14 Oct 2007 Wardak AFG HAWG 05 A-10 Gun Camera Footage

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  • Oct 14 many moons ago I was a small part of a great deal of people and equipment trying to keep people from dying at the same time helping support the effort to bring the heat to others who were intent on doing the opposite. Not too many times you'll hear me say "thank you Air Force" but this was one of those times.

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  • @joshmeyer7384
    @joshmeyer7384 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    Brief pause, then that first call of "good hit, hog!" That gave me chills. Scenarios like this are why the A-10 has long been my favorite military jet. It's fascinating to hear the coordination that goes into this.

    • @CenobiteBeldar
      @CenobiteBeldar ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Reminds me of the Star Wars movies.
      “Good shot, red leader”

    • @xxdaggerxx5
      @xxdaggerxx5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      they are fighting against a bunch of caveman and goat farmers dude

    • @jayday187
      @jayday187 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@xxdaggerxx5 and what are you doing?

    • @xxdaggerxx5
      @xxdaggerxx5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jayday187 not fighting goat farmers?

    • @Tazandd
      @Tazandd ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@xxdaggerxx5 goat farmers with ak, pkms, rpgs, and mortars.

  • @charltonlwalker
    @charltonlwalker ปีที่แล้ว +353

    You can hear the firefight over the radio! This is incredible.

    • @theprodigal7143
      @theprodigal7143 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which minute mark? Thanks 👍

    • @dave1994jones
      @dave1994jones ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@theprodigal7143 5:50

    • @rootproblems8791
      @rootproblems8791 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      U can hear my voice at 2:18

    • @gsant4785
      @gsant4785 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What's even better is you stop hearing the firefight over the radio

    • @xxdaggerxx5
      @xxdaggerxx5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      they are fighting against a bunch of caveman and goat farmers dude, and still somehow lost

  • @jastrapper190
    @jastrapper190 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    That has to be the greatest feeling in the world… to hear the infantrymen screaming that what you just did didn’t kill them and was possibly going to allow them to be able to get home.

    • @chumanyou1820
      @chumanyou1820 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Да, да, зато убило других людей, живущих на своей земле и которые не звали чужаков себе домой.

    • @jastrapper190
      @jastrapper190 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@chumanyou1820 КОГДА КТО-ТО ПЫТАЕТСЯ ПРИЧИНИТЬ БОЛЬ ВАМ ИЛИ ТЕМ, КОГО ВЫ ЛЮБИТЕ... ВЫ УБИВАЕТЕ ИХ. ЭТО ОЧЕНЬ ПРОСТО. ВЫ УБИВАЕТЕ НЕ ПОТОМУ, ЧТО НЕНАВИДИТЕ... ВЫ УБИВАЕТЕ, ПОТОМУ ЧТО ЛЮБИТЕ. ХРН УКРАИНЕЦ СНОСИТ НОГИ РОССИЙСКОМУ ЗАХВАТЧИКУ... ЭТО ПОТОМУ, ЧТО ОН ЛЮБИТ СВОЮ СЕМЬЮ И СТРАНУ.

    • @chumanyou1820
      @chumanyou1820 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jastrapper190 это войны капиталистов, так что пролетарии страдают. Не стоит верить официальной пропаганде.

    • @AikonikBoy
      @AikonikBoy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chumanyou1820 Взорванных российских вертолетов и танков в Афганистане больше, чем всего, что оставили американцы. Забавно, как ракеты "Стингер" выебали Советы из Афганистана, а теперь NLAW выебали их в Украине.

    • @Cjdergrosse
      @Cjdergrosse ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jastrapper190 Long Live Ukraine! Slava Ukraina!

  • @CyberCommMom
    @CyberCommMom ปีที่แล้ว +236

    Talk about a heart pumping moment for all involved - BIG SALUTE

  • @AT-kt4wy
    @AT-kt4wy ปีที่แล้ว +43

    My AO was Tangi valley in Wardak Province 2010-11, I remember when we were on mission we called in two A-10 gun runs on these fuckers planting IEDs in the road, it was the coolest fucking thing watching these warthogs do work.

