5/5/2023 0 Comments A10 tank buster video![]() ![]() The militants have used heavy machine guns on occasion to try and engage the circling warplanes and drones, but these have generally kept well above the automatic weapons’ maximum range. Air Force F-15 and F-16 fighter jets and B-52 and B-1 bombers can also employ the bomb, which is accurate to within 10 feet “every day and in every condition.”īut the jihadis lack any serious anti-aircraft capability, allowing coalition aircraft to loiter unmolested for long periods over their targets. Though the A-10’s first combat use of the bomb came this month, the bunker busters have already been used extensively against ISIS militants by other aircraft, Davis said - more than 7,500 have been dropped so far. forces in Afghanistan in their dual missions of fighting terrorists and supporting Afghan forces, but defense officials are reportedly mulling a deployment of the aircraft under President Donald Trump’s new South Asia strategy, which would also add thousands of troops to the fight there. There are currently no A-10s supporting U.S. Lawmakers have fought to keep them flying into the next decade. Regarded as “flying tanks,” the aircraft is beloved by ground forces for unmatched close air support capabilities, but the Air Force has said it can’t afford to maintain both the Warthogs and the multi-role F-35 meant to replace them. ![]() The 74th Fighter Squadron “Flying Tigers” deployed a dozen A-10s from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., to Turkey in July in support of the ISIS fight. “The weapon was selected for its ability to penetrate deeply into this particular structure,” Air Force Capt. Air Force Central Command spokesman said. 8, an A-10 dropped the bunker-buster on a building in the ISIS capital of Raqqa, where enemy snipers were targeting coalition troops and partnered Syrian Diplomatic Forces, a U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kristan Campbell)Īn A-10 Thunderbolt II taxis on the runway July 15, 2017, at Incirlik Air Base, Tur (Kristan Campbell/U.S. ![]() The A-10s are deployed here from the 74th Fighter Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II taxis to a parking spot from the flight line July 15, 2017, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. The A-10s are deployed here from the 74th Fighter Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.Ī U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II flies overhead July 15, 2017, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. ![]()
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