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The A-10 Warthog pilot who enjoyed listening to The Doors while doing strafing runs

‘Curious, I grabbed his G-suit off the rack. Sure enough, there was a Sony Walkman (tape; this is 1983) in one of the pockets…,’...

The A-10 pilot said the Warthog would win against an AH-64 Apache in a combat encounter with equal factors.

‘All other things being equal (pilot skill, full weapons load, clear weather, etc.), the A-10 has the clear advantage and will win for the...

How the Warthog’s CCIP Gun/Rockets mode calculates Range and Impact Point without Radar

Without radar, how does the A-10 Warthog's CCIP gun/rockets mode calculate range and impact point? A calculation produced by a weapon's sighting system is known...

Amazing pics of the A-10 West Heritage Flight Team

“The A-10 belongs right there with the war birds, as it is legendary itself,” Master Sgt. Mark Aube, A-10 West Heritage Flight Team maintenance...

The history of the YA-10B, the only two-seat Warthog ever manufactured

In the early 1980s, the Night/Adverse Weather A-10 was renamed the YA-10B In the 1970s, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, popularly referred to as the Warthog...

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Operation Nighthawk Landing: Skunk Works F-117 unexpected guest restoration for Reagan Library

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Operation Magic Carpet and the British mercenary pilots who flew Saudi Lightning interceptors

Mercenary pilots were originally offered £4,000 annually, a considerable...

The story of the Su-9 pilot who was ordered to ram Francis Gary Powers’ U-2

Because his Sukhoi Su-9 was in ferry configuration, it...

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