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Two A-10 Thunderbolts from the 122nd Fighter Wing (Ft Wayne NG) will kick off the festivities with a flyover. Hoping to get some decent video. It's been years since I've seen or heard Warthogs.

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They have such a distinctive sound. I don't know why, but we see them flyover a couple of times each summer in on Lake Huron in Northern Michigan halfway between Rogers City and Cheboygan. Saw a pair about three weeks ago while talking to some down staters that were visiting the neighbor two houses down the beach. The guy thought I really knew something about airplanes because I identified them by sound.
 
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I'd love to see one of those flying.


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That's one of our old Warthogs, from the Arkansas Air National Guard's 188th Fighter Wing, the "Flying Razorbacks".

(The Razorback, a slang term for a wild hog, is the University of Arkansas' mascot. So the hog motif works for both the Warthog and Arkansas in general.)

Unfortunately, they took away our Warthogs back in 2014. The 188th is all drones now.
 
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That's one of our old Warthogs, from the Arkansas Air National Guard's 188th Fighter Wing, the "Flying Razorbacks".

(The Razorback, a slang term for a wild hog, is the University of Arkansas' mascot. So the hog motif works for both the Warthog and Arkansas in general.)

Unfortunately, they took away our Warthogs back in 2014. The 188th is all drones now.



Funny thing... I noticed the markings after I posted it. I've got a bunch of A-10 pics and that one is one of my favorites.


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I am a private pilot because as a child in Myrtle Beach in the 70's, they ran these out of the AFB and I fell in love. I adore them. A chief regret of my life is not pursuing being an AF pilot.




 
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They scare the bejesus out of the hajiis.


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"They scare the bejesus out of the hajiis"

As they should...

A-10's; they have a very distinct and unmistakable sound when they fly over.

A couple of months, a few visited the NG base where I live. I had no idea they were around, but knew exactly what I would see when I looked up. Our finest close air support platform.




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