Damned near impossible when you've never seen things from that viewpoint. But then we were all strapped in again, and some crewmember (Cargo Master?) with a big headset on walked to the rear of the plane. We were cruising along around 3500 feet, and this guy rode the rear hatch down as they opened it up ... and the Pilot descended, and bounced the plane off of the runway, simulating a touch-and-go Cargo drop. It was quite a unique experience!
Mentioned this several times on various videos and platforms. The A-10 was desgned in the 1970's; here was the world. The Cold War was on an "Europe" was the ~ 200 miles between the Alps and the Ardenne; the Fuldo Gap. THe Warsaw Pact had over a million men, 50,000 tanks, and 100's of thousands of armored personnel carriers and mobile artillery at the starting line. The tactic was Blitzkrieg on Steroids and Hope-Like-Hell the French would stay on the fence with their nukes while the rest of Europe was immolated. The A-10 (and to a dgree, the AH-64 Apache), was desinged with one mission: carry enough whoop-ass to effectively take out a batallion of Warsaw Pact armour in the 10 seconds of combat that the pilot would survive. It was brutal caculus for a brutal war that, thank God!, never happened.
You don't see it at night, you hear it.... and if you're the enemy and realize what's above you, you're likely to fail "your clean underwear check"!!! Courtney, you should look at the various online pictures of a man's hand holding one of the rounds this plane shoots! It is extremely impressive! Also, there was a case where a Warthog landed after having about half of one wing blown off by a SAM (Surface to Air Missile)....
When I was in Jr.High and High School, I was an Aerospace Explorer Scout. Our leader was a retired Air Force Major, so he was able to arrange some unique tours for us. Among them was a trip to RED FLAG, the U.S. Air Force equivalent to the Navy's Top Gun, located at Nellis, AFB in Nevada. While walking down the flight line to witness an exercise between 5 F-5 (aggressors) and 3 F-15 Eagle (good guys), I witnessed an example of the A-10's survive-ability. Sitting in a hanger, being inspected by mechanics, sat a battered A-10 that hed just returned from a mission in Central America. There were bullet holes all over the aircraft, holes in the wings, flight controls, and tail, and TWO FEET of his right wing tip was missing. The engine on that side was sitting on a stand with external and internal damage that looked like it grenaded after being pierced by bullets. The tire on that side was also flat. The mechanic said that the pilot was able to fly it home (from Central America to Nevada) on it's back up hydraulic system and one working engine. The flat tire was a surprise to him and he ended up in a ditch during landing. The crew chief said, 'Don't worry, we'll get her flying again. She ain't done yet.'
When I was at Aviano AB, Italy, we had an A10 return from Bosnia with tree branches in the right main landing gear. When the pilot dismounted, he removed the branches himself. Come to find out, the pilot was the Squadron Commander, and he would not have HIS men do something he himself would not do.
There's a video of night fighting in Afghanistan and all of a sudden the area where the enemy is lights up in a fireball followed by the BRRRRRT of the A-10. The guy filming says "You see that blinking light in the sky? That's the hand of God" The A-10s based at Selfridge here in Michigan practice forward land strip operations by landing on roadways in the state. They fly over my town all the time, you don't know they're there till they're right above you. Sometimes they come in so low the house shakes
The A-10 entered service in the US Air Force in 1976. I'm stunned you are only now learning of it's capabilities 53 years later. That's like not knowing that the B-52 bomber was first operational in the late 1950's and is still one of the most important bombers we have in our Air Force and will continually be into the 2040's. My father was a B-52 pilot in the 1950's and before that he was a B-47 bomber pilot in the early 1950's. And before that he was a B-17 pilot in WW II, shot down on July 26, 1943 and remained a POW in Germany until April 1945 when the advanced elements of Patton's 3rd Army liberated his POW camp. He didn't get home until late August 1945, met my mother and I was born in September 1946. Yep, I'm a baby boomer who is now 76 years old and still feeling good. I don't have much time left, so I feel sorry for the younger generations that are witnessing the decline of our western civilization, which is what they wanted. I was a Marine platoon commander in Vietnam 1968-69. I lost a lot of my Marines killed and wounded. If we had had the technology of today, the majority of my Marines would have made it home to live the life they were supposed to have. But for navigation on the ground, I only had out of date French maps and a military compass. That made it extremely difficult to call in artillery and close air support because they too didn't have GPS navigation and they too had out of date maps. Times have changed for both the better and worse in combat. Technologies bring incredible advantages and the enemies bring equally or in some cases better technologies. This makes combat today almost as deadly as I survived over 50 years ago. But technology isn't the entire answer to success. Experience and training also play a crucial role. An enemy may have better technology, but our training and eventual experience can and usually does more than compensate. In the beginning of WW II both the Japanese Zero aircraft and the German aircraft were far superior to ours (the allies). Yet we won WW II because our technologies caught up to and surpassed theirs but more importantly our training and experiences exceeding theirs. You seem like a sweet individual, but somewhat naïve about the real world. I would like to have met you for a glass of wine and some interesting conversations. Alas, I'm an old man and no woman wants to share wine and conversation. Maybe next time around, things will be different. If you don't know what I mean, then you are more naïve than I thought. No problem. When you die, you will understand.