  • @carlcolvin8320
    @carlcolvin8320 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    When I heard danger close you knew it was a major shit storm. The F O did a damn good job directing the Hogs and Dust Off.

    • @paavobergmann4920
      @paavobergmann4920 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, and then seeing how FRIGGING close the pip was to the convoy when he cut loose, holey moley, the impacts on the 2nd pas where, what, maybe 50m off the road?

    • @rootproblems8791
      @rootproblems8791 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      When u hear the danger close call we attempted to pull our turret gunners down, the hit was close enough that the slag from the cannon was hitting out vehicles. The only way I can describe the sound is wet bubble wrap being popped kinda like a wet repeated slap and then tinsel tinks hitting the right side of our vehicles

  • @gotindrachenhart
    @gotindrachenhart ปีที่แล้ว +153

    Holy fuck that guy has some precise gun skills. Hope everyone made it out alive that looked like a big furball. Mad respect for all branches!

    • @RADIOACTIVEBUNY
      @RADIOACTIVEBUNY ปีที่แล้ว +35

      The A-10 is a great CAS platform. The trigger has 2 stages. First stage basically puts the plane on autopilot to freeze at its aimpoint (kinda sorta, more or less) and the second stage actually fires the gun, and the plane automatically adjusts down to compensate for recoil. ,.

    • @gotindrachenhart
      @gotindrachenhart ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@RADIOACTIVEBUNY yup, I know all that man. This pilot still demonstrates some surgical gunnery skills in this video though even with all that considered.

    • @dimitrimartiny2977
      @dimitrimartiny2977 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@RADIOACTIVEBUNY that's amazing

    • @monika-Chr
      @monika-Chr ปีที่แล้ว +4

      PAC system really helps out. When the first stage of the trigger is pulled it activates "PAC" which takes control of the aircraft and holds the pipper (aimpoint) dead on target and compensates for recoil, then when its let go, it releases control and lets the plane free-fly again making hitting targets and not friendlies much easier.

    • @gotindrachenhart
      @gotindrachenhart ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@monika-Chr right, as I said in the reply to the other comment, I know that. What I'm saying is that even WITH that consideration this dude's skill is pretty impressive.

  • @ExplosiveQuarry
    @ExplosiveQuarry ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I was 4 when this video was filmed... now I'm in the USAF... This is great...

    • @K1Nd0m
      @K1Nd0m ปีที่แล้ว +2

      that is fuckin awesome man. im so proud of you

    • @ExplosiveQuarry
      @ExplosiveQuarry ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @phan117 all though I'm medical... and my profile pick is my graduation class from Fort Sam Houston...

    • @K1Nd0m
      @K1Nd0m ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ExplosiveQuarry hey youre still going places, be proud, i still am. good luck with everything man, si se puede👍

    • @ExplosiveQuarry
      @ExplosiveQuarry ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @phan117 oh trust me, I'm really proud of what I've already done... like making the first ever morale patch for my squadron... every Friday, everyone wears it...

    • @K1Nd0m
      @K1Nd0m ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ExplosiveQuarry i would love to see this man, that sounds kickass as FUCK! god bless you dude and keep on kickin🤘

  • @turbo-6.7l21
    @turbo-6.7l21 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    JFO training has come a long way since then for army FO’s. Not being JTAC qualified and probably not JFO qualified, I’d say this dude did a good job. That and the A10 dudes are the best.

    • @ScottyB0AllDay
      @ScottyB0AllDay ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The biggest issue in my mind is how all branches use such wildly different systems. AF wants polar directions while Marines use Grid system.

    • @badkarma11b
      @badkarma11b ปีที่แล้ว

      I think that was just a basic FISTer on the net-probably not JFO qualified much less JTAC qualified. This was just straight up ECAS.

