Pentagon to deploy 12 A-10s to Middle East

[LexVegas]

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/218510-pentagon-to-deploy-12-a-10s-to-middle-east#.VCBsLwBlGNY.facebook

The six-month deployment from the 122nd Fighter Wing is not specifically part of President Obama’s fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, but the airmen and jets could provide air support to troops battling ISIS on the ground.

[Gothmog]

1. I love the warthog

I am glad that this plane is seeing some more action

[Erose999]

2. While I oppose this clusterfuck of a war, the A-10 is a hell of a bang for the buck compared to MIC

wet dreams like the F35.

[GGJohn]

3. The A-10 Thunderbolt, AKA, "Warthog" is one hell of a close ground support aircraft.

It can take a lot of battle damage and still keep on flying while inflicting massive damage to armored targets and soft targets with it's DU firing cannon and it's hellfire missiles.

Glad to see the Warthog isn't yet put out to pasture.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

4. Armor buster. Close ground support. Troops are going into Syria eventually. nt

[Orsino]

5. I want the hoverboots the ground crews will be wearing. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. Barefoot?

[PeoViejo]

7. Let's turn Syria into a Nuclear Wasteland like we did in Falluja.

They don't need to fire DU rounds. I hope they don't.

[Throd]

8. Amusing how the Warthog always finds new life after threats of retirement.

We'll always need a flying '61 Buick with a big-ass gun.

[VScott]

10. They could be firing blanks and just the sound would make any enemy shit themselves.

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[lpbk2713]

9. Are there any battleships left they can take out of mothballs?

Or have they all been scrapped or set up as floating museums?