In todays reaction video, YOUR British Family (Mr H and friends) are reacting to Finally: US Tests the NEW Super A 10 Warthog After Getting An Upgrade
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). In service since 1976, it is named for the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a World War II-era fighter-bomber effective at attacking ground targets, but commonly referred to as the “Warthog” or “Hog”. The A-10 was designed to provide close air support (CAS) to friendly ground troops by attacking armored vehicles, tanks, and other enemy ground forces; it is the only production-built aircraft designed solely for CAS to have served with the U.S. Air Force.Its secondary mission is to direct other aircraft in attacks on ground targets, a role called forward air controller-airborne; aircraft used primarily in this role are designated OA-10.
The A-10 was intended to improve on the performance and firepower of the Douglas A-1 Skyraider. Its airframe was designed for durability, with measures such as 1,200 pounds (540 kg) of titanium armor to protect the cockpit and aircraft systems, enabling it to absorb damage and continue flying. Its ability to take off and land from relatively short runways permits operation from airstrips close to the front lines, and its simple design enables maintenance with minimal facilities.
The A-10 served in the First Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm), the American–led intervention against Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, where the aircraft distinguished itself. The A-10 also participated in other conflicts such as in Grenada, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq, and against the Islamic State in the Middle East.
The A-10A single-seat variant was the only version produced, though one pre-production airframe was modified into the YA-10B twin-seat prototype to test an all-weather night-capable version. In 2005, a program was started to upgrade the remaining A-10A aircraft to the A-10C configuration, with modern avionics for use with precision weaponry. The U.S. Air Force had stated the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II would replace the A-10 as it entered service, but this remains highly contentious within the USAF and in political circles. With a variety of upgrades and wing replacements, the A-10’s service life can be extended to 2040; the service has no planned retirement date as of June 2017
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In todays reaction video, YOUR British Family (Mr H and friends) are reacting to Finally: US Tests the NEW Super A 10 Warthog After Getting An Upgrade
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). In service since 1976, it is named for the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a World War II-era fighter-bomber effective at attacking ground targets, but commonly referred to as the "Warthog" or "Hog". The A-10 was designed to provide close air support (CAS) to friendly ground troops by attacking armored vehicles, tanks, and other enemy ground forces; it is the only production-built aircraft designed solely for CAS to have served with the U.S. Air Force.Its secondary mission is to direct other aircraft in attacks on ground targets, a role called forward air controller-airborne; aircraft used primarily in this role are designated OA-10.
The A-10 was intended to improve on the performance and firepower of the Douglas A-1 Skyraider. Its airframe was designed for durability, with measures such as 1,200 pounds (540 kg) of titanium armor to protect the cockpit and aircraft systems, enabling it to absorb damage and continue flying. Its ability to take off and land from relatively short runways permits operation from airstrips close to the front lines, and its simple design enables maintenance with minimal facilities.
The A-10 served in the First Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm), the American–led intervention against Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, where the aircraft distinguished itself. The A-10 also participated in other conflicts such as in Grenada, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq, and against the Islamic State in the Middle East.
The A-10A single-seat variant was the only version produced, though one pre-production airframe was modified into the YA-10B twin-seat prototype to test an all-weather night-capable version. In 2005, a program was started to upgrade the remaining A-10A aircraft to the A-10C configuration, with modern avionics for use with precision weaponry. The U.S. Air Force had stated the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II would replace the A-10 as it entered service, but this remains highly contentious within the USAF and in political circles. With a variety of upgrades and wing replacements, the A-10's service life can be extended to 2040; the service has no planned retirement date as of June 2017
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i seen vids of the a10 flying inches off the ground so show me another plane doing that
Baby H couldn't keep her eyes off of Daddy! She is so adorable!!! I think I was watching her more than the video!
The F35 will never take the battle damage that the A10 can take and return to forward base.
I’m sorry. Can we just stop and recognize how ADORABLE this family is!?!
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, except an A10 that will just kill you dead. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrtttt. Love that sound of freedom!!!!
As a general rule, when the U.S. Department of Defense releases information about new weaponry, it is approximately 10 years after it was put into service. What they are telling the public today, was put into service a decade ago. The most top-secret equipment might be decades before public release.
I fell in love with the a-10 as a kid when they would make tree top flybys over my house in mid Michigan. I thought they were the coolest things I ever seen
The thing is the A-10 is NOT a fighter it is an Attack aircraft get it A-10, Fighter F-35. They are comparing an apple to an orange. The Air Force wanted the A-10 gone from day one, they retained it out of fear, that of the Army getting that money for a close air under the army's control. The AF brass were from the world of the fast movers, the fighter pilots. You notice no mention of service to flight hours for the F35 vs the A-10 or the fact an A10 can use a road as an airfield or the price to replace one A-10 or one F-35 iff lost. The AF all they care about is bells and whistles and gadgets.
But they can never forget they were at one time part of the Army.
