M3Baker

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H4LOGfuuugc

FenderBean

I spent many days responding to troop in contact missions in Afghanistan I worked with a-10s in very close proximity on most missions. Always a pleasure to deal with and they had no problem with us being in the stack doing gun runs. good times.

M3Baker

Keith, I've always said that you have a great job!

FenderBean

Yeah I wish it was easier to get flights approved to take people flying I would love to take you up and show you what one will do. The last engagement I had before coming home we were swapping runs with these guys, fun to roll out of a gun run with an a10 firing as your turning out bound. Never have to worry about get shot in tail lol.

CraigG

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Nice video....particularly those in-cockpit gun firing shots. It's always hard to describe what it's like shooting that 30mm gun! I wish we'd had GoPro's back in my day.

dubd

Awesome video! Just watched it yesterday after it was shared on Facebook. Makes me even more pumped to receive my SM A-10. Ships this week!

Pantherman

Awesome photo Craig, "Days of Thunder"!

Woody

dubd

Bad*** pic!

M3Baker

Nice, Craig. Always enjoyed watching you fly the A-10.

speed is life

Seems like just yesterday doesn't it? And that "vintage" Warthog, no RWR antennas, no Pave Penny pylon, and avionics? Nope....singular tense, as in "Avionic"....Tacan only,and a paper low level map "LATN". Good stuff.
- Mike

CraigG

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So true Mike....none of that fancy stuff for us back then. Here's me along side another "vintage" jet, a Royal Netherlands F-5 during an airshow in Holland in 1977.

Ruffinit

Makes me proud to see such an awesome fighting machine and brings me back to the days when I used to walk along the assembly line at Fairchild Republic in Farmingdale, NY.

dubd

Sweet photo! Where were you based?

CraigG

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Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson. We were the first unit (333rd TAC Fighter Squadron) to get the Warthog and we did a lot of domestic and international demos in those early years, introducing the jet.

dubd

I remember seeing the A-10 during the base airshows as a kid in the 80s. I was more mezermized by the Warthog demo than the Thunderbirds. Are you flying a Mibo A-10 now?

CraigG

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Yes, I'm into my 7th flying season with my Gen 3. Great airplane and other than having a little better power-to-weight advantage than the original, I like to fly it similar to those demos you saw.

dubd

Beautiful A-10! The weathering looks fantastic! I like to fly similar to the demos as well. Hopefully my second SM A-10 lasts longer than the first. If not, I'll be getting a Mibo next.

Ragz

What an amazing video. Thanks for sharing.