Mostrando postagens com marcador A-10 Thunderbolt II. Mostrar todas as postagens
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segunda-feira, 15 de agosto de 2016

A-29 Super Tucano entra na concorrência para substituir os A-10 Thunderbolt da USAF

Por: Redação OD
Ninguém tem mais amigos em Washington do que o A-10 Thunderbolt, um antigo avião de combate que ficou famoso por seu canhão Gatling de 30 milímetros e por sua durabilidade --em batalhas no Oriente Médio e em conflitos entre o Congresso e a Força Aérea dos EUA. O avião, apelidado de "warthog" ("javali") por seu aspecto deselegante, data do início dos anos 1970 e foi construído para dizimar tanques soviéticos que nunca surgiram por trás da Cortina de Ferro. Essa besta com asas sobreviveu a numerosos combates contra a aposentadoria porque seus aliados políticos repeliram os vários esforços do Pentágono para derrubá-lo.

terça-feira, 21 de junho de 2016

Michigan National Guard A-10 Warthogs Practice Landing On Estonian Highway

For the first time in decades, US Air Force A-10 attack aircraft have practiced landing on highways, a tactic they originally developed in the 1980s for operations in Germany. This time, the exercise took place in Estonia. (EPB photo)
By: Wording OD

Michigan National Guard attack aircraft practiced landing on and taking off from the Jägala-Käravete Highway, a portion of the longer road known as Piibe Highway, in Northern Estonia on Monday. The maneuvers were conducted as a part of international military operation Saber Strike wherein pilots practiced operating in a region with few actual airstrips and where alternatives would have to suffice.  At approximately 2 p.m. on June 20, four A-10 Warthogs from the Michigan National Guard arrived in the vicinity of the Jägala-Käravate Highway from Lielvārde Air Base, located southeast of the Latvian capital of Riga, reported ETV’s nightly news broadcast “Aktuaalne kaamera.” As it turned out, landing an attack aircraft on a highway was not exactly an everyday activity for the American pilots.