DCS World - A-10A - Warthog the Chopper Killer in Desert Storm

[@markayres8014]

I don't know who CPT Sweeny is as stated in this video at 12:56. I do know that the first A-10 helicopter kill in Desert Storm was by CPT Robert Swain of the 706 Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 926th Tactical Fighter Wing. The 926th TFW was an Air Force Reserve unit based at New Orleans Louisiana . His aircraft serial no. 770205 tail code: NO was named Chopper Popper after his kill and is on display at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs Colorado

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much for correcting that. Back in those days, I was just talking along the video without actually writing a scenario so things like this were easier to happen. I'm pinning your comment for others to see more easily.

[@weissrw1]

If I were the commander of that helicopter, after the first pass by the A-10, I would have landed that thing and told my crew to scatter. Count my blessings the A-10 missed the first time. Good video.

[@showtime112]

That would have been the smart choice. The helicopter was actually damaged on the first pass (which doesn't show well here because of the damage model I couldn't get it to smoke). Thanks again!

[@veritasardens6547]

I cannot imagine the horror of what happened inside the helicopter after the second pass. BRRRT, the GAU-8 Avenger's fart of death.

[@mikentx57]

I am sure that the Iraqi pilots did not have that great of training. On the first past it probably scared the pilot so bad that he could not think of anything past, "Run away!"

[@JoeCool_1962]

I was lucky to see one A-10 in flight during an air show at the Saint Dizier air base, it was amazing

[@showtime112]

I'm sure it was. And I'm a bit envious :)

[@jaydeister9305]

Heck, i went to that war, and the A-10 is one of my favorites (the anything killer)(just kills anything with a wing load of missiles or the gatling gun).

[@showtime112]

Imagine that USAF originally didn't even include A-10 in the plans for Desert Storm!

[@madmarauder9925]

I probably loaded that jet on that day ....

[@showtime112]

@@madmarauder9925 Cool! What was the reaction in the air base? Was there a party or something?

[@miger1824]

That gattling gun sound is brutal!

[@showtime112]

Everybody how ever heard it seem to agree 😁

[@weissrw1]

That paint job on the A-10 looks super!! Looks like brand new off the showroom floor. Very cool.

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the comment! Maybe the skin could be a little more weathered, it's hard to tell.

[@lorneward7602]

Great video, would be cool to show the correct tail flash of the 706th New Orleans Air Force Reserve unit.

[@Anarchy_420]

During the Korean War there were incredible, unconventional air conflicts on two different occasions-- The Hawker Sea Fury shot down a MIG-15 and The AU4 Corsair also shot down a MIG-15! Doesn't stop there, Vietnam-- A-1 Skyraider shoots down MIG-17 I believe on two separate occasions!! Request-- Do your best to recreate one of these Historical Scenarios👍

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the comment! Sadly, none of those shooter aircraft are yet available in DCS World. The Corsair will be however, because they are developing it. So, I guess it could be the first one to cover.

[@Anarchy_420]

@@showtime112 thanks that'd be epic if you could recreate that historical scenario!

[@RYDER8140]

@@Anarchy_420 The first of these victorious engagements took place on Jun. 20, 1965, when a flight of Skyraiders from the Strike Squadron 25 (VA-25) Fist of the Fleet, took off from the USS Midway (CVA-41) supporting the rescue of a downed USAF pilot in the northwest corner of North Vietnam were attacked by a flight of MiG-17s. The two enemy jets launched missiles and fired with their cannons against the two A-1Hs, but both Skyraiders’ pilots, Lt. Charles W. Hartman III, flying A-1H Bu No 137523, radio call sign “Canasta 573,” and Lt. Clinton B. Johnson, flying A-1H Bu No 139768, call sign “Canasta 577,” evaded them before and maneuvered to shoot down one of the MiG's with their 20 mm cannons. The second victory of the propeller-driven Skyraider against a North Vietnamese MiG-17 jet fighter, took place on Oct. 9, 1966 and involved four A-1Hs launched from the deck of the USS Intrepid (CV-11) in the Gulf of Tonkin flying as “Papoose flight.” The flight was from the Strike Squadron 176 (VA-176) Thunderbolts and it was led by Lt. Cdr. Leo Cook, with Lt. Wiley as wingman, while the second section was led by Lt. Peter Russell with Lt. William T. Patton as wingman. It was during the RESCAP (the REScue Combat Air Patrol, a mission flown to protect the downed pilots from ground threats) flight, that the “Spads” (as the Skyraiders were dubbed by their pilots) were attacked by four MiG-17s. This engagement ended with one Fresco confirmed as being shot down, a second as probably shot down and a third heavily damaged. According to McCarthy, the MiG-17 kill was awarded to “Papoose 409,” the A-1H BuNo 137543, flown by Lt. Patton who, after having gained a position of advantage on one of the MiGs, opened fire with his four guns, hitting the tail section of the enemy jet. Patton followed the MiG which descended through the cloud deck and when Papoose 409 emerged from the clouds he spotted the enemy pilot’s parachute.

