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A-10 Pilot's Compelling Case For Replacing Warthogs With...

An A-10 Weapons Instructor lays out how buying F/A-18E/Fs fits the Air Force's imperatives and keeps the A-10's unique braintrust intact.

For an AF variant (if the AF wanted mods), stretch fuselage a bit, add UARSSI to the CFTs, delete wing folding, maybe lighter but still STOL capable gear/airframe, adjust pylons to eliminate stores toeing arrangements

Not like a freaking 2-3 inch wide pipe directly in front of the HUD is going to cause field of view problems with pipper placement for weapons employment.

22 hours ago, TreeA10 said:

Not like a freaking 2-3 inch wide pipe directly in front of the HUD is going to cause field of view problems with pipper placement for weapons employment.

2 Aft, three high....quiblling.

2 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

2 Aft, three high....quiblling.

I'm not talking about getting on the basket, I'm wondering if you have an obstructed view to put the gun or bomb pipper on the target as you squeeze the trigger or hit the pickle button.

7 minutes ago, TreeA10 said:

I'm not talking about getting on the basket, I'm wondering if you have an obstructed view to put the gun or bomb pipper on the target as you squeeze the trigger or hit the pickle button.

The new $1.2M helmet system gets around that pesky issue. Just a few more years to go for fielding.

On 4/10/2026 at 4:56 PM, TreeA10 said:

Not like a freaking 2-3 inch wide pipe directly in front of the HUD is going to cause field of view problems with pipper placement for weapons employment.

Would be cool if it could fold down

13 minutes ago, arg said:

Would be cool if it could fold down

That would be so typical AF, we have something that works, is field tested. Great now let's over engineer it, spend millions and delay it until the jet is gone.

Not to say that they thought of everything... but they kinda thought of everything. Helps to have a Hog Driver running the design and implementation.

There was "NO" way they were going to block the gunsight.

Last class

The Aviationist

Final Class of A-10C Thunderbolt II Pilots Graduates at D...

The 357th Fighter Squadron graduated its last A-10C Thunderbolt II student pilots at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, marking the end of an era for the sole

And interview with the author of Superhornet replacing Warthog