Another set of shots from this past weekend's Denton Air Show and one of my favorite aircraft, the Warthog.
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Didn't realize there was some realignment with Barksdale AFB's reserve Hog unit. Used to part of the 917th Wing which included both the AFRC's Buffs and the A-10s, they were administratively separated and the A-10s are now the 917th Fighter Group and report to the 442nd Fighter Wing which is the A-10 unit based at Whiteman AFB in Missouri as a "geographically separated unit".
I think this is one of the new upgraded A-10Cs. Those aircraft have the new wing set as well as a SATCOM aerial and GPS fairing on the dorsal fuselage (just above the fighter group badge).
The mind boggles at a unit that consists of A-10s and B-52s........ :o
Shouldn't they have a few T-6s in the mix as well? ;D
Or an SR-71?
Quote from: PR19_Kit on June 20, 2012, 11:30:59 AM
The mind boggles at a unit that consists of A-10s and B-52s........ :o
Shouldn't they have a few T-6s in the mix as well? ;D
Or an SR-71?
They both do the same job, Kit-Close Air Support. Just one carpet bombs the bejeezus out of an area, while the other is more...surgical in its application. ;D
I'd hardly call "hosing the place down with 30mm uranium slugs" surgical. ;D
Quote from: pyro-manic on June 20, 2012, 12:14:57 PM
I'd hardly call "hosing the place down with 30mm uranium slugs" surgical. ;D
Compared to a B-52 load of two thousand pounders an A-10 is surgical even with said 30mm slugs.
Gondor
The mind boggles at A-10s being in a Fighter wing ;D
The US Air Force simply refuses to use the words attack or strike no matter how much it may apply. Just think of all the "F"-105s and "F"-111s that were obviously not fighters. Closest they ever got was calling a unit a fighter bomber wing.