Wounded Warriors - Revenge of The Hawgs

A Team of DCS A-10's takes on a Soviet Motor Rifle Regiment in this Cold War scenario
Thanks to all of the "Balloon Chasers" who have been flying these missions.
We are running regular training sessions. Drop by and get your Hawg On
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Music - Bar Crawl - Track Tribe

[@ghostdog688]

It’s great to hear from the pilots themeselves. Good to see what their thinking and experience was like.

[@Sidekick65]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@thunderace4588]

Thank you Iain.

[@aikrassin]

Awesome job guys, really cool concept, fantastic scenario design, absolutely loving your work!

[@Sidekick65]

Thanks. Glad you are enjoying the videos

[@FGCH03]

Excellent vids

[@Sidekick65]

Glad you like them!

[@stephendecatur189]

Nice.

[@Sidekick65]

Thanks!

[@razgriz25thinf]

Refreshing to see an A-10 scenario that actually puts it in a realistic situation, and lays bare its many challenges in executing its mission. This is not the stereotypical "Da Hawg is Da Best CAS platform and will kill all Da Tanks" and more of "we know this will be very difficult, but we believe we can train to a point where it's doable with the machine we're working with." I like that attitude.

[@Sidekick65]

It's been an education. AND it is the best platform for this job, we've been discovering why.

[@razgriz25thinf]

@@Sidekick65 right so I generally agree, just because of loiter time it means you stick around for longer and can provide a level of consistent support that most things couldnt at this point in time, with a weapon load and sophistication that nothing else like it at the time had. I was more expressing, let's say, frustration with the overestimation of its capabilities and the feeling of invincibility DCS A-10 pilots feel when they've never really put it to a real test like this.

[@Sidekick65]

@razgriz25thinf totally agree. There are others though that typically look down on the A10 for the very thing that makes it the right to for the job. I hadn't realized how.important those things were until we put them in their natural element
AND btw, in that mission the Hawg saved at least 4 of the 8 pilots lives with its toughness

[@razgriz25thinf]

@@Sidekick65 I'm a pretty vocal critic of the A-10 once the cold war is over, and the technology is available to more or less replace the A-10 in that role. But in the full context of the time in the early to mid 80s, I dont think anything is around that could do that particular job, which did need doing. But it's a hell of a challenge. We discovered in Desert Storm too just how deadly MANPADs and SHORAD was to the A-10, and that's still true in the 80s.

[@grifnizzle7197]

Soviets biggest advantages: blind hawg driver + lofi mav screen. Still can't pick out those damn strelas from the rest of the white pixels to save my life, or my wingmans for that matter. Not until I'm basically in kissing distance at least.

[@Sidekick65]

Your "kiss" is deadly though!

[@grifnizzle7197]

@@Sidekick65 That's what she said

[@Sidekick65]

@grifnizzle7197 ok... what were you kissing at the time. ;-)

[@johnchristian664]

Noice!!

[@Sidekick65]

Thanks