Lethal beasts of USAF!

[indianpatriot]

Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II

 

[Jungibaaz]

^^^^^ pictures not visible to me....

 

[humanfirst]

Seems completely stealth!!

 

[mjnaushad]

The stealth feature is so awesome that i cant even see the pics.....

 

[Jungibaaz]

The stealth feature is so awesome that i cant even see the pics.....

NOW THAT IS TRUE STEALTH!

 

[S.U.R.B.]

Do you want to post something like this one.

YLC-2 radar done the job for me.

 

[Super Falcon]

hahahaha stealth Thunderbolt but man it is heavily equiped and looks deadly against ground targets specially tanks in USAF it known as tank buster

 

[Jigs]

Last two are really cool

 

[Sinnerman108]

hahahaha stealth Thunderbolt but man it is heavily equiped and looks deadly against ground targets specially tanks in USAF it known as tank buster

A-10 WAS a slow sub sonic plane;
Designed primarily for close ground support but in a past era.

One of the things A-10 could do was to take a beating; This plane had a stable flight design and even after being hit was able to keep flying to what ever limited extent.

What it could NOT do was to ensure support to the troops; It's demise was marked with the advent of small; man potable anti aircraft weapons.

It's primary weapons was it's nose mounted gun; which was also it's weakness as it exposed the air craft to Anti aircraft weapons.

Because of it's ground support role, one can imagine A-10 had a serious threat from those.

It's a rich air force's weapon; most air forces these days are looking for a multi role capabilities.

 

[praveen007]

Good plane but a siting duck for any mordern force with a good man-pad system.
(P.s. till used against week forcer only)

 

[Comet]

I cant see the pictures.

 

[Luftwaffe]

The beast I consider is su-25

 

[S.U.R.B.]

I will love to fly one over an area with out any sort of air defenses ,although won't mind the shilka or Tunguska.

Load them with AGM-65,ALQ-131 jammer pod,LAU-61,MK-84,MK20 or rockeye cluster bombs and couple of sidewinders(for those birds getting annoyed with me flying the thunderbolt.)

you won't see any tank bullying on the ground.

Hope people wont mind if i return with some scratches....do they?

 

[Chogy]

"They" (whoever they are) have been predicting the demise of the A-10, AC-130, and helicopter gunships for decades. It hasn't happened yet. They will see continued use for many years.

If an A-10 is so vulnerable to a modern army, then why is every modern army loaded with helicopter gunships... even slower, and more vulnerable than aircraft like the A-10 and Su-25? The simple truth is that they are NOT that vulnerable. It's a dangerous job, but survivable.

 

[Comet]

I like its Gun!