  • @fangs_out8879
    @fangs_out8879 ปีที่แล้ว +425

    Most Americans will be shocked to learn that the military does in fact use metric in combat

    • @dukephantomx9151
      @dukephantomx9151 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Cuz it’s more accurate, imperial is just jack shit

    • @nooneofconsequence3847
      @nooneofconsequence3847 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      ​@@dukephantomx9151 how is it "more accurate?" It is a unit of measurement

    • @fangs_out8879
      @fangs_out8879 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@nooneofconsequence3847 It's more scientifically logical and related to math versus body parts. "i.e 12 inches in a foot, 5280 feet in a mile" vs "1000 millimeters in a meter, 1000 meters in a kilometer" etc. Even NASA used metric exclusively to get to the moon. The only exception was for airspeed and altitude that was displayed to the pilots as feet and knots for their comfort, but only AFTER it was converted from meters/second to Knots and Meters to Feet in the original Apollo computer programming

    • @nerdystick_boy5583
      @nerdystick_boy5583 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      America is secretly metric

    • @J.Doza46
      @J.Doza46 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Shit I’mma vet and i didn’t even think about them only using metric for guns and mortars and shit. The airwing uses standard still.

  • @wizcorn9958
    @wizcorn9958 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    When I grow up I wanna be an airplane

    • @bttstratosphere4927
      @bttstratosphere4927 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Nice

    • @ronalddavis
      @ronalddavis ปีที่แล้ว +30

      i want to be raquel welch bicycle seat

    • @whyeventry6424
      @whyeventry6424 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It's 2023, you can be whatever you want 😂

    • @jaybee6701
      @jaybee6701 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It never crossed my mind as a child, but here I am anyway and I now find myself at 42, as an airplane.

    • @jpmartinez6608
      @jpmartinez6608 ปีที่แล้ว

      and you can have sex with other planes. Mmmmmmm, with a chopper or a thicc air bus. Oooh, a Big Black Hawk

  • @Bluejackets70
    @Bluejackets70 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    This is unbelievable footage. Wow!

  • @TheRealOriginalDiegoM
    @TheRealOriginalDiegoM ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Hope everyone made it out safely. Thanks for sharing.

  • @JTACRIFLE
    @JTACRIFLE ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Thanks for posting. What amazing work by you all.

  • @marcosavila8215
    @marcosavila8215 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    "good hit, hog!" that made me emotional..how fragile we are, and how we come together in this moments

  • @CCM1199
    @CCM1199 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    God, The many times we had gotten into a firefight in IRAQ and had both CAS in the form of fixed wing and rotary on station it was a sigh of relief. Even though I was on a tank, having fire support from the Tanks, heli's and A-10's were enough to deter the enemy...This gives me goosebumps.

    • @evam.8567
      @evam.8567 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for your service 🙏 🇺🇸

  • @coreyspitzley2960
    @coreyspitzley2960 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This had my heart pounding. GOOD HIT HOG!!!!! Man it was intense. I can only imagine the relief those boys felt when the 30mils were rolling in. The marksmanship was unlike anything I have personally viewed.

  • @fjs1111
    @fjs1111 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Glad you're OK man, thank you for your service!!

  • @cheesegrater..
    @cheesegrater.. ปีที่แล้ว +22

    thats a lot of freedom dispensed at one time.

  • @evam.8567
    @evam.8567 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Incredible footage! Thank you for your service 🙏 🇺🇸

  • @NickCorruption
    @NickCorruption ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Imagine if the A-10 had the sensor fusion capabilities of the F-35... A CAS dream.

    • @vash_the_stampede6570
      @vash_the_stampede6570 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Don't A-10 has a modernized version of itself now? It looks more techy than the standard one.

    • @mintybluej
      @mintybluej ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@vash_the_stampede6570 this HUD is just a regular A-10C lol. But yeah we do have later blocks that are modernized quite a bit

    • @themadmallard
      @themadmallard ปีที่แล้ว

      thought it was actually getting that in the not too distant future, along with data sharing/communication stuff

    • @TheTryzna
      @TheTryzna ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@themadmallard it have something like that for decades. Its just called SADL and works really well. These things like "sensor fusion" are just marketing terms to justify higher cost. Even the interace is getting simpler to operate and whole concept is getting better and better, its not a new thing by far.

