Good News: Here's Comes the A-10 Warthog on Steroids (New Weapons and More)

[Music] [Applause] [Music] the US Air Force has all but given up on retiring the a-10 warthog close air support jet instead the flying branch is upgrading the tough ground attackers so they can fight and survive in high-intensity combat the Air Force had hoped to begin retiring its 281 a-10 starting in 2015 but Congress blocked the effort now the a-10 is safe even as the Air Force considers retiring other plane types acting Air Force secretary Matt Donovan stoked speculation that the service will retire the a-10 after announcing that it's FY 21 budget request will include controversial changes such as the divestment of legacy aircraft Valerie and Sinha reported at defense news but speaking at the conference later that day Lieutenant General Timothy Fey deputy chief of staff for strategy integration and requirements confirmed that the a-10 is not one of the aircraft under consideration for divestment and will stay in service until the 2030s short answer no they said when asked whether the warthog is on the cutting block I will tell you I wish the response had been that the Air Force is actually bold enough to get after the threats that were facing the Air Force acquired the subsonic twin-engine planes in the 1970s and 1980s in order to destroy Soviet tanks the stubby warthog with its powerful 30 millimeter cannon proved effective as a close air support aircraft in Iraq and Afghanistan despite its popularity with ground troops the Air Force wanted to retire the a-10 early in order to free up around five billion dollars for other investments now that retirement is off the table the service is moving ahead with a wide range of upgrades meant to keep the warthog relevant into the 2030s the new upgrades come after the completion at the end of july 2019 of a first re winging program that saw the installation of new wings built by Boeing on 173 attends Stefano Durso reported at the aviation esteem to the Air Force Materiel Command the upgraded wings should last for up to ten thousand flight hours without requiring a Depot inspection one month later the US Air Force awarded Boeing a second contract worth up to 999 million dollars that will provide up to 112 new wing assemblies completing the re winging of all 281 attends currently in inventory the a-10s also are getting new weapons avionics and sensors Durso explained as Durso noted the Air Force in fact has recently started fielding a new improved version of the FAA's vision X scorpion helmet-mounted display system used by a10 pilots following the helmet-mounted integrated targeting program in 2012 the main modification is the replacement of the original magnetic tracking sensor with a new sensor known as Hobbit hybrid optical based inertial tracker which should track pilot head movements more accurately a second major upgrade is the integration of the gbu 39 small diameter bomb in the a-10s arsenal until now the a-10 was limited to carry only a single weapon on each pylon by using the Bru 61 Iraq the a-10 will be able to carry four SD bees on each weapon pylon becoming a bomb truck that can release these standoff weapons to neutralize threats as far as 50 miles in the target area before starting to provide close air support to ground troops warthogs finally are getting link-16 data links to do so explained with the integration of link 16 the a-10 will be able to communicate and exchange data with all other legacy air assets namely tactical jets electronic warfare aircraft bombers and AW ACS as well as the f-35 finally there's a new radar a first for the type the last known upgrade is the integration of a synthetic aperture radar pod to supplement the existing targeting capabilities provided by the sniper and litening targeting pods while not officially confirmed the pod in question could be the NA sq 236 dragon's eye active electronically scanned array radar pod already operational on the f-15e strike eagle [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] gee Fogg wanted to or descent out of 15,000 back towards our area for the rage [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you

Channel: US Military News

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Length: 10min 1sec (601 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 29 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/[deleted]]

These low quality TtV "news channels" are a pest to youtube. They're often obviously run by the same person/group with just slight differences but the exact same script and content.

[u/ReluctantSlayer]

It feels like such a win for us Hogfans (Hoggies? brrrters?) to have retirement be officially off the table.

[u/fatalifeaten]

The computer narrator on this drives me insane.

[u/TeaBreezy]

This is such a weird video.

I would have sworn that this was an Onion video, but it's actually serious

[u/CopenHayden]

Please comment with your own risk. This video was taken linked via YouTube, which is not a reliable source. The 'facts' displayed in this video do not represent my own nor do they represent any video linkend or related. Do your own fact-checking and research before posting something negative. I found this video amongst many recommendations and felt the need to repost it due to the nature of the topic at hand. May the BRRRRRRT live forever in our air space as it is the most superior force to reckon with, especially with the upgrades discussed in the footage.

[u/notataco007]

But seriously where's my Warthog II with dual Gau-8s?

[u/ScharlieScheen]

this guy reads like tts. lol