FPP044 - A-10 Thunderbolt ll

BRRRRRRTTTTTT!!! The sound of an aircraft cannon firing is simultaneously exhilarating and terrifying, depending on which side of the barrels a person finds themselves. And while most combat aircraft have featured guns and cannons since the dawn of aerial battle, no aircraft is more known for—or respected for—its gun than the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt ll and it's tank-busting 30mm GAU-8 Avenger cannon. On this episode, retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Luke "Supa" Fricke joins the Fighter Pilot Podcast to discuss the purpose-built Warthog —as the pilots affectionately refer to it—and answers all our usual questions featured in the ongoing 'aircraft series.' As an added bonus to this discussion for DCS players in the audience five copies of the Enemy Within 3.0 campaign created by team member Baltic Dragon will be given away. Click here to enter. During the listener questions segment, we discuss aircraft carrier alert postures, officer-enlisted relationships, and the rudder's importance in ACM. New episode bumper announcements provided by Clint Bell . Music by Jaime Lopez. Artwork by Janek Krause.

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FPP044 - A-10 Thunderbolt ll is an episode from The Fighter Pilot Podcast by E. Vincent Aiello.

This episode is 01:25:04 long.

This episode was published on Apr 12, 2019.

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