A-10 Pilot’s Tragedy Sparks Scholarship For Future Fighter Pilots
The passion for flying in some families runs deep. For one pilot and father named Jared Black, his love for flying was not only a cherished career but a bond…
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Pierre Sprey: “Whiz Kid” Rebel With a Cause
Fighter Mafia Part 2: Pierre Sprey, A-10 Close Air Support Aircraft Developer Articles dedicated to Colonel John Boyd, Thomas P. Christie, Pierre M. Sprey, Chuck Myers, Colonel Everest Riccioni, Harry…
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The A-10 Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon, That Means We’ll Be Seeing More Of This
The beloved A-10 isn’t going anywhere. The Air Force Times posted an article stating that the re-winging of the Warthog is complete, allowing a majority of the aircraft to serve…
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Star Wars Definitely Never Looked or Sounded as Awesome as This
There’s no music. There’s no commentary. Even the in and off radio calls are left for other clips. Nothing but fast jets making lots of thunderous freedom noises down in…
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Watch: Military Jets Thunder Over EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh
EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh has always been a showcase for military aircraft. In recent years there have been more aerial demonstrations by military aircraft than in days gone by and…
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Top Military and Civilian Aircraft Will Highlight Inaugural Atlanta Airshow
ATLANTA — The first airshow to be staged above a motor speedway will take place this weekend as today’s top aircraft of the U.S. Navy and the Air Force take…
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Kickin’ ISIS Ass: Night Vision Flying With A-10s, F-22s and a B-52
The U.S. Air Force recently released some rarely seen b-roll footage of some of our favorite warplanes conducting mid-air refueling ops at night, and the views are pretty cool to say…
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Twenty Fascinating Warthog Facts That You Probably Didn’t Know
I’ll Take Warthog Trivia for $100 Please We Avgeeks all know how simply awesome the A-10 Warthog is. Here are some things you might not know about the Fairchild-Republic A-10…
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A-10s And C-17s Train In The Dirt And It’s A Video You Can’t Miss
The ability to operate in an austere environment is one factor that makes the Air Force massively effective and lethal. Aircraft like the C-17 and C-130 can rapidly fly-in equipment…
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Flying Led Me to Tracy
I love to fly. Like many things in life there is a tenuous chain of events that lead me to flying…and to my wife, my love, my front-seater, and the…
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Hog Pilot Jots Down His Twelve Greatest A-10 Memories
A-10 Pilot Don Ramm Recalls the Ups and Downs of Flying the Best Close Support Aircraft Ever Built. By Don Ramm Welcome to the flying memories of a peace time…
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It takes Badass Maintainers to Keep The A-10’s “Brrrt” Going Strong
The A-10 is always a popular topic with the Avgeekery.com crowd. A few weeks ago, we wrote about the Warthog’s main weapon, the General Electric GAU 8 Avenger Gatling gun…
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