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    armedman posted on May 31, 2010 8:01:11 AM - Report post
     
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    For airshows on Memorial day?
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    Dhampy posted on May 31, 2010 8:02:28 AM - Report post
     
    Sure. The A-10 is a very famous airplane. And it's loud as **** when it flies over you.
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    Whiskeysoaked posted on May 31, 2010 8:06:10 AM - Report post
     
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    armedman posted on May 31, 2010 8:07:28 AM - Report post
     
    I know, it just did, we live very close to an airport it's not uncommon for a very low flying commercial jet to fly over, I find it interesting. but I seen one then the second one of what looked like an A-10 flying really close. so I figured I'd check for air shows in Michigan. I have yet to find any..

    Thanks for the fast answer Dhampy!


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    5/28/2010 - Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. -- As A-10 attack aircraft fly overhead and National Guard color guards appear in Michigan parades and other events Memorial Day weekend 2010, the men and women in uniform on the homefront will be keeping in mind the hundreds of Michigan Guardsmen currently deployed overseas.

    "Memorial Day is one of the most solemn dates on the American calendar," said Brig. Gen. Michael Peplinski, commander of the 127th Wing at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in suburban Detroit's Harrison Township. "This is the day that we pause to reflect on the sacrifice of the more than 1 million men and women in uniform who have died in service to this nation since the founding of our great country."

    As has become the custom, the 127th Wing's aircraft will be crisscrossing the skies over southeast Michigan Sunday and Monday of Memorial Day weekend, flying in formation over a number of area parades. Known to the troops as the Warthog, the A-10 aircraft based at Selfridge is a rugged air-to-ground attack aircraft. The A-10s have been operating from Selfridge for only about the past year.

    While Memorial Day observances in the U.S. trace their roots back to the days immediately following the U.S. Civil War, the origins of special services to honor those who die in war can be found in antiquity. In the 400s B.C., Greek general Pericles led a service to honor the fallen heroes of the Peloponnesian War, offering this eulogy:

    "For heroes have the whole earth for their tomb; and in lands far from their own, where the column with its epitaph declares it, there is enshrined in every breast a record unwritten with no tablet to preserve it, except that of the heart."

    Tributes to the fallen have continued through the ages, though famed World War II leader Gen. George S. Patton stated that ultimately, Americans should not give thanks that brave men and women were willing to die for their country. "Rather we should thank God that such men lived," the general said.

    -warthognews.blogspot.com/-

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    DABhand posted on May 31, 2010 9:10:42 AM - Report post
     
    Ahhh the A-10's aka Tank Busters.. Good ballanced aircraft for long range and tactical strike missions.

    One of the best planes in the US arsenal, along with the F-16, the F-15A was a nice aircraft but lacked what the F-16 and F-14 has, agility and high rates of turning without causing too much G-force.

    Another aircraft that is high up from the US arsenal has to be the AH-64A Apache Gunship, what a beast


    In terms of aircraft worldwide, nothing beats the Mig-29 yet, the Fulcrum is still the top fighter. So yes unfortunately Americans the Russians still beat you there :P
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    Freelancer852 posted on May 31, 2010 11:24:10 AM - Report post
     
    You can't say the Mig-29 is better than certain USA based fighters for one simple reason, they've never actually gone head-to-head in a dogfight.

    That said, dogfights are a thing of the past, modern fighters have air-air missiles that you can launch before your target is even in view over the horizon.
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    armedman posted on May 31, 2010 11:52:02 AM - Report post
     
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    You can't say the Mig-29 is better than certain USA based fighters for one simple reason, they've never actually gone head-to-head in a dogfight.

    That said, dogfights are a thing of the past, modern fighters have air-air missiles that you can launch before your target is even in view over the horizon.

    I agree with the second part, war will soon be about computers. We fire a missile their security system will blast it away and vise-visa. hackers will go nuts trying to bypass said system and then we fire and hit, they fix the security hole and find one in ours.

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    DABhand posted on May 31, 2010 5:58:13 PM - Report post
     
    The Mig-29's specifics and abilities speak well enough. But they have been in dog fights, when Russia was fighting the Czech's and other neighbouring states as of late.

    The same could be said for F-16's as well though. But in terms of control, ballance, ability, payloads etc. The Mig-29 comes up tops.
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