Years ago I remember seeing them many times while training in the army. The sound of that gun sounds different in person. Video doesn't serve it justice. I immediately wished I was an A-10 or Apache helicopter pilot.
Hi Courtney, the story I heard about how the A-10 got it's nickname of Warthog goes back to earlier fighter aircraft produced by Republic Aircraft. Apparently, the early models of the Republic F-84 (The "Thunderjet") had an unfortunate habit of having it's nosewheel collapse on the ramp for no reason. The ground crew nicknamed them "Hogs" because they looked like pigs rooting through their stalls with their noses down in the dirt. Later models of the F-84 were greatly improved with swept wings and of course the nose wheel issue addressed. These were called "Super Hogs". When the A-10 came along, it was nicknamed the "Warthog" following tradition and the fact it is kind of ugly. I've also heard that the F-84 was nicknamed "Hogs" because with a full bomb load they took forever to get off the ground. They finally took off when they smelled dirt at the end of the runway, like a hog would smell dirt. I'm sure there are other stories out there, but I like the first one the best. Stay warm!
Scary? Terrifying? If you are the enemy, definitely. If you are American or friendly troops, that brrrrrtt is a welcome sound and will elicit a big woohoo.
One more thing, if for some crazy reason the A-10 was being used against you, you would never know it. That BRRRRRRRR!!!!! sound comes after you are dead. Those beer bottle sized bullets just ripped you and everyone around you to pieces. God have mercy on anyone who has been killed by the A-10, and God bless the soldiers that have been saved by them.
And every year the "Clueless" Brass Hats of the Air Force leadership stills tries to end the A-10 every year no matter what Marines or Army soldiers say about how great it is for us to have this CAS platform flying !!! Semper Fi
Compared to our other jets the Warthog is indeed slow. In fact, it is said that the Warthog pilots do not have air speed meters but a calendar. The fight for freedom against any tyrant, dictator, businessman, priest or lawyer requires 30mm rounds.
Me when I’m in the military base one day and I wake up and I hear brrrrrrt in the background and I’m like a yo what the heck is going on here and then my teammate tells me that it’s a gun run ❤😂😂😂😂
More than once the Air force has said they want to retire it and the Army just says fine we will just fly it ourselves and the air force changes it's mind lol
Gaitling gun. As a infantry man I absolutely loved the A-10. Once we knew they were close by and then heard the loud burping sound. You knew you could get out the area alive.
I’ve had the privilege to see A-10’s provide CAS(Close Air Support) to my unit and I in Afghanistan. I’m fortunate to work In Tucson AZ and watch A-10’s fly around. At Davis-Monthan AFB I met a A-10 pilot who had 150 confirmed kills in Afghanistan. He was such a chill dude. Also my uncle worked on A-10’s during is 20 year career in the Air Force. I tell you what the moment you hear A-10’s are on station is an awesome feeling especially with the BRRRRRRTTT! Sound the gun makes is something you’ll never forget. Loved your reaction!
I like that plane, i think it would fit perfectly for our defence force. All respect to hardware and crew in air and land. Also didn`t some senile dimwit abandon fleet of A-10 to hostile individuals in middle-east??? Who only deserves bad karma for generations and in possible reincarnation.
My son was in Iraq in 2008, and wasn't in a situation that needed the A-10, but he did see it in action less than a mile away from his base. Some of his fellow soldiers were actually being pinned down by sniper fire coming from a building that they were going past. So they called in air support and the A-10 came in and destroyed the building completely. 3 passes by the A-10, 2 using the cannon and 1 for a rocket that blew the building to hell!
Thank your son for keeping the fight over there, and a lot thank you and mom for raising a strong, courageous and unselfish man..
@@eddiehaskell1957 for being oil and poppy storm trooper? He did it for money buddy, that's why yankeestanis are champions in crying when captured. 😂😂
@@vjetar2822 I could ALMOST buy into your oil angle ... except that the West didn't much bother Iraq until it invaded Kuwait ... and now the West is deeply involved in Ukraine ... because it too was invaded ... and Ukraine doesn't have oil (does it?) or poppies for that matter. So there seems to be something to the claim of protecting the Territorial Sovereignty of Nations, regardless of whether or not they have oil (or poppies!).
The poppies are in Afghanistan ... and any Country which is dumb enough to shelter Terrorists who were foolish enough to attack The U.S. on 9-11 deserves 20 years of U.S. Military occupation as punishment. That said, you have a point about the money. There's boat-loads of money being made from those opium poppies ... and where is the money going??? Now that the U.S. Military is no longer there ... or the Russians before them ... or the English before them ... where will all of that money go? There's a high probability it will once again go towards funding Islamic terrorists ... which will (also once again) give some bigger, stronger Country a legitimate excuse to move in and take over ... again! Who will it be this time? Is it China's turn???
This cycle of occupation by other Countries almost leads one to think that all of that opium is keeping the Afghanis from learning how to get along with the rest of the World. Trust me, Americans have no desire to be in Afghanistan. It's a shit-hole. A shit-hole which could be a paradise if they spent their opium money sensibly! The best hope for the rest of the World is that they keep fighting amongst themselves and leave the rest of the World alone. They can't even get along with each other! No wonder other Countries keep moving in and setting up shop!
