Montage of the Day: A-10 Round Up

Wow! Excellent, John.

Being an old tanker, I used to love watching the A10's at Ft. Hood making practice runs. Being an old tanker I'm also REAL GLAD they are on our side!!!!!!!!!

oh yeah OT...my Army and Marine buddies LOVE the Warthog.

I've never seen anything that was better close air support. During Desert Storm, it was REAL comforting to see them buzzing around, especially when artillery started coming in....it usually didn't last long........

Borderline orgasmic.

The A-10 is truly one of the USAF's greatest and meanest toys.

*sigh*

I guess the caption for photo #2 was done by the same wanker who did the -15E's the other day, hmm? Capt. Ireland is most definitely *not* firing a missile from his wheel well ... :P

Steve, look closer. The photo was taken as Capt Ireland was rolling his aircraft. The missile just to the left of his landing gear is definitely about to leave the rails.

For the record, following An Nas I have not been a very big fan of the A-10 myself. The platform has some great capabilities, but I'm not completely comfortable with the guys driving them. Give me a section of Harriers anyday.

Slab, I think that is more indicative of the culture of the Air Marines versus the Air Force. Culturally, the Air Marines are more dedicated (completely dedicated actually) to their ground brethren. The Air Force sees CAS as a secondary mission.

Slab, please take a closer look at the photo yourself. The flames are clearly coming from one of the four small square hatches at the rear of the landing gear pod. The Maverick missile just outboard of the pod is in no danger of departing the aircraft. The normal firing attitude for the Maverick missile is with the a/c in a shallow dive, as illustrated in the second following picture, not a steep bank. That maneuver is far more reminiscent of an attempt to evade a SAM/AAM attack, which would also often involve dispensing flares, as he appears to be doing.

Slab, Steve is correct. The flames in photo #2 are flares used as self-protection. This is a break turn it would appear, which is what you do when under attack, either air-to-air or ground-to air. Having spent 10+ years in the F-4 Phantom (CAS and Wild Weasel missions), this is definately NOT the AGM-65 being launched. ALE-40 flares it would appear are being dispensed from the flare canisters located within the trailing portion of the main landing gear fairings. You can clearly see the darker rectangles which the flares are loaded into.

That second pic is a ALE-40 flare coming out of the dispencer in the right wheel well flange. the AGM-65 is still on station 8.
The 4th pic down is definitly a AGM-65 saying goodby to its rail!

We weren't acutally playing in the Red Flag. It was just a great day of CT and droping lives!

Mustang, the flare is an MJU 7.

Cheers!

The A-10 with the fire at the wheel well is from a m211 or 212 flare fired from a m130 flare/chaff dispenser. I was the contractor/army liaison during the testing and development of the m130 dispenser and the m 211 flare. There are 5 dispensers in each wheel well and 4 on each wing tip. That's 480 flares

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The A-10 with the fire at the wheel well is from a m211 or 212 flare fired from a m130 flare/chaff dispenser. I was the contractor/army liaison during the testing and development of the m130 dispenser and the m 211 flare. There are 5 dispensers in each wheel well and 4 on each wing tip. That's 480 flares

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Found it a great launch
I thank you very much
Appreciation and respect
I liked your topic
I wish you success