    • @guillaumelalonde7945
      @guillaumelalonde7945 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@TheTryznasensor fusion is really more for CAP and SEAD missions, not super useful for CAS

  • @JoeyJoJoJr0
    @JoeyJoJoJr0 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    WOW, Great footage! Hog rolling in for his first gun run as the radio started blowing up with chatter, is fuggin intense!

  • @onebridge7231
    @onebridge7231 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    No way a fast jet would have been able to stay in the fight this long to get good situational awareness and place effective fire where it needed to go. We need to keep the CAS skill sharp and a dedicated CAS platform in the kit.

    • @Jeremiah_Johnson139
      @Jeremiah_Johnson139 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That's why the argument that an F-35 could fill the role of the A-10 is pure and total BS!

    • @johnflank8135
      @johnflank8135 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      CAS skill is determined by the controller, not the aircraft. A slow hunk of metal with no EW is going to be shot down quickly in a near peer conflict

    • @daveyjoseph6058
      @daveyjoseph6058 ปีที่แล้ว

      In a couple decades, laser weapons will be so sophisticated that offensive war planes will be obsolete in powered societies

    • @Jeremiah_Johnson139
      @Jeremiah_Johnson139 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnflank8135 Wrong. The A-10 can complete a 360° turn in 3 football fields, which means it can keep the pressure on, and destroy tanks, artillery, infantry, snipers or any other threat to our ground troops, better than any other aircraft.
      You ask ANY ground-pounder what he'd like better covering his ass, the A-10 or any other aircraft, and with a POSSIBLE exception of an orbiting AC130 Spectre, he will always choose the A-10.
      Only an idiot would say something contrary to the A-10's record in war. Do you honestly think there wouldn't be cover for A-10's for ancillary threats?
      Let me guess, your "experience" is in video games. Try serving in a combat job, get REAL experience, and then come back to the conversation. Clearly, you're a keyboard 'warrior'.

    • @johnbean9797
      @johnbean9797 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@Jeremiah_Johnson139 The systems within the F-35 allow the pilot to get an incredibly good view of the battlefield and their surroundings, I believe the F-35s would be able to fill the role. A large J-DAM is probably as if not more effective than an A-10 gun run on enemy infantry and it is less prone to MANPADs than the A-10.

  • @Jeremiah_Johnson139
    @Jeremiah_Johnson139 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    As long as we use troops on the ground, the A-10 should remain in service! No other aircraft can fill the ground support role even close to the Warthog!

    • @zergio1825
      @zergio1825 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Dartgame 340 a10 was the jet that shot down the most during Iraq regardless controlling the sky or not the A10 sucks if the enemy has AA

    • @quinlanreed7162
      @quinlanreed7162 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@zergio1825 Not really, the A-10 is built to withstand intense fire. That’s why the pilot sits in a bathtub of armor. In a modern combat situation I’m sure it would not fly alone or without some support. It was designed and created to be remarkably survivable, with many auxiliary (backup) systems. I would suggest looking up some of the pictures of damaged A-10s that were landed, it’s absolutely incredible.

    • @zergio1825
      @zergio1825 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@quinlanreed7162 youre right but that still doesn't change the fact the a10 was one of the jets that was shot down the most during desert storm

    • @Ironwulf2000
      @Ironwulf2000 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@zergio1825 It was also one of the most used. Do more sorties, in a more dangerous environment, you're going to have more losses.

    • @quinlanreed7162
      @quinlanreed7162 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zergio1825 I don’t doubt that it was, but it’s a critical aircraft for CAS.

  • @JohnChuprun
    @JohnChuprun ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Man the A-10 is a hell of a machine, so good.

  • @dmoder1019
    @dmoder1019 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Communication is key! Great comms between those on the ground and the pilot, #teamwork 👊🏻

  • @Vogelchen
    @Vogelchen ปีที่แล้ว +15

    7:20 always gives me the chills

  • @donaldpigeon
    @donaldpigeon ปีที่แล้ว +7

    A10 pilots are a different breed man...

  • @seektruth3307
    @seektruth3307 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Yeah, that got my heart going. Great job A-10 Hog drivers!