Baby H reminds me of my grandson, who is sometimes put in a thing that allows him to jump and down. He sometimes goes to sleep in it.
The base price of each plane should be concidered. The A10 is a lot cheeper. Also if the age of the design was a factor the C130 and B52 would have been gone long ago.
A-10 is not a fighter basically like the ac-130 Gunship but different these are Attackers! These are for attacking/saving by CIWS (Close in weapon support). In the Army Choppers like Blackhawks or Apache's are nice, but these A-10's are what we like to see for air support!
Unfortunately, nostalgia (as much as I like the A-10 since I was a teen) will not allow for a survivable aircraft. Most countries with near-peer airforces would make using them a suicide mission. The era of fighting guerilla fighters with machine guns and tanks without air support is over.
At 9:35, the "agile development process" is a product of new thinking in the Pentagon. Essentially, the F-35 system was so embarrassingly expensive and long to make (it started in 2008 and came out in 2021! Allies were furious with us because we kept adding more and more features to it), that the procurement agencies are completely revamping they way they develop (or dont develop) new planes. Instead, they're currently making a 6th generation that's not really a jet – per se – but a flying platform that can have interchangeable parts and modular devices, so it can be easily upgraded (like the A-10s). So instead of spending half a trillion dollars on ONE jet (well, technically three) over 20 years, the idea to make something we can use for 100 years and constantly upgrade it. It'll cost a LOT less money, and it'll allow us to develop new tech quickly. So instead of leaping to a new generation every 20ish years, it'll be a platform that's constantly evolving and improving. Think like a house, where if it was built really well, you can constantly renovate and maintain it over 100s of years instead of bulldozing it and building a new one every 20 years. There's another amazing program called the "Rapid Dragon rocket system" that y'all should look up. It's essentially the future of warfare, where instead of giving our allies new planes, we give easily install-able payloads that turn bombers from the 40s (which our allies have) into mobile cruise missile bases.
These planes are nothing without the are pilots
5:35 🎼Tie me kangaroo down sport. Tie me kangaroo down…🎶
8:45 as if a single A-10 Thunderbolt wasn't deadly enough, imagine a swarm of COORDINATED Thunderbolts.
and this is the aircraft that russian propaganda is calling, "The Flying Coffin"😃
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My first assignment in Afghanistan in 2008 was FOB Airborne in Wardak Province. The FOB was about halfway up a mountainside and overlooked by three higher mountains. The bad guys were on the other mountains and were shooting down at us with 107 mm rockets. We had (at that time) nothing with which to shoot back so we called for air support. Two Belgian F-16s arrived first and dropped bombs – which missed. Two British Eurofighters next arrived and dropped bombs – which missed. One (1) A-10 then arrived and dropped one bomb – which didn't miss. The recon of the launch site found 25 dead attackers and the launchers & extra missiles all destroyed.
Aw.. What a cute baby… 👶💛🤍
Absolutely love this plane👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I can't take my eyes off of baby H. Patting her daddy on the arm, jumping with a huge smile on her face, she is adorable and has grown so fast.
This is only my impression but it seems to me that, historically, the Air Force has always tried to prioritize the glamorous roles of air to air fighter and bomber. Everything is merely tolerated to the degree is helps out those two. Ground support does not further the goal of glorifying the fighters or bombers so it seems that they have always resented it. The preference for the F-35 is because it is an air to air fighter that can do some ground support if it has to but the preference will always be for the air to air mission. Similarly, when the ground support role has been allowed to languish and others tried to step in to fill the role, it was resented as an invasion of AF turf. If I recall, that is how the army got restricted to rotary wing aircraft for ground support. They wanted ground support and the AF blew them off so they started to develop their own and the AF objected. The compromise reached let the army use copters.
I may be all wet and I am certainly not a pro but that is what it has seemed like to an observer of 6 decades.
I must be out of sorts here, but I thought the final upgrade was to make the model into a drone.
180,000 people in the capital of Mississippi are without water indefinitely because their infrastructure fell apart. They have no water to drink, bathe or flush their toilets. They've needed an infrastructure upgrade for decades but the money could never be found. Perhaps we can sell one of these flying machines of death on Ebay and raise the $1 billion necessary to build these Americans a new water system.
The real reason the Air Force keeps trying to scrap this program will shock you. I'm retired USAF NCO (i.e. a sergeant). NCO's in USAF, USMC, and USA and PO's (Petty Officer) on the USN, and USCG, actually make the military go. Many strive for officer, but the best jobs in any branch is that of an NCO or PO.
We have networks with other NCO's or PO's in various levels of our service branches.
So, the staff of the General of the Air Force and the General of the Army are NCO's, jes' sain'.
This argument began back in the 70's during development phase. The Air Force didn't want this plane before it was even blueprinted.
It seems the General of the Air Force was a fighter jockey and didn't like the idea of a slow, lumbering aircraft in his Air Force and stated it publicly.