[@Anarchy_420]

@@RYDER8140 finally someone else who is interested in these unconventional historical dogfights✌

[@Anarchy_420]

@@RYDER8140 you should check out the Hawker Sea Fury and AU4 Corsair both shot down MIG-15's

[@cripplehawk]

Reason why the F-14s had only one kill was because they were position far away . I believe they mainly operated out of the Mediterranean Sea. When the F-14s made radar lock against the Iraqi Fighters (Usually Foxbats). The Iraqis disengaged and head for home.

[@showtime112]

That's one explanation. But I believe it was a combination of factors.

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

What happened inside of that chopper when it was hit can only be shown properly in the style of early 90s Japanese anime OVAs, bullets raining through the Hull punching fist size holes like passing through tissue paper, occasionally hitting the crew, shredding their bodies to gory splashes of formless meat and bone... like a scene right out of Akira or fist of the North star... sorry but the scene of that chopper dancing under impact of 1800 rounds per minute while going down in flames was really a terrifying display of fire power...

[@showtime112]

It certainly is. In the other case of A-10 helicopter shootdown, they couldn't even identify the type when they found the wreckage. It was just a heap of scorched metal.

[@gamer_f1043]

Nice to se an aircraft we haven't yet seen on this channel!

[@showtime112]

Oh yes. I like to introduce new types as much as possible.

[@tjdowns3743]

@@showtime112 this is really great stuff! Attempting to recreate the historical events is a nice touch. May I suggest a video from the Falklands conflict? There was a lot of air-to-air combat during that War.

[@showtime112]

@@tjdowns3743 Thank you for your comment. As for your suggestion, the Falklands conflict is in fact very interesting. But since the actual map of Falklands is being developed for DCS, I will wait until it becomes available. Current maps really don't resemble the Falklands.

[@tjdowns3743]

@@showtime112 sounds great

[@chuckcawthon3370]

Fascinating Video. Well Done Sir.

[@showtime112]

Thanks, I'm glad you appreciate it!

[@user-jj2ce2yu3n]

Destroyed that Mi-8 that was awesome. Just completely shredded it. I flew these many years ago. They're not glamorous and they're slow. The Su-25 pilots definitely share these sentiments with us. But both planes are well armored and that sets it apart when you're sitting in essentially a titanium bathtub. I was only 10 when desert storm occurred and did not enlist until 2000.

[@showtime112]

Well, Mi-8 is a great transport helicopter but it certainly wasn't meant to absorb much damage. This one just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[@user-jj2ce2yu3n]

@@showtime112 yeah getting shot at with beer bottle-sized 30mm is never gonna end well. Anything that isn't well armored against that in particular.

[@JoeCool_1962]

Performance on paper and reality often don’t match, it’s so true

[@apflyingamer3623]

Nice shooting!

[@showtime112]

Thanks! Gotta love that gun!

[@xyz-hj6ul]