  • @jdotsalter910
    @jdotsalter910 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Those taps with the cannon is incredible. Finessing the nose with precision control inputs. Now that's my type of flying.

  • @LTTUSA
    @LTTUSA ปีที่แล้ว +9

    God Bless y’all 🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @johnandreu9115
    @johnandreu9115 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Awesome footage 👍

  • @Chris-ji4iu
    @Chris-ji4iu ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The skills needed to hit and direct this fire. Mad skills.

  • @chrispierdominici3891
    @chrispierdominici3891 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Woo boy that was some dame fine aerial gunnery.

  • @lundske
    @lundske ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i love the excitement in his voice when he says good hit good hit! .......... thats some life saving firepower

  • @skeggjoldgunnr3167
    @skeggjoldgunnr3167 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've known a few A-10 drivers out of Seymour Johnson AFB. Nice guys!

  • @danielsestina6457
    @danielsestina6457 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God,... that takes me back....

  • @jimjenkins2319
    @jimjenkins2319 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome situational awareness with the Hog pilot.!

  • @scottkinderdine3317
    @scottkinderdine3317 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Goosebumps from Hell! That was intense!

  • @dysknect4571
    @dysknect4571 หลายเดือนก่อน

    INCREDIBLE!!!

  • @allgood6760
    @allgood6760 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Real deal!...scary stuff ...the A-10 is a flying tank!👍✈️

  • @tywheeler7131
    @tywheeler7131 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did they ever tresse the infrared videos from 2004 with the caves blowing up? Those were always crazy to see how far the caves would go and people would be running everywhere.

  • @mickemike2148
    @mickemike2148 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    A-10, when you want to look the bad guys in their eyes before you send a bucket of 30 mike-mike between those eyes!

  • @MonitoSmith
    @MonitoSmith ปีที่แล้ว +2

    IMPRESIONANTE...!!!♥

  • @Clintwoodz
    @Clintwoodz ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Maverick: Switching to guns
    Hawg: Hold my beer

  • @DreamcastQ
    @DreamcastQ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I was a 13F FO/JFO, great video tyfys bro

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s some badass shyt man! 😂

    • @evam.8567
      @evam.8567 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for your service too 🙏 🇺🇸

  • @therealryan55
    @therealryan55 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Brrrrrt that was rowdy!

  • @spartan8199
    @spartan8199 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    7:10 there you go

  • @ozairakhtarcom
    @ozairakhtarcom ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm in my Mid 30s and being a big fan of Tech and Military Tech. I have just realized that fighting and wars are just making humans and this earth an unlivable place since centuries 😢
    We all just need to work on ourselves and think about the time we have to spend on this planet earth 🌍

  • @rootproblems8791
    @rootproblems8791 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    This was the 10 mins of air support we received after several hours of fighting

    • @chase152
      @chase152 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I didn't serve but I don't understand why we have so much equipment and personnel that could be used to support an action that we don't use. If your goal is to take that specific town and you've been in a firefight for 30 minutes it seems reasonable enough to me to send in any kind of support to push through, kill as many of the enemy as quickly as possible and keep as many Americans and allies alive as possible. Is it war or not? There should be no limit to what we're willing to send in when Americans are being asked to risk their lives

    • @caseypayne5138
      @caseypayne5138 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@chase152 Oh you sweet summer child

    • @desne153
      @desne153 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@chase152 Ye let's just drop 8 cbu-105 on a little village in the middle of nowhere, what could go wrong?

    • @rootproblems8791
      @rootproblems8791 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We went back to that road a couple weeks later to recover the lost vehicles and dropped several 500 pounders, our Intel was the vehicles were heavily ied'd, the vehicles were not there

    • @descentmvm
      @descentmvm ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@desne153 lmfaoooo

  • @1moderntalking1
    @1moderntalking1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Need mini- AC130s eg converted spartan with sidefiring 75mm and 20mm gatling- can be on station longer

  • @gregtaylor6146
    @gregtaylor6146 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Holy shit that was intense ..... FCO, you did good!

