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mitch96

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1. Pilots who fly the A-10 love it. The ground troops that the A-10 was developed to protect love

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Sun Apr 10, 2022, 12:54 PM

Apr 2022

the plane. The A-10 just flat out works..SOO00oo the brass in the USAF don't like it so they want to kill it. Makes sense right? It's not as "sexy" as a fighter or bomber. It's called the
warthog because it's ugly.. but effective.
This plane was made for what is going on in Ukraine right now...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II

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Pilots who fly the A-10 love it. The ground troops that the A-10 was developed to protect love mitch96 Apr 2022 #1