[ARC5] A10 Warthog

[Tim]

Back before BRAC, Naval Air Station Alameda hosted VA-304, an A-6 Intruder
squadron.  A common bumper sticker seen on base at the time:

FIGHTER PILOTS MAKE MOVIES.
ATTACK PILOTS MAKE HISTORY.

Them pilots...LOL

Tim
N6CC

On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 12:38 PM, William Ripley <bill.ripley at brame-tech.com>
wrote:

> The A-10 has been on the chopping block several times, but by some
> miracle, it keeps evading the trip to the boneyard and it’s associated
> weighted blade.
>
> Bill Ripley
> Bill.Ripley at brame-tech.com
> (505) 980-8353
>
> On Jul 3, 2018, at 1:38 PM, "ka8vit at ka8vit.com" <ka8vit at ka8vit.com> wrote:
>
> Actually, the name of the plane is the A-10 Thunderbolt.
>
> But the pilots and ground crews thought they were as ugly as a wart and
> thus picked up the name "Warthog."
>
> Loved by U.S. Ground-pounders everywhere.
>
> 73 - Bill KA8VIT
>
>
> On July 3, 2018 at 10:42 AM Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> There is a National Guard facility a little north of my home. This
> morning a low flying jet passed over my home. I went outside to look and
> it was a A10 Warthog (two of them). I had thought that model was retired
> and *gone*. I looked it up and those are still in service and expected
> to remain for quite some time to come. I had it confused with a Navy
> airplane.
>
> Relevance to the list..the A10 has military aircraft radios aboard :)
>
> 73,
>
> Bill KU8H
>
>
> --
> bark less - wag more
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