  • @onyxcamaro
    @onyxcamaro ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No replacing the A-10 hands down 🖐🏾🎤

    • @atloos
      @atloos ปีที่แล้ว

      its dogshit in modern combat

  • @ReefMimic
    @ReefMimic ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fme talk about stress. The sun glare is crazy too

  • @oldpain7625
    @oldpain7625 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    If the A-10 is going to be replaced, it needs to be with something tailored for the CAS role. Start an A-10 replacement competition and let defense companies go to work to build the next platform. I can only imagine what they might produce.

    • @juliogonzo2718
      @juliogonzo2718 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      they are taking deliveries of militarized turboprop Air Tractors for ground attack. Its no a-10 but it is still pretty badass

    • @ILikeTuwtles
      @ILikeTuwtles ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The A-10 is perfectly suited. It's a flying tank that flies slow enough to allow it to employ accurate fire. Replacing it won't be easy.

  • @AvanaVana
    @AvanaVana ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When he says “good hit hog”, I imagine him patting the a10 gently on the nose like a loving, loyal, but vicious pet/best friend.

  • @JC-nl9yq
    @JC-nl9yq ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It is the year 2123. Man has explored the cosmos, war has evolved into a war of technology. Yet still, A-10s going BRRRRRT are the most feared aggressor on Terra.

  • @AliBaba-vw7mo
    @AliBaba-vw7mo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is the radio link between ground and air SINCGARS?

  • @Ciegel112
    @Ciegel112 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I hope I get to help people like these hawgs helped the inf element.

  • @obviouslytrollmster1532
    @obviouslytrollmster1532 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "you hit right next to our convoy. GOOD HIT" what most foreign countries just don't understand bout merica

  • @cnocbui
    @cnocbui ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Does the USAF Washington contingent have anyone in it who has flown a plane? Look at the airspeed during this engagement. Their master plan is to replace the A-10 with F-35s and their fast jet performance for CAS. I think the high airspeed and far lower manoeuvrability will not lend itself well to the amount of time it will take to get into a firing position repeatedly and the amount of time spent firing. Good luck to those needing the CAS if time is critical. I'd also question the willingness to risk a single engined $70m plane anywhere there might be manpads.

    • @user-dq1je7zy3p
      @user-dq1je7zy3p ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Low and slow CAS is no more accurate than dropping JDAMS from up high

    • @speedycpu
      @speedycpu ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@user-dq1je7zy3p You want a JDAM 100 meters from a convoy of people and soft trucks?

    • @NathansWorkshop
      @NathansWorkshop ปีที่แล้ว

      70m is the number to manufacture one. Once you factor in all the research we paid for, the cost per unit is in the billions. We gave up a LOT of cheaper hardware to fund those things, and they don't do jack shit as well as anything that they replaced. Biggest waste of military money in history. They'll be retired in the 2040's and be remembered most for shooting down a weather balloon. smh. I miss the F22...

    • @user-dq1je7zy3p
      @user-dq1je7zy3p ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@speedycpu yes PGMs are accurate enough that friendly forces will be safe

    • @user-dq1je7zy3p
      @user-dq1je7zy3p ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NathansWorkshop The per unit cost for the F-35 is not billions

  • @Eternalgameplayer
    @Eternalgameplayer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nothing gets me going like a grunt in the sky commanding the brrt machine to rain freedom from the sky.

  • @wandr3r180
    @wandr3r180 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a a blockbuster movie in real life. Much respect for the men fighting and the chaotic chess that this feels like. A-10 movie Hollywood?

  • @arnie24070127
    @arnie24070127 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No A10 driver buys drinks when GWOT grunts are around

  • @trumanhw
    @trumanhw 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why don't FACs / JTACs use laser designators more often..? I'd imagine they're just as obvious on FLIR during daytime as they are at night ... and with a small lasso it's impossible to confuse the origin and target.

  • @BoxheadHakx
    @BoxheadHakx ปีที่แล้ว +2

    HAWG 05 THANK YOU! Hearing the satisfaction the ground /radio operator

  • @NickellessCageless
    @NickellessCageless ปีที่แล้ว

    damn, the hawgz droppin lead so close to the guys, thatd be the scariest task, that's some fancy flyin, guys on the ground doin their job, GodBless our servicemen and women..I can only imagine.