The General of the Army took offense at USAF being concerned about fighter pilot image versus actually trying to defeat the Soviets in the next war (that thank God never happened).
This started a spat between USAF and Army which goes on to this day.
The A-10 is a one-of-a-kind a,d so highly effective, that plane should live forever.
"Suite 11 would focus on using agile development methodo-" Let me stop everything right there; Suite 11 is going to be rubbish. Because when it comes to building anything that isn't a website, agile is rubbish. Because it wasn't meant for building anything that wasn't a website, but for some reason it gets treated like this magical space elixir that will allow any project it's applied against to finish ahead of schedule, under budget, and with twice as much product ready.
Also, whoever came up with the idea of replacing all the steam gauges in the A-10 with a touchscreen display is an idiot; those steam gauges are part of the reason why the Warthog is so tough and reliable (and ugly). If a gauge like that stops giving you data, then you know absolutely that you have a failure with that component. If a digital gauge using data filtered in by a computer stops giving you data, then you know you have a failure with a component. If an analog gauge fails, you still have the rest of them giving you information about what's happening. If your fancy LCD fails, you lose all information about what's happening except for the things you can actually see.
It's the exact same thing that happened with automobiles: It used to be that you had a gauge for just about everything you could need to know about your vehicle, from oil pressure to electrical output and all kinds of other great data. Now, you get fuel level and velocity, and if you're lucky, engine speed and temperature. Everything else is handled by a lamp under the dashboard that tell you, "CHECK ENGINE." Sometimes, it doesn't even tell you to check your engine; it just shows you a 12 year-old's drawing of an engine. And let's face it, even if it did tell you all that other stuff, it's all controlled by a computer module, and if a single component on that module fails, you have to throw it out and replace it with another module that, between it and the labor needed to replace it, you may as well get another car because even if it does end up costing a little bit more, at least you can finance that!
If they decide to retire the A-10 all the infantry soldiers would practically revolt and demand it to be returned to active duty status.
Retiring the A-10 would be incredibly stupid because there is not another fighter jet in existence that can perform all the roles a A-10 can and as effective as a A-10 is.
The A-10 WARTHOG has no equal.
Before any bad comments come in, the baby was gnawing on the box because she is in teething mode extreme. At that age the canine teeth and Molars of all Humans need to develop by biting on harder things to break the teeth thru the gums.
We can never reetire the A 10
That $400 trillion price tag is super misleading. That's including all development money for ever piece of equipment that's on the jet. Like all the stuff made for the F-22, everything for all stealth jets, all the special targeting fancy stuff, and so on. I can't remember what channel it was on but Simon Whistler did a great episode on the brakedown of the F-35 and compared it to older fighters if we were to build them today. It's good stuff.
Also I'm a bit bias since I spent a few years in OEF/OIF.
It's really unfortunate when these videos refer to the A-10 as a, "fighter". It's not. It is a ground attack aircraft whose mission is close air to ground support. A fighters role is engagement of other hostile aircraft, but in cases like the F-35, can be used for ground support. An A-10 pilot would never choose to engage a hostile aircraft in aerial combat because it is too slow. The key word there is "choose", since recent variants have had air-to-air missiles for defense mostly against helicopters, but can be used against other aviation assets if necessary.
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I don't understand why both aircraft cannot be used. They have their different capabilities and "personalities" and can be utilized for different missions. I also can't understand why congress, or whoever, is wanting to throw away something that is still extremely useful and saves lives more than any other weapon in the entire military arsenal. Ki d of reminds me of a man wanting to throw out his wife for a younger one even though she has given everything and still has more to give. He is entirely ungrateful and selfish. As for myself, I see new cars on the road that look amazing, but they can't perform or last as long as the older models. Very high maintenance and more expensive to maintain. Keep the A-10. It is cheaper to add upgrades than buy a new model. Simple common sense?
Man baby elana is such a good little baby. My daughter at that age was a huge challenge. And elana is so sweet and cute.
I love how your baby just stares at you when you talk.
I really wish the narrator hadn't kept characterizing the A-10 as a "fighter" — since it is a close air support ground attack plane — not a fighter.
Anyone else find themselves watching the video 1/3 of the time and watching the baby 2/3 of the time? My favorite is the way she looks at her dad so much!
Every time the United States Air Force tries to retire the A-10 the United States Army says we take them and the air forces no we keep them
Baby H.,
This young lady has good taste. She gets so excited. Smart girl! The hog can get shot up and still flies. Unreal! A ground soldiers best friend. I want to thank you three for your interest in the U.S. aviation. Lastly, may God bless and keep you all. Take care.
At the end of all things, there will be an A-10 providing close air support.
child is in the room I cannot listen to this video do not listened to a video violence with a child in in the room
I had the same question when I first watched this video. So where was the "NEW" A-10 Warthog? All I saw was what was already known by just about anyone.
Should send a few hundred to Ukraine 🇺🇦…