Period 1991, A-10s had only just begun to receive LASTE. None of those deployed to The Gulf had a weapon aiming computer, radar altimeter, autopilot, up front controller or CCIP mode. Only Maverick and (fixed cross) Guns symbology. Bombs were dropped TLAR. The most effective piece of 'targeting avionics' on the jet was the X18 Zeiss binoculars some pilots bought with their own money. This coupled to a mandatory threat floor of 12,000ft and a pair of gerbil exercise wheels for engines meant that all bombs were dumped on 'area targets' (Home Depot, 1&2, KMart) as soon as possible so that the serious business of hunting IRGC tank divisions and SCUDS could begin with a jet that wasn't weighted down with 3,000lbs of extraneous munitions so that mission area performance and persistence was maximized. CBU-59 was a decent weapon but had problems with delivery at high dive angles and speeds as the lack of spin fins meant the weapon tended to donut it's submunitions, rather than disperse them evenly over a target. The CBU-58 was better and the CBU-87 CEM the best option. But both weighed in the range of 800lbs vs. only about 460 for the Rockeye descendant. After the two initial helicopter shoot downs, the A-10 community began to treat helicopter kills as status markers and went trophy hunting. This confused self-identification with the Baron Manfred Von Richtofen led to the loss of 3 Hogs in a week. At which point, the A-10 was further restricted from low level attacks, with the exception of the Cajuns who were doing night OBAS in support of SOF looking for Al Hussein missile TEL teams. Only the most seasoned hog drivers got to go to the FOLs along the border for that mission while the excessive tasking of A-10s up north, in Iraq, resulted in a lack of frontline attrition as the F-16A/C of the time couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, from the inside, even with quad Mk.84. Not their fault really, they were all optimized to the USAFE mission for NATO which of course was threat driven to low levels and so simply didn't have the OFP HUDWAC tapes to support CCIP from above 10,000ft. Only 2 weeks before the start of Desert Saber (the ground war) this resulted in a flurry of catchup A-10 actions in Kuwait which, of course, led to more losses because the jets were coming too often and hanging around too long, becoming predictable to the Iraqis who called them 'The Black/Devil's Cross' and 'Death Vultures' because their Euro-1 paint job looked black against the brilliant blue sky. The Iraqis did everything they could to destroy them, bagging about 5 and grounding another 14 with damage too severe to be repaired, in theater. Of Note: appropriate and effective sand/taupe and white-green camos were trialed but not accepted as the USAF 'really wanted to kill the program'. Something which they nearly succeeded in doing as the A-10 had both the highest utilization and loss rate of the war. As carelessly as they were employed, we are lucky we didn't lose half the deployed units. A-10 pilots were furious to see F-16s doing 'their mission' while they headed north for the great SCUD Wombat Hunt. Today, the A-10 has gone through LASTE, NVIS, PE-1 and 2, IFFC and a couple others before a general reman to the C standard. The Airframe is finally about where it should be but still lacks the critical, dedicated, ATGW replacement for the AGM-65 Maverick. JAGM-F is there but nobody wants to pick it up and fund the Seek Eagle clearance onto the jet, lest it embarrass the 'both GBU-12 today!' Fat Amy Budget Vampires. This will be lethal in the next war as the AGM-65 is an 8km, X2, low carriage density, weapon while the AGM-179 is a 25km, X12 carriage, followon. Our LITENING 4 and ATP-XR Sniper targeting pods can see and sparkle from roughly twice as far as our primary powered tank killer weapons systems can reach.

[@showtime112]

That is amazingly elaborate, thanls!

[@xyz-hj6ul]

@@showtime112 Thanks Sir. Keep up the excellent content.

[@bozocrvelin3818]

Obožavam tvoje videe nemoj odustat od KZbina nikad. Zaslužuješ još pretplatnika

[@showtime112]

Hvala na komentaru! Neodustajanje je dio plana 😁

[@AnthonyScott_Little_Black_Duck]

Good old-fashioned gun runs the way it was done in both world wars!

[@showtime112]

Yes, gun kills are always held in high esteem.

[@AnthonyScott_Little_Black_Duck]

@@showtime112 I think it's the IAF that really really really likes gun killls more than any other air force.

[@jdsaldivar5606]

82ND AIRBORNE During the 80's...I was in the Scout Platoon. Many scenarios we ran during training was against Russian Armor.

[@showtime112]

Yeah, that was the biggest perceived threat in those years. How to stop millions of Russian tanks.

[@kevinwhitaker119]

Ronald I'm with you buddy...I would land and legged it into cover...and start to pray... In hoping that the pilot hadn't seen me running away 🍺😊👍

[@showtime112]

Iraqi pilots perhaps weren't the best trained, but generally they were not cowards. Although cowardice here would have been really smart 😁

[@michaelwk67]

Your video never fails to amazed especially with the good graphics and realistic sounds

[@showtime112]

Thanks a lot! I'll do my best to keep going like that.