@@vjetar2822 We let China have all the resources because they have been Bribing the Biden family for decades.
@@timbeatty11 better China than yanks. That's for sure.
A soldier and Marine’s best friend… It’s a shame no new ones have been produced, as the airframes currently flying are really starting to get up there in age.
I just searched for, new A10 Warthog and found this. The new A1 Warthog lol
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This beautiful sturdy gal needs to stay in service. If they shelf this jet, so many soldiers are going to have bad days.
We called for CAS so many times we got familiar with the voices of a few pilots. "Bushy" was our favorite. She was a tough-ass firebrand that could fly that A-10 like she was riding a goddam unicorn. Except this unicorn shit 500lb bombs instead of rainbows. She had this smooth Virginia accent, and when we heard her voice say "Rolling In", every damn Marine fell in love with her.
If I had ever met her in person, I would have immediately asked her to marry me.
Great plane, keep making them.
Boeing just complete a wing replacement on 280 A10s. The new A10 Thunderbolt 2 contract was just awarded maybe 2040 in service. But they have kept a steady updates on all components of this aircraft vid link to A10-2 ua-cam.com/video/mMyzciMic4Y/v-deo.html
@@UncleBubber Hi, good story. Yay " Bushy "! " Hey! "
Courtney I had the distinct honor of this plane being demonstrated when it first was being tested. I don't remember exactly what year it was but I can say it will definitely scare the daylights out of you. If you hear that front cannon it is already too late because you are a goner. I love your videos and especially your respect for our military. I am a U.S. Army veteran and you always make me proud of the fact that I was able to serve my country. I salute you for what you do.❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you, sir for your service.
Thank you so much David, you are an incredible person ❤️
If you hear the BRRRRRRRRRRRRT of an A10 Warthog on the Battlefield, you were NOT the target. The guys the BRRRRRRRRT was meant for are already dead.
EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤣
The plane doesn't have a gun, the gun has a plane.
As an Air Force veteran, I fully agree with your opinion...the A-10 is a badass plane. I was in the Philippines in the early 1980's, and had the pleasure of watching a few of them fly through Crow Valley Gunnery Range. The are relatively quiet, compared to most planes. When I was inside the temporary shelter, and an A-10 would cruise through the valley, it didn't sound very loud. But when it was close, and fired that gun at a target, it always made me jump. Awesome plane. Awesome video. Love your channel. Love your smile.
09:50 Refueling A-10s launched flares as they broke away as a way of saying "thanks for the top-off!"
Growing up near a munitions plant in the U.S., that is an all too familiar sound. They called the hump that test fired the rounds from "Tracer Heights". When they test fired at night it was like the 4th or July. The sight and sound was just awesome.
We also had A-10's frequent the skies over our house during the NFL season. They used to do all the fly overs of the stadium before a game at one time. Our house seemed to be in the holding pattern and would fly over the house 3 or 4 times before they went over the stadium. There were times they would be so low you could see the pilots.
I'm a form and function person. Not so much the glitzy. This aircraft is my favorite hands down and to me is one of the most badass planes period. Looks tough, flies tough and is tough. Who knows how many lives this plane has probably saved. And you just can't beat the throw back graphics on these planes. ❤
There's 2 distinct audible sounds from an A-10 firing the 1st sound is rounds hitting the target and the 2nd sound is the gun actually firing.
We live about a mile from where some of the 30mm is produced, they periodically test the rounds in 100 round bursts with a GAU-8. The serenade never gets old. Can't hear it indoors though
The aircraft was built AROUND the gun. I believe that this is the first time that was done. It's a beautiful plane, and with proper support, is still relevant almost 50 years after it was first fielded.
The thing to remember is that it flys 450 MPH at tree top level.
Courtney, Awesome Video! First off, please let me thank you for your appreciation for our military! The ships, plans, machines, and weapons are completely out of this world....and our brave men and women...an entirely volunteer force...are the souls putting Everything on the line to ensure the continued freedom that, sadly, we here in the states, often take too much for granted. It's very touching for me...and immensely appreciated to see your support and appreciation and the awe and wonder of it all as you watch these videos. I've watched a number of New Zealanders reacting to various military videos...and you all show the patriotism that I wish everyone here had each day...so THANK YOU.
Now...regarding that loud, smoke-billowing buzzing "BRRRRRRT" we hear from the GAU 30mm A/8 Avenger gatling cannon. Normally...when you shoot a gun, you hear a BANG or a BOOM. That massive gun is the same size...30mm...as the forward cannon in the AC-130 video; and like they said in the video, each round for that weapon is larger than a coke bottle. While the 30mm on the AC-130 can shoot 200 rounds/minute, the Warthog's GAU A/8 Avenger 30mm fires those giant rounds of armor-piercing, high-explosive, depleted uranium "Nuggets of Freedom" at a rate of 3900 rounds per minute. THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED per minute. It's SOOO fast, the human ear cannot distinguish the individual blasts, so audibly, it comes across to us as that BRRRRRRRRRRRRT!!!!! The sweet, much beloved Buzz from the Angel of Death to all those that would do harm to our forces on the ground.
