The A-10 Warthog, an infantryman's best friend.

[gridlore]

U.S. Army Paratroopers from 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, "The Rock", 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, call in an A-10 Warthog to engage Insurgent position with 30mm gatling gun in Korengal valley, Afghanistan. Additional info: "The distance was no more than 500 meters and this is after we had just gotten attacked from multiple positions, this being only one of them, and in a village we visited frequently and were shot at on the way in and on the way out just about every fucking time and in a place where we took contact on a daily basis, some from far some from close."

Sweet.

Comments

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

I remember the "snarling" being lower pitched. Is my memory faulty, or is it an artifact of the recording process?

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

I'm betting it's a recording artifact. I remember a much-lower "growl" as well.

It could also be a Doppler effect. All my experiences with witnessing Warthogs firing had me behind the planes as they fired. This cameraman was positioned somewhat in front of the plane.