[@jrdc6603]

An anti-tank gun against an helicopter? What a slaughter, surely with the piercing armor depleted uranium bullets.

[@showtime112]

They couldn't get Sidewinders to lock with helicopters flying very low over hot desert sand. But yes, it was quite devastating. In the first case when a Bo-105 was destroyed by another A-10 with the gun, they later found the wreck but couldn't identify the helicopter type at all.

[@guydespatie6881]

This is the rig I would take if I was a pilot. Ground attack ! yes !

[@showtime112]

Many would even though it's not as cool as supersonic fighters!

[@jdsaldivar2109]

82ND AIRBORNE Holy Shit!! Was that Helicopter made out of Butter??

[@showtime112]

Pretty much anything looks like it's made of butter when hit by those gun rounds 😁

[@pontiacGXPfan]

The only post-vietnam gun kills came from the most underrated jet in the air force

[@showtime112]

I believe A-10s were not even scheduled to go in the original USAF plans. But Schwarzkopf said he wanted A-10s, and a lot of them.

[@pontiacGXPfan]

@@showtime112 seems he called it right. Except now the factory that built them is gone

[@showtime112]

@@pontiacGXPfan Yeah. Lots of big names from that period are no longer active.

[@gregmaupin8929]

Captain Sheehy is an Oklahoman and I think a lot of his character is one of a true American

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the comment!

[@HiroNguy]

Fairchild-Republic made the best designed vehicle of any kind I've ever worked on! Throw the parts in the air & they assemble themselves on the way down. Nothing is as well engineered for maintainability as this machine.

[@showtime112]

Thanks for sharing that experience!

[@StormkoopaCV03]

I guess the smart thing the helicopter pilot would've done was an emergency landing after that pass first but didn't do so. Which resulted to them getting all killed.

[@showtime112]

That certainly looks like the smart choice now. Especially because it was already damaged on the first pass.

[@michaelpascual3581]

Damn, imagine the fear the people in the heli felt when hey heard the BRRRRRRRRT

[@showtime112]

Glad I wasn't there to find out :)

[@Serkant75]

They Wont hear it if shot

[@victormikecharlie1596]

Great video

[@showtime112]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@JoeCool_1962]

What a soundtrack ❤

[@showtime112]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@barshankarmakar4342]

Please if you can make a video on the Israeli Air Froce sortie mission of blowing up the Iraqi Nuclear Reactor???? It would be exciting to see that.

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the suggestion. This topic was covered by some other channels but I will see if there's anything more that I can contribute to the subject.

[@andywells397]

Brutal.

[@showtime112]

True. That gun was built to destroy much tougher targets and the effect on a helicopter is best described by that word.

[@ulisesvelez5846]

the a-10a warthog shooting down enemy holicopter.

[@JohnWick-yh5kn]

No,the enemy aircraft is shooting at the helicopter

[@aldeng3608]

ED really needs to work on the A-10A textures.

[@showtime112]

I don't know, they are still alright. Especially considering the price of the module.

[@ulisesvelez5846]

both a-10 su-25 both were armed with 30mm cannoms.

[@ronaldwatson1951]

Excellent mission and you definitely took your on the second pass on the helo. Good video did you upgrade your Rig???

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the comment, glad you liked it! Rig is still the same, upgrades will have to wait. Good news is that the major new DCS update with improved clouds didn't slow it down at all. I was afraid it would be a problem.

[@9k111]

@@showtime112 some people say their game runs even better

[@ronaldwatson1951]

@@showtime112 Outstanding and keep up the great work!

[@showtime112]

@@9k111 I haven't tested it enough but the clouds look ten times better. They are actually a factor now, while previously they were only a decoration.

[@showtime112]

@@ronaldwatson1951 Sure will!

[@jimfashik]

Have you done the video on the A10 were the SA6 where it's blow whole wing off

[@showtime112]

Nope

[@PappaBear_yt]

Well, I kinda expected desert camo... 😢 Just kidding, great video! 😁👍🏻😎

[@showtime112]

Thanks for another comment! Actually, just this one green was available. Other skins in DCS are later, grey ones.