Thanks again for your support of our military. Can't wait to watch more videos...take care, God Bless!
I can tell you from experience that as demoralizing as that sound is to the enemy it's just the opposite effect to the troops their supporting. That sound is an immediate boost to grunt morale.
The A10 is so feared sometimes all the aircraft has to do is show up and when the enemy sees it they stop attacking
That particular airplane has saved more soldiers on the ground than any other aircraft as far as I know that is the cavalry nowadays
Enemies called it The Silent Gun and Whistling Death. It is particularly quiet in flight. The cannons Brrrrtttt sound is terrifying to the enemy, but music to the ears of our troops. Its a six barrel rotary cannon, also called a Gatling gun. And the plane was built around the gun.
Have a squadron of these aircraft near me. Get to watch them fly all the time. Also been to a couple airshows at the base and seen these marvelous airplanes up close. You really don't know just how massive these planes are and how BIG that gun sticking out the nose really is until you're standing in front of it. Hands down my favorite military aircraft.
The "bullets the size of beer bottles" is a literal statement, not exaggeration. Quite the piece of engineering.
All of us have always loved your videos! The GAU-8 cannon on the A-10 can fire just under 4,000 rounds per minute = more than 60 shells per second! These are 30 mm diameter and just about 1 foot long, armor piercing incendiary shells. This means a 2 or 3 second firing of the weapon at a target rains between 120 and 190 rounds of large armor piercing incendiary rounds on the target. Try to escape THAT! Even armored personnel carriers look like Swiss cheese. The gun ammo 'drum' is the size of a VW Beattle. A coworker was in Afghanistan in the US army and 3 times an A-10 saved their lives. Every time they heard an A-10 gun over their heads they knew the enemy was gone. - by the way A turret is the top of a tank that spins.
Scariest thing I heard about this airplane is that it’s target is already dead before it hears its main gun fired a single shot.
Try just checking UA-cam for GUNSHIPS and you’ll find that during WWII the USAF was modifying planes like the B-25 Mitchell with a 75mm cannon in the nose, and building the P-39 Aircobra and P-63 Kingcobra with a cannon that actually fired through the center of the propellor. Other than aircraft that have been modified to carry side firing weapons include the C-47, C-119 and the C-130 Hercules which carries Gatling cannons like the A-10, a 105mm cannon and a 40mm Bofors (or its replacement).
It fires a 50 caliber round and 1 hit your split in half. The gun in front is a 7 barrel Gatling gun
The Thunderbolt name goes back to WW2 to the P47.Also called the Juggernaut.
Someone once said "Let's strap a gun to this plane" and "Air Combat" was born.
Some American once said "Let's strap a plane to this gun" and the A-10 was born.
If you're the target, you'll never hear the sound of the GAU gun before you go to see your maker.
They say if you hear the A-10 Thunderbolt, then you were not its target.
Our troops loved the sound of the gun.. the enemy feared it.
The gun fires explosive bullets the size of red bull cans at a rate of 3900 a minute
Simply stated it's a 6 barrel Gatling gun. In parlance the sound is written "Brrrrrt". The damage shown in the video doesn't even come close to representing what the plane is capable of maintaining flight with.
The sound if the gun isn't terrifying because if you hear it that means it was not shooting at you.
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yes, the GAU-8 gun designed by General Electric, the makers of washing machines... one spins to get things clean, the other spins to make things disappear!!
My Butt was saved by an a-10 in Afghanistan. Those are the ground soldiers guardian angels long live the a-10
The bullets from that front gun move faster than the speed of sound so they start hitting the ground before you hear it, that’s why people say if you hear that gun go off, you weren’t the target 😂 🇺🇸
General Electric had this massive Gatling gun laying around and an engineer asked what in the hell they were going to do with that. They got together and decided to build the most bad assed plane to ever exist, around it. The Air Force honchos really want to get rid of it but Congress won't let them. The Warthog is the most loved plane by U.S. ground troops. When they are pinned down, hearing "brrrrrrrrrrt" is music to their ears.
You were talking when they mentioned this Courtney but that "gattling gun" in the nose of the A-10 shoots 3900 shells per minute. That comes out to 65 shots per second! Unreal!
The world: you can't just put wings on a gattling gun. It's impossible.
The United States: hold my beer
One year later: warthog go BRRRRRRRRRRRT
I mean, the pilot is literally riding the barrel.
Brrrrrrt. The best sound if you are friendly, the worst if you are not.
F16, A10, F22, F/A18 super hornet and P51 mustang are my top Birds
The hog will help you get home NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAVE US so we can get home which is absolutely the MISSION
Hope I'm not asking a dumb question but have you seen your NZ Family channel? Beyond that just wanted to say you and the NZ Family represent your country very well ! As an American I love our friendship and the alliance we have had since fighting along side in WW1. Keep up the great work Courtney earned a subscriber 😎👍
hi kyle! i have seen them pop up on my youtube home page before but i don't know them personally. but hey i really really appreciate your kind words. it means so much to me, truly! :)
UUmMM its a Cannon.. Hellloooo...lol
You are to show the video of the captain Kim Campbell's interview where Her plane that got shot up. What she had to do to get back to base!! very interesting!!!!
