[Video] A-10 Warthog’s take off filmed with a GoPro camera

August 20, 2014 Military Aviation

David Cenciotti

A-10 taking off from Bagram, as seen from inside the cockpit.

Here’s an interesting footage filmed with a GoPro camera from inside the cockpit of a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt deployed in Afghanistan.

The A-10 performs CAS (Close Air Support) missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, operating from Bagram airfield.

About David Cenciotti

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.

ODM says:

August 20, 2014 at 6:43 PM

Long live the ‘Hog!
Gab says:

August 20, 2014 at 6:57 PM

First time seeing them run the Scorpion cueing system.
StanSki says:

August 22, 2014 at 8:15 AM

Nice! And none of that annoying 1980s Top Gun rock music interfering with the sound of the plane.