Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II / "Warthog"

[jslugman]

They're captive Mavericks, one TV and one IR.

[jslugman]

Hawg moon rising.


Hawg moon rising by James O'Rear acm2470 by James "JSlugman" O'Rear, on Flickr

[Chris Kennedy]

They're captive Mavericks, one TV and one IR.

I see. So they weren't firing those, right?

[jslugman]

Correct, they can use them to lock on targets but have no motors (note the lack of steering fins) and no warheads. Same idea as the captive air-to-air missiles.

[Joe Copalman]

146 seems to be carrying two IR Mavs.  Weird.

[Bubak]

[Bubak]

[Chetan]

Great capture Bubak. Nice to see the PGU-??/B round in the photograph
Cheers,
Chetan

[Ned Harris]

A-10 pulling up after a strafing pass. Goldwater gunnery range, 4/12/11.


_MG_4869 A-10  (s/n 80-0146) by Ned Harris, on Flickr

[phxtoad]

Dug this out and scanned it.  From 1982 at DM.  Yeah, I rocked the OD ball cap...   



Hilarious.

Todd

[jslugman]

Wow, look at all the steam gauges!

[Joe Copalman]

BRRRRRRRRRRPPPPP

[Daniel DeSart]

Good to have things back to normal at the guard rail.

[Joe Copalman]

"In Soviet Russia, pork smokes you."

[bilwor]