The good old gun with wings
During the Gulf war that piece of awsomeness kept us from getting our arses handed to us when we crossed into Iraq. Love that plane
The old idea was: Any non American country invents a plane. "Wow can we put a gun on it?" Americans upon building a new gun, "Wow can we put a plane on it?!"
Compared to fighter jets that do well above Mark 1. Some over mark 2
3900 cannon rounds per minute.
Bullets the size of beer bottles.😮
If you have not already I highly recommend checking out the channel Real Engineering they have some good videos on different machines including some military equipment including:
The Insane Engineering Of The A-19 Warthog
The Insane Engineering Of The SR-71 Blackbird
#Suggestion
You should checkout "Grunts in the Sky | The A10 Warthog leaked footage | A short documentary of the A-10 in action."
Hi If you liked that gun then react to the Phalanx CIWS which s a gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small boats.
Saved my ass a few times
A-10s can serve in the defense of Australia and New Zealand from the Chinese menace. If Chinese ships come your way, an A-10 carrying Harpoon missiles can sink a ship and send hordes of Chinese troops to the bottom of the Pacific. The more A-10s you have, the better.
When they are in the air near my home they sound like no other air craft when you hear them no exactly what it is nothing else sounds like it 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
That's Americans finest at their very best. America will always be number one when it comes to military and its weaponry
If you hear the sound you're still alive
if you hear the gau 8 your not the target now if you don't her the gau 8 then your a dead person you are just going to be dust before you hear the gun
The ground troops love the A10 because it can come in close in danger zones to get them out of trouble. Supersonic jets can't do that like the A10 can.
The GAU/8 Avenger auto cannon. The plane was built around the weapon while other planes add weapons to fit the plane. In the Discord, the photo comparison side by side showed the GAU/8 as larger than a VW Beetle. Every round that is fired, the empty 'brass' is collected inside to prevent its own flight hazard. Depleted uranium ammunition, larger than beer bottles, is self-sharpening as they penetrate targets.
System redundancies add to the robust design. If the Warthog takes fire, the fuel tanks seal any holes. If the primary flight system is disrupted, the controls are switched to the secondary parallel function, and if that is affected, the fly-by-wire old school controls allow for continuing controlled flight. If the avionics package goes off-line, the pilot can still aim and fire the GAU/8 Avenger or drop dumb bombs.
A-10s have returned from missions missing wings or missing an engine, no problem.
They can land and take off from more unimproved strips than most planes in military inventory except VTOL craft.
Apparently, the latest upgrade for A-10 will allow them to synch up with paired drones and act as forward control, giving them additional missiles and ordnance while loitering over the battlefield, leaving the GAU/8 in the pilot's hands.
I was canoeing on a river in the Adirondack Mountains, in Upstate New York, USA. A warthog was flying down the river at treetop level. We looked at each other and I waved to the pilot, and he returned my wave.
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@@MsOpiumwhy not? Ft Drum is up there, and those plane's fly low, and slow!..from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 👋🤠
I lived within sight of Wright-Patterson A.F.B. for fifty plus years. We had relatives out of Missouri in town and a cousin waved at the pilot of a C5 one time and he waved back. You could count the rivets in the plane, it was that close.
I saw them flying tree top while I was camping in the Adirondacks. Scared the sh!t out of us. Seconds later another pair did the same fly by, amazing!!!
The best sound I ever heard in a fire fight, not so good for the taliban though lol
The rounds hit the target before the sound of the gun does. Most combatants hear the telltale sound of the Warthog's engines, and they run away.
04:46 Kim Campbell was at the time one of only two Warthog pilots to have ever successfully landed a Warthog in Manual Reversion mode. The other pilot got the plane on the runway, but ran off the side and crashed.
The A-10 is very feared by our enemies who have seen it in action. You commented about the sound it makes when firing it Canon. That sound is very distinct. It is without a doubt the best sound our troops could hear while pinned down during battle. It basically means the enemy is dead and the ones lucky enough to have an encounter with the warthog and live to tell about it loose the will to fight immediately.
Who are out enemies?
Courtney, there are a lot of videos of Marines and Soldiers calling in air support. When the warthog shows up and shoots its gun, the guys on the ground get extremely happy as the rounds are hitting the ground and the gun says brrrrrt
if you hear the A-10 go BRRRRRRT, then its good because you are still alive
The A-10 is actually called the Thunderbolt 2...the original Thunderbolt was a WWII aircraft that was equally as tough
It is annoying when these videos can't even get the name right.
They were actually designed by the same person.
P47 Thunderbolt 💪
@@zetasans495 People instantly get off to the feeling of correcting people on the internet before they even actually watch/listen to stuff. We call those people Redditors or something.
In the USAF, we call it The Warthog or just The Hawg.
Enemy: "WE HAVE THEM PINNED"
The A-10: "Let me sing you the song of my people, BRRRRRRRRT"
I was a combat engineer in the U.S. Army and we trained with these plains to fight USSR in the 1980s. These planes would fly so close to the ground so fast that by the time you finally hear them they were already passed you. They used to drop 500-pound bombs and shoot the cannon just over the ridgeline for training. When they shoot close to you on the ground the gun vibrates your vision so bad you will see double or triple. I have always loved these planes since seeing them in action supporting us in the field.
