The Anonymous Widower

Where Are The Warthogs?

It must have been over twenty years ago, when I ended up in the Clopton Crown public house, spending an evening’s drinking with two USAF pilots, who lived locally.

They flew A10 Thunderbolt IIs out of RAF Bentwaters.

These aircraft are effectively a flying-gun, which are affectionately known as Warthogs, were designed with one purpose in mind and that was to stop Russian tanks marching through Europe.

When I told the pilots, that I had several hundred hours flying light aircraft. they told me, how easy the Warthogs were to fly.

Perhaps the Americans should have brought a few out of store and given them to the Ukrainians with a training package?

 

February 25, 2022 Posted by | World | , , , , , , | 4 Comments