Black Snake

[loiblb]

Great Xmas gift

 

[woodsy]

That is a modified "Warthog" ground-attack plane. Been around for some decades. Though some want to eliminate it, it keeps proving itself, over and over, because of how effective it is. Officially it is called the A-10 Thunderbolt, but was quickly nicknamed the Warthog by its pilots, because of its ugliness. The placement of its tail surfaces confuses heat-seeking missiles, and it carries a ground-attack cannon about the size and weight of a compact car. The cannon can obliterate a tank in about a two-second burst.
I hope that it remains in the military arsenal.

 

[Fox Mike]

Until you actually see and hear one of these in action you just can't imagine the raw brute power of the plane and the gun.

 

[RC44Mag]

I would have nicknamed it Hogzilla

 

[contender]

"Until you actually see and hear one of these in action you just can't imagine the raw brute power of the plane and the gun."

^^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^^^

 

[Colonialgirl]

They were built in the Hagerstown, Md Fairchild plant and when the last one rolled off the assembly line the plant was shut down.

 

[Johnny-Baseball]

My son's buddies in Afghanistan called them "Bart." You know....BBBBBRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTT.

 

[Jeepnik]

One very welcome sound of my youth and as the 20 mm gun on Phantom. I imagine the gun, really a cannon, on a Warthog the same today.