Essayons!
heck, was a tanker in usmc mid 80's . My biggest fear was those damned ruskie helicopters. Its been over 30 years , i can't remember the name of those things, but they were flying tanks !
With today's drones and what not...I can understand why the USMC got rid of me tanks. sigh.
but time marches on. Don't want our boys (and gals) using bad, old equipment.
@@bugvswindshieldthe Hind is a tough helicopter 🚁 is that the one you are thinking of?..from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 👋🤠
@@billallen4793 Yep yep! thats exactly it! I was in the M60...before the A1's.
Oh every marine tanker went through Ft. Knox for training. If any swinging D say's another base, they are a Liar and a fake!
@bugvswindshield What's crazy is the tail boom was just covered with cloth and resin, like a Cessna wing! It's a giant weak link in design!
I worked weapon systems on this plane for the first four years of my 31 years in the AF.
I was totally awed the first time I saw them lined up on the tarmac......just a bad ass machine of war, a flying tank, and the most lethal, manned, flying weapon platform in the AF, still....
Back in the 70s/80s, A-10 pilots were mercilessly ragged for flying a plane that suffered bird strikes from behind (impact with birds, but because it was so slow, the birds would supposedly hit them in the ass.....hyuk-hyuk, etc).
The first Gulf war changed that crap with a quickness and there were NO more jokes!; zoomie pilots (fast planes like F-16, F-15, etc) understood that, not only was this platform absolutely bad ass and could kill you in multiple ways, anytime, any weather, but it would do it TO YOUR FACE, then immediately do a figure eight in the sky, come back and kill you some more! (unlike zoomies who skirt the clouds and lob crap from a much safer distance AND speed, and then scoot away)......which further demanded mad respect for the pilots who fly these awesome machines, often at treetop level and below the peaks of mountains to get close enough to look into the eyes of their targets......before annihilating them.
Yeah, THESE pilots stare right down the barrels of the guns that are blazing at them, so......even the female pilots (yes, there are some) have HUGE brass balls.
And finally, ask any ground pounder (Army or Marine infantry) who has experienced direct combat what they think of the Air Force's asinine attempts to get rid of this plane and they will howl.....because this plane is even more effective at eliminating threats than the best helicopters the Army or Marines have.
NOT kicking those platforms or their pilots AT ALL.......they're ALL bad ass......but they just don't have the firepower of this machine.
First aside: Back when I was working on them, they had NO Air-to-Air capability (no AIM-9 missiles), so, other than the gun (which was very limited), no way to protect itself from an airborne threat ......its been interesting to see all the upgrades over the years.
Second aside: In the early 2000s, I had occasion to visit the AF Museum at Wright Patterson AFB near Dayton Ohio (HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend it if ever you can).
Imagine my shock when I walked up to an A-10 on display that I had worked on 20 or so years earlier.
Standing in that museum, staring at a plane I'd worked on......was the first time I actually felt old.
Time waits for no one......it will roll over you and keep rolling as you stand up in it's tracks and wonder....."WTF just happened?"
I still have a polished (powderless, of course) 30mm round sitting on my dresser (presented before I moved on in my career).
Looks a bit like a rude adult toy or some sort of phallic symbol, but its always a nice conversation piece.....lol.
Loved this plane.....still do.....and miss working on it.
Peace out....
I was a AMMO Troop at DM early 80’s
Thank you for your service. Thank for helping to keep our great country free. May God bless you and keep you and your family safe and free for generations to come. ❤️🇺🇸
@@keithsmith1104 thank you for your service. May God bless you and your family for generations to come. ❤️🇺🇸
There I was, a HMG section leader, part of a Combined Anti Armor Team (CAAT) at the first minefield breach in Desert Storm, under heavy mortar and artillery fire when a single A-10 seemingly stood on it's nose, burping 20mm rounds into the Iraqi trench line directly in front of me.....mortars got turned off in just a minute. I'll never forget that sight as long as I live ...
Correction, that’s 30MM
Good day Courtney. Pink chair hype. Love it this video is one of the better ones I've seen and I love the US Military News channel. 3900 rounds a minute or 70 rounds per second the sweetest sound BRRRRRRRTTTTT. They say if you hear the sound of the gun you're safe if not you're already dead. They have tried to cancel the A-10 program a few times and yet it has survived. In your discord I'll post a link to a video of a flyby if you want to hear the engines.
Hey Cody!! right? i didn't know what that sound was at first but wow that sound is so satisfying. absolutely incredible. Yessss i saw this channel has a bunch of fantastic videos!! great channel!!
When you need close air support, there is no better sound in the world than, BRRRRRRRRRR!!!!
When you plan your next US trip, try to schedule it around an Air Show. This is when the Air Force opens up the base to everyone to see the toys they have. Depending on what is in the program, you can see the F-16 Demo Team (the Thunderbirds), A-10, B-52, KC-135, and several other aircraft. They will sometimes invite civilian airlines to bring in a couple of their aircraft so people who never have flown to see those aircraft as well.