  • @macdirty869
    @macdirty869 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What's the EARSHOT indication on the HUD? Bullseye reference or something?

    • @pxatm
      @pxatm ปีที่แล้ว

      EARSHOT is a marked area of interest saved in the A-10's flight computer as a waypoint or Nav reference. You can see little markers on the screen pointing in the direction of steerpoint EARSHOT while the aircraft turns in the video. You can also see the bearing and distance to the steerpoint change throughout the engagement.
      It can be a bullseye, but the actual bearing for bullseye calls would be reversed so I'm not sure how often a crew would leave it up in the hud rather than referencing it on the nav display.

  • @dramaticallyoverhypedmonta5049
    @dramaticallyoverhypedmonta5049 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That wasn't a warthog, that was Jesus, coming to take the boys home.

  • @texastoast5202
    @texastoast5202 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All those voices talking loud and all at once sounds like my living room during Thanksgiving.

  • @jimmygadd
    @jimmygadd 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This plane is the grandfather you dont wanna die. The best airplane for the guys on the ground

  • @adamthompson8432
    @adamthompson8432 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn’t see anything and I still fucking loved it!

  • @robertstack2144
    @robertstack2144 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Bet those bad guys were using both hands to wipe up their crap.

  • @SoloSailing77
    @SoloSailing77 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you brother! Just subscribed, and I will share everything I can! Let's get some of that TH-cam money flowing in your pockets!

  • @MrPaglissi
    @MrPaglissi ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m guessing this Hog is FAC(A) or at least very experienced. Hog pilots always do a great job talking JFOs/non JTACS through what they need to get steel on steel. CAS is their world and USAF trying to get rid of them is incredibly short sighted.

  • @ScrotalsbySackington
    @ScrotalsbySackington ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I support bringing the super Tucano into US service or possible a super updated A1 Skyraider. The skyraider has an INSANE payload for a turboprop.. it has 2 20mm cannons already can probably be upgunned to a rapid firing m242 25mm or even the 30mm from the apache instead of the GAU8 which is too much for the slow plane. Adding a sniper/lantirn/PAVEWAY pod and it would be super LETHAL CAS option hauling 500+ rounds of 20-30mm and some 18 250lb SDB JDAMs as well as hydra-70s with the VAMPIRE guidance type system.

    • @Dregkar
      @Dregkar ปีที่แล้ว

      God I fucking NEED IT

    • @colonelkurtz2269
      @colonelkurtz2269 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They should be in Ukraine too. Russian armor columns wouldn't stand a chance.

  • @andyhall9669
    @andyhall9669 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi. Former apache pilot here. Genuinely curious what you're looking at when you squeeze the trigger.
    How can you tell what you're shooting at? When I compare this to TADS footage from Apache's it makes me cringe. I wish the apaches were faster and I wish the A10s had better SA and targeting.

    • @pxatm
      @pxatm ปีที่แล้ว

      The ATFLIR can be "snowplowed" to follow the nose of the aircraft so you can get a good view of the target while nose on but generally you'd want to find the target with the pod first while up high, keep it marked and memorized in your HUD and then go in with the indicators in your HUD. Obviously when you're slinging PGM's you can do the whole thing through the TGP other than keeping yourself in constraints.
      The Apache has the advantage of two aviators so one person has the ability to be head down in the TADS the whole engagement, fast air normally does not. Gun runs aren't a great idea in general but you actually tend to have a pretty good idea of where everything is and where your rounds are going to land before the trigger gets squeezed.

    • @rootproblems8791
      @rootproblems8791 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am sapper12 in this. When I heard we had CAS on station my first thought was plz don't be an Apache. I mean this sincerely with no disrespect... You likely would have been shot down. This is the extraction part of a 4-5 hour fight.

  • @markcargill9734
    @markcargill9734 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lest We Forget.

  • @popoffcity1989
    @popoffcity1989 ปีที่แล้ว

    This happened 2 days after I graduated USMC boot camp

  • @granite6196
    @granite6196 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    fantastic comms.

