Tie in with EP163: Revolution Time - The nation of Forvik and your new country

[wintermute]

The A-10 was built around that gun.  The A-10 is my all time favorite plane.

Yeah, I have to admit, it's a beautiful beast. Personally, I have a love for Harriers, and (outside of the military arena) Concordes could always bring a lump to my throat, but there's definitely something special about the A-10.

[Chodon]

The A-10 was built around that gun.  The A-10 is my all time favorite plane.

Yeah, I have to admit, it's a beautiful beast. Personally, I have a love for Harriers, and (outside of the military arena) Concordes could always bring a lump to my throat, but there's definitely something special about the A-10.

The A-10 was my favorite as a kid, but I'm in love with the F-22 now (especially since I helped make half a dozen parts for the engine).  It just looks like a US military jet should look.  Too bad it's designed for a threat that's long gone.

I got to see the business end of an A-10 at an airshow in Muskegon a few years ago.  I poked my finger in the gatling gun, and it's stupid huge.  The bullets are 30mm..that's an 1.18 inches in diameter!

[Tango Alpha Delta]

Seven years in the Air Force, and there were two things they never let me near: weapons, or airplanes. 

I guess they knew what they were doing, though; people in my career field tended not to be known for combat or aerial prowess.

[Windup]

The A-10 was built around that gun.  The A-10 is my all time favorite plane.

Yeah, I have to admit, it's a beautiful beast. Personally, I have a love for Harriers, and (outside of the military arena) Concordes could always bring a lump to my throat, but there's definitely something special about the A-10.

Maybe I'm just an old SAC guy, but I've got to get in a vote for the B-52.  Older than I am, still flying combat, and still capable of generating one of the most terrifying experiences in modern warfare -- delivering 80,000 lbs of iron bombs that are falling from so high, they go supersonic on the descent. The first indication that you're being bombed is when the entire landscape explodes around you. 

[Russell Nash]

The A-10 was built around that gun.  The A-10 is my all time favorite plane.

Yeah, I have to admit, it's a beautiful beast. Personally, I have a love for Harriers, and (outside of the military arena) Concordes could always bring a lump to my throat, but there's definitely something special about the A-10.

The A-10 was my favorite as a kid, but I'm in love with the F-22 now (especially since I helped make half a dozen parts for the engine).  It just looks like a US military jet should look.  Too bad it's designed for a threat that's long gone.

I got to see the business end of an A-10 at an airshow in Muskegon a few years ago.  I poked my finger in the gatling gun, and it's stupid huge.  The bullets are 30mm..that's an 1.18 inches in diameter!

I was at a couple of airshows with A-10s on display.  I was allowed to touch them including the gun.  I wasn't allowed under it or to see/get inside.

The second time it was across from an F-117a.  They were very new (not so much new as much as the military were only recently admitting they were real).  There was a double rope around it.  A sign on the inner rope said, "Do not cross rope boundary. Deadly force has been authorized."  I had never seen that at an airshow before or since.

[Tango Alpha Delta]

The A-10 was built around that gun.  The A-10 is my all time favorite plane.

Yeah, I have to admit, it's a beautiful beast. Personally, I have a love for Harriers, and (outside of the military arena) Concordes could always bring a lump to my throat, but there's definitely something special about the A-10.

The A-10 was my favorite as a kid, but I'm in love with the F-22 now (especially since I helped make half a dozen parts for the engine).  It just looks like a US military jet should look.  Too bad it's designed for a threat that's long gone.

I got to see the business end of an A-10 at an airshow in Muskegon a few years ago.  I poked my finger in the gatling gun, and it's stupid huge.  The bullets are 30mm..that's an 1.18 inches in diameter!

I was at a couple of airshows with A-10s on display.  I was allowed to touch them including the gun.  I wasn't allowed under it or to see/get inside.

The second time it was across from an F-117a.  They were very new (not so much new as much as the military were only recently admitting they were real).  There was a double rope around it.  A sign on the inner rope said, "Do not cross rope boundary. Deadly force has been authorized."  I had never seen that at an airshow before or since.

What it meant was "we don't want anyone to get close enough to figure out that these are made of duct tape." 

[Chodon]

The A-10 was built around that gun.  The A-10 is my all time favorite plane.

Yeah, I have to admit, it's a beautiful beast. Personally, I have a love for Harriers, and (outside of the military arena) Concordes could always bring a lump to my throat, but there's definitely something special about the A-10.

The A-10 was my favorite as a kid, but I'm in love with the F-22 now (especially since I helped make half a dozen parts for the engine).  It just looks like a US military jet should look.  Too bad it's designed for a threat that's long gone.

I got to see the business end of an A-10 at an airshow in Muskegon a few years ago.  I poked my finger in the gatling gun, and it's stupid huge.  The bullets are 30mm..that's an 1.18 inches in diameter!

I was at a couple of airshows with A-10s on display.  I was allowed to touch them including the gun.  I wasn't allowed under it or to see/get inside.

The second time it was across from an F-117a.  They were very new (not so much new as much as the military were only recently admitting they were real).  There was a double rope around it.  A sign on the inner rope said, "Do not cross rope boundary. Deadly force has been authorized."  I had never seen that at an airshow before or since.

What it meant was "we don't want anyone to get close enough to figure out that these are made of duct tape." 

Apparently TAD knows that he's talking about:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/m_orQlBpIag&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/m_orQlBpIag&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0</a>

[Tango Alpha Delta]

Apparently TAD knows that he's talking about:

Well, it happens now and then... it *is* a leap year, isn't it?   

[Darwinist]

Apparently TAD knows that he's talking about:

Well, it happens now and then... it *is* a leap year, isn't it?   

Holy living f*ck.  I'm wearing a hardhat to the Chi-town Airshow this year.