My dad dragged me to airshows regularly as a kid. Good call, dude. Courtney GOTTA go to one! Watching the A-10 in action is one of the highlights of my life.
I was in AFJRROTC in High School, and; being in Southeastern Virginia, we went to Open House at Langley quite a few times. But the best trip there was a bit different. Reserve pilots have to put in a certain amount of flight time annually, and generally fly empty. But arrangements were made, and a small group of us got to ride along in a C-130. Being Operations Officer on the Squadron Staff, I was one of the 2 or 3 who were able to go to the Cockpit and look around, check out the view from above, and try to recognize landmarks. Damned near impossible when you've never seen things from that viewpoint.
But then we were all strapped in again, and some crewmember (Cargo Master?) with a big headset on walked to the rear of the plane. We were cruising along around 3500 feet, and this guy rode the rear hatch down as they opened it up ... and the Pilot descended, and bounced the plane off of the runway, simulating a touch-and-go Cargo drop.
It was quite a unique experience!
Memorial Day weekend is the best time to find an airshow. Schedule accordingly.
@@randyinchesapeake8129 So Keeeeeewwwwwlllll!
I wanna!
Mentioned this several times on various videos and platforms. The A-10 was desgned in the 1970's; here was the world. The Cold War was on an "Europe" was the ~ 200 miles between the Alps and the Ardenne; the Fuldo Gap. THe Warsaw Pact had over a million men, 50,000 tanks, and 100's of thousands of armored personnel carriers and mobile artillery at the starting line. The tactic was Blitzkrieg on Steroids and Hope-Like-Hell the French would stay on the fence with their nukes while the rest of Europe was immolated. The A-10 (and to a dgree, the AH-64 Apache), was desinged with one mission: carry enough whoop-ass to effectively take out a batallion of Warsaw Pact armour in the 10 seconds of combat that the pilot would survive. It was brutal caculus for a brutal war that, thank God!, never happened.
You don't see it at night, you hear it.... and if you're the enemy and realize what's above you, you're likely to fail "your clean underwear check"!!!
Courtney, you should look at the various online pictures of a man's hand holding one of the rounds this plane shoots! It is extremely impressive!
Also, there was a case where a Warthog landed after having about half of one wing blown off by a SAM (Surface to Air Missile)....
LOL love fail the clean underwear check lol so ture
@@timschaming613 "Pump Bilges Forward & Dump Trash Astern" also works!
I had my life saved by A-10 pilots in Afghanistan. We called them Angels on our Shoulders.
When I was in Jr.High and High School, I was an Aerospace Explorer Scout. Our leader was a retired Air Force Major, so he was able to arrange some unique tours for us. Among them was a trip to RED FLAG, the U.S. Air Force equivalent to the Navy's Top Gun, located at Nellis, AFB in Nevada. While walking down the flight line to witness an exercise between 5 F-5 (aggressors) and 3 F-15 Eagle (good guys), I witnessed an example of the A-10's survive-ability. Sitting in a hanger, being inspected by mechanics, sat a battered A-10 that hed just returned from a mission in Central America. There were bullet holes all over the aircraft, holes in the wings, flight controls, and tail, and TWO FEET of his right wing tip was missing. The engine on that side was sitting on a stand with external and internal damage that looked like it grenaded after being pierced by bullets. The tire on that side was also flat. The mechanic said that the pilot was able to fly it home (from Central America to Nevada) on it's back up hydraulic system and one working engine. The flat tire was a surprise to him and he ended up in a ditch during landing. The crew chief said, 'Don't worry, we'll get her flying again. She ain't done yet.'
When I was at Aviano AB, Italy, we had an A10 return from Bosnia with tree branches in the right main landing gear. When the pilot dismounted, he removed the branches himself. Come to find out, the pilot was the Squadron Commander, and he would not have HIS men do something he himself would not do.
I have seen this bird in action and the enemy is terrified of this weapon.
There's a video of night fighting in Afghanistan and all of a sudden the area where the enemy is lights up in a fireball followed by the BRRRRRT of the A-10. The guy filming says "You see that blinking light in the sky? That's the hand of God"
The A-10s based at Selfridge here in Michigan practice forward land strip operations by landing on roadways in the state. They fly over my town all the time, you don't know they're there till they're right above you. Sometimes they come in so low the house shakes
If you hear it shooting, it wasn't shooting at you.
My cousin piloted a warthog in the gulf war. The stories he told us were just amazing, and we all found a new level of respect for him.
The A-10 entered service in the US Air Force in 1976. I'm stunned you are only now learning of it's capabilities 53 years later. That's like not knowing that the B-52 bomber was first operational in the late 1950's and is still one of the most important bombers we have in our Air Force and will continually be into the 2040's. My father was a B-52 pilot in the 1950's and before that he was a B-47 bomber pilot in the early 1950's. And before that he was a B-17 pilot in WW II, shot down on July 26, 1943 and remained a POW in Germany until April 1945 when the advanced elements of Patton's 3rd Army liberated his POW camp.
He didn't get home until late August 1945, met my mother and I was born in September 1946. Yep, I'm a baby boomer who is now 76 years old and still feeling good.