[@PappaBear_yt]

@@showtime112 So, I guess LockOn beats DCS (in that regard)? 😎🤭😉

[@showtime112]

@@PappaBear_yt Well, we can give Lock On that little victory 😊

[@jdsaldivar5606]

82ND AIRBORNE I was in a Anti Armor unit in Ft Bragg. All our training scenarios were against Russian armor. ( 80's ) Watching Ukraine...we obviously over estimated Ivan.

[@showtime112]

True. But we shouldn't underestimate them now.

[@jdsaldivar5606]

@@showtime112 82ND AIRBORNE Maintain overestimation...

[@RealDarko]

Very nice mission, can you tell me which airfield you used as a base and where the shootdown took place on the video? Thanks!

[@showtime112]

Thanks! The takeoff and landing is from Liwa base, SW of Abu Dhabi. The combat takes place NW of Al Ain Intl. airport.

[@ulisesvelez5846]

the fairchild a-10-thunderbolt .their counterpart is the russian su-25-frogfoot. but the (a,-10).

[@brainfart3619]

Dobar video, svaka cast. Po tebi koji jurisnik je bolji A-10 ili SU-25?

[@showtime112]

Hvala! Svaki ima poneku prednost i nedostatak. A-10 ima dosta jači top, ima štedljive motore pa može dugo ostati u zoni patroliranja. Su-25 je nešto brži. I jedan i drugi mogu nostiti dosta tereta s time što mislim da novije verzije A-10 ima više raznog oružja na raspolaganju. Uglavnom, meni su oba zanimljiva za igranje.

[@heinhtetsoe62]

That was so sad to see Mi Mi down.

[@showtime112]

Well, it is when you start thinking about the fact that people were inside.

[@Vikingarrogance]

How did you get the camera effect on the second view.of the last chopper kill? Nicely done subbed.

[@showtime112]

Do you mean the ground view? It's a Reshade filter which emulates TV screen. Thanks for the subscription.

[@DynoosHD]

A10 video

[@showtime112]

What does that mean?

[@CenobiteBeldar]

They should rename the warthog "Piranha". That thing picked that helicopter apart lmao

[@showtime112]

In the first case of A-10 vs an Iraqi helicopter, they found the wreck but they couldn't identify the type. That's what the gun did.

[@husseinoskovjino9398]

As what I heard when I first read about American planes shooting down Iraqi helis For example one time there is the story of an F15 that threw a bomb that fell right on a heli the pilot described it that it was flying infact it was just taking off I never heard of an A10 destroying a helo in the Air only on the ground

[@showtime112]

It happened twice, this is the second case.

[@husseinoskovjino9398]

@@showtime112 ye

[@renatoandricevic8638]

Čovjeće 🤘👍🤩

[@showtime112]

Hvala na komentaru! 😀

[@steveclark5357]

are combat pilots and their planes allowed to land post mission with live ordnance today?

[@showtime112]

Sure. As long as they don't exceed maximum landing weight.

[@Dog.soldier1950]

I think the USN has some issues with that

[@showtime112]

@@Dog.soldier1950 There is a certain limit concerning mostly the max landing weight. Of course, it is somewhat lower for a carrier landing but even Navy planes can bring back some ordinance. It was happening a lot in the late phase of OIF, for example.

[@Anarchy_420]

MB-339 Aermacchi VS A-10 Thunderbolt 👍

[@Anarchy_420]

Fox2 dogfight you fly the A-10

[@Anarchy_420]

Another good one would be: Rafale VS Gripen fox2 dogfight or BVR either would be cool

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the suggestions. But duels are more of Growling Sidewinder thing. I focus on historic reenactments.

[@Anarchy_420]

@@showtime112 got it... Kinda unfortunate considering your much more responsive than him ;)

[@Anarchy_420]

@@showtime112 no disrespect to Growling he's great love his channel he gets a lot of comments so I understand why its difficult to get him to do a request. Thanks for the interest in my other historical request! You dont think it would work if you used a different plane such as the P-51, Spitfire, or even the Super Tucano to represent the U.S. plane and obviously the MIG-15 or do you go for 100% historically accurate scenarios?

[@davorandric6150]

Barem su se dvanaest godina kasnije opametili pa nisu ni pokušavali letjeti.

[@showtime112]

Dosta im je trebalo, doduše 😁

[@benlaskowski357]

A-10 is OP, don't nerf!!

