From the enemy’s point of view: on the range with A-10C Warthog

October 13, 2013 Military Aviation
David Cenciotti

This might be one of the best A-10 videos ever.

It shows A-10s firing guns and rockets on the Nevada Test and Training Range. The Warthogs belong to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron (422 TES), a unit assigned to the 53nd Test and Evaluation Group, based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

The A-10s make extensive use of their GAU-8 Avenger, a rotary cannon that is the airplane’s primary armament.

Although it is considered by far, the best Close Air Support platform in the U.S. inventory, the U.S. Air Force is considering phasing out the entire A-10 attack jets fleet because of the budged cuts faced in the last year and the need to pursue existing procurement projects, including the F-35 JSF.

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David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.

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  2. The A-10 is SO awesome!………………Why doesn’t the USAF transfer the A-10’s to the USMC…..They’d love to have them I bet…………………………………….

    • I’d be HAPPY to see the warthogs turned over to the Marines (and/or army) but….the same air force brass would bitch about that.

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