  • @MusicallyInclined101
    @MusicallyInclined101 ปีที่แล้ว

    How does ANYONE communicate when your comms sound like that??

  • @joebeach7759
    @joebeach7759 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love those Hogs

  • @noelandrak5746
    @noelandrak5746 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good hit Hog! Good hit! Awesome!

  • @bwilson6269
    @bwilson6269 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just think about how it feels to see those fucking thick bowling ball rounds slapping into the roofs of the houses your taking fire from 200-400 meters away....

  • @lasselahti4056
    @lasselahti4056 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The bad situation on the ground can be heared here. "this one is getting pretty close to you guys..." "just get in here fast!" 👍 Angel from the sky some times,( but for some ppl the grim reaper from the sky, which Is not funny, afterwards at least usually. Well those Who know knows..)
    )

  • @GamingHelp
    @GamingHelp ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone know why they'd bother to mask the upper left when the gun is actually firing? Ammo counter or something? Is it just classified info so people don't know how many rounds the aircraft carries or something?

  • @odaktin7857
    @odaktin7857 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Not too many times you'll hear me say "thank you Air Force""......ok

  • @stewartgrindlay9760
    @stewartgrindlay9760 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    7:12 what a moment

  • @19badboy27
    @19badboy27 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    6:52 Just watch those next 30 seconds.

  • @savageinstitute9569
    @savageinstitute9569 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy fuck Warthog, great runs!

  • @beararmzkriz
    @beararmzkriz ปีที่แล้ว

    Good hit, Hog! Good hits!

  • @b.p.879
    @b.p.879 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    GOOD Hit Hog!!

  • @BIG-DIPPER-56
    @BIG-DIPPER-56 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Is our military radio communication really that bad, or are communications overlayed to show full context ? ?

    • @travist2844
      @travist2844 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Its what you heard. A10'S are 1 of the few that monitor both ground and air frequencies. Atleast in 2003 is was that way and in this video

    • @BIG-DIPPER-56
      @BIG-DIPPER-56 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@travist2844
      Thank you.
      👍

    • @NathansWorkshop
      @NathansWorkshop ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@BIG-DIPPER-56 That portion of the Middle East also has some super fucky shit in the geology that messes with radio as well. That sounded like HF whine to me. When everything else is shit, HF works. Downside is it sounds like that even when conditions are good. lol

    • @adaptivearmycyclist2773
      @adaptivearmycyclist2773  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There’s at least 4-5 radios using this channel at the same time stepping on each other’s conversations, listen when the ground forces are talking you can hear the crew-served weapons firing about 4 feet from the guy talking- bit busy...

    • @doozledorf7036
      @doozledorf7036 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There's nothing bad about what you just heard. It's better than the rest of the world... look at Russian communications, and China. A joke compared to the US

  • @gregorvidic5824
    @gregorvidic5824 ปีที่แล้ว

    I could swear I heard a familiar voice in there… Nizzro from DEV?

  • @jamodrummer
    @jamodrummer ปีที่แล้ว

    I sure hope that they get better radio fidelity than what we hear……

  • @psycopirla1
    @psycopirla1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lets say an a10 is full loaded, how long before running out of ammo if it keeps shooting nonstop? Like 30 sec?

    • @F-15E_StrikeEagle
      @F-15E_StrikeEagle 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      if it did that it would fall out of the sky
      thats why they do short bursts

  • @badkarma11b
    @badkarma11b ปีที่แล้ว

    11 series guy here. Pretty safe to say if any of you A-10 drivers are in a bar with us grunts you will not be paying for any drinks.

  • @prettyboylucious98
    @prettyboylucious98 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hog 1 from the West, show of force

  • @chrisembry115
    @chrisembry115 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nothing can stop the US Air Force.

  • @rogermurray5582
    @rogermurray5582 ปีที่แล้ว

    October 14,2007 was 70th Anniversary Chuck Yeager Historic Flight ✈️ X-1 October 14,1947 Don't know how Fast A-10 going Yeager Serve U.S.AIR FORCE Pay Way Super Sonic Flight