[@TheThanimal]

Well, time to fire up my A-10A again. Should probably learn to do more than land in clean weather and shoot the gun. LoL.

[@showtime112]

This module is kinda neglected because it's lo fi. But the A model is historically very important. I would have preferred it in hi-fi instead of C.

[@CoalPoggers]

Chad BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT versus Virgin Missile

[@showtime112]

The sound sure is specific!

[@raidtv3939]

Do you use track ir?

[@showtime112]

I have Delanclip. I haven't mastered it completely yet. I find mouse control easier when I record videos. But I expect that to change in the future.

[@ferdogrgic1410]

Koji je ono fantomski A-10 koji te prati i vidi se u nekim kadrovima? 😳

[@showtime112]

Wingman odnosno pratilac 😀

[@antoniescargo4158]

Why musick?

[@showtime112]

Because that's how I like them.

[@antoniescargo4158]

No music.

[@showtime112]

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[@ssnydess6787]

How about mentioning how many air to air kills the F-15 had...US and Saudi; tell it like it was, please.

[@showtime112]

This video is not about F-15 kills nor does it evaluate Desert Storm from the strategic point of view. Some of those kills have been reenacted in other videos.

[@EastGames-uy6mc]

First!

[@showtime112]

Good job!

[@rhythmmethod4153]

👍👍👍

[@showtime112]

Thanks!

[@rhythmmethod4153]

@@showtime112 You're welcome --> a lot my co-workers are also ex-air force/ Military and we all enjoy your work - a big shout out to YOU from all of US in Canada ----> [ www.opp.ca/index.php?id=115&entryid=56f05b258f94aca7357b23c6 ] keep up the good work Showtime 112. -p

[@showtime112]

@@rhythmmethod4153 That is so good to hear! Statistics show me I get a lot of views from Canada. And even more importantly, their average length is really good. So, it's quality views, the best kind :)

[@rhythmmethod4153]

@@showtime112 QUALITY VIEWS FOR QUALITY WORK!!! Where are you located? - ( we have a bet / pool based on your accent) -p

[@showtime112]

@@rhythmmethod4153 Well, why don't you tell me your guesses first 😁

[@josemoreno3334]

Baaaaaaaaad Asssssssssss A-10. Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp.

[@showtime112]

Yup, it's one mighty gun!

[@9k111]

I know this has nothing to do with the video but damn I hate CBU's

[@showtime112]

They were abandoned in the meantime, but that's what was used in this case.

[@Stubbies2003]

Sigh. Okay your love of the A-10 is beyond the realm of realism to down right sycophancy with a statement trying to compare the F-16 to the A-10 as a fighter. Put those two up against each other in a fighter arena and you will find out REAL fast how well the A-10 can be a fighter. Hint: It would get it's ass handed to it every single time by a competent F-16 pilot. You also conveniently left out the fact that the F-16's primary mission during desert storm wasn't A-A but A-G. That means that other aircraft would have been assigned to cover the strike group from any air threats. Like the F-15. So even IF there had been any air threats the CAP group would have dealt with it not the strike group. This is assuming there would be any air threats as we all know sadam knew better than to take on the USAF or the Navy in the air and ran like a bitch. The only bad thing I can say about the A-10 is unfortunately it is quickly getting to the point where it isn't going to be a viable platform. There are just too many stand off weapons and high tech sensors that can be employed now without having to risk a pilot or an airframe to do GAU-8 closeness level of work. Never mind the amount of MANPADs and AAA out there now.

[@showtime112]

Actually, A-10 is not exactly one of my favorites. I mean, it's a cool plane. The comparison to the F-16 was more to illustrate how many factors really decide in war. This wasn't a suggestion that A-10 was a better fighter than F-16 (or equally as good as F-14 which tied its Desert Storm score 😁). People often look at performance on paper and think this must reflect the reality. But in reality, A-10s got two opportunities for air-to-air kills while F-16s got none. And who would have predicted that before the war?

[@ButtWormy]

[@JohnWick-yh5kn]

If I had a Stinger I would shot that A-10 down

[@msGaming-mi4nu]

Even If you hit it, odds are it would simply fly away and land at its base. A-10's are meant to take a beating and deliver it.

[@Peter.A-A]

Annoying music. Much to high.

[@ulisesvelez5846]

both a-10 su-25 both were armed with 30mm cannoms.