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Originally Posted by WeirsGuard
Back in the day I flew with a guy who was a program director for the A-10. Seems they had a problem where the left engine would stall when firing the cannon as a result of the exhaust gasses disturbing the airflow into the engine. (The cannon is slightly offset to the left.) Thousands of dollars and much engineering later the problem was finally solved by a crew chief who welded a piece of scrap over the left side of the fuselage that deflected the gasses. Made all the engineers look silly. Check out photos of any A-10 and you'll see a straight piece about a foot long on the forward left side of the fuselage. Speaking of low and slow; refueling these guys while going across the Atlantic turned a 4.5 - 5 hour flight into a 6 - 7 hour adventure. It was amazing how nice the A-10 drivers were when they were a 1000 miles out and running on fumes.
P.S. - I'd forgotten the VTANG had switched from F-16's to A-10's.
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I can assure you, The Green Mountain Boys still fly F-16's. I haven't seen any A10's, but I'll keep my eyes peeled. It takes them much longer to leave the area than the F16's.
But, we do still make armament systems in Burlington for the A10.