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This is the fighter pilot podcast episode 44. This week we continue our aircraft

series with a discussion on an attack plane loved by friendly ground troops, feared by enemy forces, hated by Air Force

Brass and revered by its pilots because of its most distinctive feature. Yeah, there's a lot of airplanes out there that do have guns and a lot of them are put on

either as an afterthought, sometimes even a gun pod if the plane doesn't have a gun built in.

Sometimes it's okay, how are we going to put a gun on this airplane?

Let's find an empty spot and do that.

The A10 was kind of different.

It was a big giant gun and how do we strap wings onto it? It's

in combat business tight. You got a 38 on your right 2 o'clock 5.

We know it. Get there 8-7, and 14 coming to drop the field right on the bench.

Strap in for the fighter pilot podcast, the internet radio show that explores the fascinating world of air combat,

the aircraft, the weapon systems, and most importantly, the people.

Now, here's your host with retired U Air Force lieutenant

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