| zoneofcontrol | 10 Feb 2016 3:48 p.m. PST |
I live near a National Guard training center and can frequently hear and often see training exercises taking place. A Maryland A-10 unit is in town to train on the bombing/gunnery range and there is a local media article about them. It includes a bunch of pics so I thought I'd share. link |
| Kropotkin303 | 10 Feb 2016 4:02 p.m. PST |
Great pictures. I think we all love the A-10.Long may they fly. Nice winter camo. I guess we all knew they fly at low altitude, but some of those photos are pretty damn low. Thanks for sharing. |
| kallman | 10 Feb 2016 4:18 p.m. PST |
Those are great photos. So I guess the push to scuttle the A-10 has been put on hold. What a fantastic aircraft. No it is not sexy say like a F-115E or F-35 but it kicks major butt. |
| Mardaddy | 10 Feb 2016 4:26 p.m. PST |
There is a saying, "If it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid." Switch it about a little – "If it ain't sexy and it works, then it's sexy." |
| Waco Joe | 10 Feb 2016 4:27 p.m. PST |
They are like good BBQ, "low and slow" |
| Redroom | 10 Feb 2016 5:11 p.m. PST |
Nice pics, thanks for sharing them |
| Ashokmarine | 10 Feb 2016 5:14 p.m. PST |
One of my favorite airplanes.. |
| Sundance | 10 Feb 2016 5:46 p.m. PST |
One of the coolest planes ever. |
| Generalstoner49 | 10 Feb 2016 6:00 p.m. PST |
Growing up in the Philadelphia area they were stationed at Willow Grove airbase. It was always a treat in the morning during a swim meet that we would need to take a break as they flew directly over the pool. Awesome birds! |
| ScoutJock | 10 Feb 2016 6:09 p.m. PST |
Camo scheme is not winter but standard USAF Low Vis Gray. Pretty effective in these pics though. If you look closely at the bottom of the aircraft, you can make out the false canopy painted in dark gray. |
| Mako11 | 10 Feb 2016 6:26 p.m. PST |
Great pics! Thanks for sharing. Had the pleasure of watching one of these do fake attacks at the local airport during an airshow one year. They are incredibly maneuverable, even when down on the deck, and flying slow. Always loved the Warthog design. It is a killer. |
| capncarp | 10 Feb 2016 8:40 p.m. PST |
Zone, one year at the Bulge reenactment, I could hear them doing 30mm Vulcan target practice at night while I was on sentry duty.
Sounded like dragon mating-calls. |
| Tom Bryant | 11 Feb 2016 4:51 a.m. PST |
Second that on Capn! Sounds like King Kong's chainsaw! |
| Dark Knights And Bloody Dawns | 11 Feb 2016 4:55 a.m. PST |
I think it's the greatest plane the US has ever built. |
| Vigilant | 11 Feb 2016 4:57 a.m. PST |
I used to live under one of the low level transit routes in the UK in the 80s. We had pretty much every type of RAF and USAF aircraft flying through, from Tornado to C-130 Hercules. The A-10 was always identifiable from the distinctive whistle of the engines before you saw it. Also driving around the east of Birmingham on the M42 before it was joined to the M1 and M6, the road had little traffic and the A-10s would divert to use what traffic was there as "targets", both fun and unnerving from the target's point of view! |
| Tom Bryant | 11 Feb 2016 5:21 a.m. PST |
+1 Waco Joe: That is one of the best descriptions I've ever heard of the A-10. |
| BattlerBritain | 11 Feb 2016 6:03 a.m. PST |
I like A-10s: Ugly but well hung  |
| zoneofcontrol | 11 Feb 2016 6:17 a.m. PST |
It is neat when they run night drills. You can hear them but not always seen them. Then all of a sudden they start dispensing anti-AA flares. It is like a mini fireworks show. |
| jpattern2 | 11 Feb 2016 6:37 a.m. PST |
Used to watch them at Myrtle Beach AFB in South Carolina, a couple of decades ago. Very cool. |
 Saber6   | 11 Feb 2016 8:51 a.m. PST |
Watching one at the NTC I swear it stopped in mid air while firing. |
| Bellbottom | 11 Feb 2016 6:19 p.m. PST |
I watched them destroy a couple of 'convoy' targets one morning at Otterburn training area, Northumberland. Once heard, never forgotten. |
