Defensive circle

Wonderful! Thanks.

The A-10 is a testament to unintended consequences, or something or
other. Here's a plane that's obsolescent, that has served well, and
that has never seen combat that involved an enemy air force of any
significance. Probably most of the Air Force officers who argued that
the plane was unsuitable because it couldn't survive in the air have
retired by now, and the A-10 is still soldiering on.

Here's an interview with Killer Chick aka Kim Campbell, Hog driver in
the recent unpleasantness: www.warbirdforum.com/chick.htm

And here's a review of a book about the A-10's role in the USAF:
www.warbirdforum.com/warthog.htm


On 02 Oct 2003 16:08:57 GMT, 362436 (Ron) wrote:

About the Warthog: The A-10 has been in the inventory for longer than
many or most of the posters on this newsgroup have been alive. It has
served creditably in three wars that I know of. Has it ever had to go
into a defensive circle?


One of my friends that flies F-16s got into one with 3 A-10s once. There was a
altitude limitation placed on him, so he couldnt just go up and do a "Hog
pop"..

He said it ended up being a draw, neither could get in firing position on the
others, and that an A-10 can potentially turn inside its own ass under the
right conditions.


Ron
Pilot/Wildland Firefighter

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