I don't have much time left, so I feel sorry for the younger generations that are witnessing the decline of our western civilization, which is what they wanted.
I was a Marine platoon commander in Vietnam 1968-69. I lost a lot of my Marines killed and wounded. If we had had the technology of today, the majority of my Marines would have made it home to live the life they were supposed to have.
But for navigation on the ground, I only had out of date French maps and a military compass. That made it extremely difficult to call in artillery and close air support because they too didn't have GPS navigation and they too had out of date maps.
Times have changed for both the better and worse in combat. Technologies bring incredible advantages and the enemies bring equally or in some cases better technologies. This makes combat today almost as deadly as I survived over 50 years ago.
But technology isn't the entire answer to success. Experience and training also play a crucial role. An enemy may have better technology, but our training and eventual experience can and usually does more than compensate. In the beginning of WW II both the Japanese Zero aircraft and the German aircraft were far superior to ours (the allies). Yet we won WW II because our technologies caught up to and surpassed theirs but more importantly our training and experiences exceeding theirs.
You seem like a sweet individual, but somewhat naïve about the real world. I would like to have met you for a glass of wine and some interesting conversations. Alas, I'm an old man and no woman wants to share wine and conversation.
Maybe next time around, things will be different. If you don't know what I mean, then you are more naïve than I thought. No problem. When you die, you will understand.
Years ago I remember seeing them many times while training in the army. The sound of that gun sounds different in person. Video doesn't serve it justice. I immediately wished I was an A-10 or Apache helicopter pilot.
Hi Courtney, the story I heard about how the A-10 got it's nickname of Warthog goes back to earlier fighter aircraft produced by Republic Aircraft. Apparently, the early models of the Republic F-84 (The "Thunderjet") had an unfortunate habit of having it's nosewheel collapse on the ramp for no reason. The ground crew nicknamed them "Hogs" because they looked like pigs rooting through their stalls with their noses down in the dirt. Later models of the F-84 were greatly improved with swept wings and of course the nose wheel issue addressed. These were called "Super Hogs". When the A-10 came along, it was nicknamed the "Warthog" following tradition and the fact it is kind of ugly. I've also heard that the F-84 was nicknamed "Hogs" because with a full bomb load they took forever to get off the ground. They finally took off when they smelled dirt at the end of the runway, like a hog would smell dirt. I'm sure there are other stories out there, but I like the first one the best. Stay warm!
Thought it got it's name from the outstanding Republic P-47 Thunderbolt used during WW2
The troops on the ground love it. All the way. 🇺🇸 Remember, everyone deployed. God bless you all.
Scary? Terrifying? If you are the enemy, definitely. If you are American or friendly troops, that brrrrrtt is a welcome sound and will elicit a big woohoo.
One more thing, if for some crazy reason the A-10 was being used against you, you would never know it. That BRRRRRRRR!!!!! sound comes after you are dead. Those beer bottle sized bullets just ripped you and everyone around you to pieces. God have mercy on anyone who has been killed by the A-10, and God bless the soldiers that have been saved by them.
Yep I agree with this ☝️ if you hear the BRRRRT, you weren't the target.
@@zevynozevyn4102 Damn Straight!!
And every year the "Clueless" Brass Hats of the Air Force leadership stills tries to end the A-10 every year no matter what Marines or Army soldiers say about how great it is for us to have this CAS platform flying !!! Semper Fi
Compared to our other jets the Warthog is indeed slow. In fact, it is said that the Warthog pilots do not have air speed meters but a calendar. The fight for freedom against any tyrant, dictator, businessman, priest or lawyer requires 30mm rounds.
Me when I’m in the military base one day and I wake up and I hear brrrrrrt in the background and I’m like a yo what the heck is going on here and then my teammate tells me that it’s a gun run ❤😂😂😂😂
If you hear the BRRRRRRT you werent the target....
For that pass! Next pass if you're a hostile, do you feel lucky today punk?
More than once the Air force has said they want to retire it and the Army just says fine we will just fly it ourselves and the air force changes it's mind lol
Gaitling gun. As a infantry man I absolutely loved the A-10. Once we knew they were close by and then heard the loud burping sound. You knew you could get out the area alive.
I’ve had the privilege to see A-10’s provide CAS(Close Air Support) to my unit and I in Afghanistan. I’m fortunate to work In Tucson AZ and watch A-10’s fly around. At Davis-Monthan AFB I met a A-10 pilot who had 150 confirmed kills in Afghanistan. He was such a chill dude. Also my uncle worked on A-10’s during is 20 year career in the Air Force. I tell you what the moment you hear A-10’s are on station is an awesome feeling especially with the BRRRRRRTTT! Sound the gun makes is something you’ll never forget. Loved your reaction!
Warthog goes brrrrttttt....gotta love that noise.
I like that plane, i think it would fit perfectly for our defence force. All respect to hardware and crew in air and land.
Also didn`t some senile dimwit abandon fleet of A-10 to hostile individuals in middle-east??? Who only deserves bad karma for generations and in possible reincarnation.
You know what that sound is? It's the sound of freedom
This is the closest thing to a knight in shining armor you'll ever have a soldier admit to.