Inside the A-10 Warthog

Inside the A-10 Warthog Kilroy Inside, military history, military documentary, war machines, WW2, World War 2, WWII documentary, tank documentary, military aviation, fighter jets, bombers, tanks, how it works, inside a tank, WW2 tanks, WW2 aircraft, Tiger tank, King Tiger, B-17, P-51 Mustang, A-10 Warthog, military technology, weapons explained, history documentary Baghdad, April 7, 2003. A missile explodes behind Captain Kim Campbell's A-10, and both hydraulic systems are gone. The nose drops toward the city and the stick does nothing. An hour later, the same jet is lining up for a runway in Kuwait. How does an aircraft keep flying after that? Why is the pilot sitting inside a bathtub of titanium? Why does the fuel not explode, why are the engines mounted so high, and why is the landing gear designed to simply fall out? And what happens, round by round, when the 30mm GAU-8/A Avenger fires its famous BRRRT? We built the A-10C Thunderbolt II in full detail to show how every one of those choices was made to survive the battlefield, and why the Warthog is still flying while the Air Force keeps trying to retire it. 00:00 Baghdad, 2003 01:19 The Jet She Was Flying 03:42 The Titanium Bathtub 05:04 Two Hydraulic Systems, Then Cables 06:52 Fuel That Doesn't Explode 07:46 Engines Mounted High 09:11 Landing Gear Built to Fall 10:20 The GAU-8/A Avenger 12:38 Ammunition and the Feed System 14:33 Hardpoints, Weapons and the Digital Cockpit 17:11 Step by Step: A Gun Attack 19:05 Where It Came From 21:47 Verdict and Retirement 23:48 The Landing Sources: U.S. Air Force, A-10C Thunderbolt II Fact Sheet Airman Magazine (USAF), "Airframe: The A-10 Thunderbolt II" General Dynamics / General Electric, GAU-8/A Avenger technical data Combat Damage Assessment Committee, A-10/GAU-8 firings against a simulated Soviet tank company, 1978 (Naval Postgraduate School Library) Kim Campbell, Flying in the Face of Fear (2023) Task & Purpose, report on Kim Campbell's mission of April 7, 2003 Air & Space Forces Magazine, fleet numbers and retirement plan Reuters and Defence Industry Europe, A-10 retirement postponed to 2030 (April 2026) Footage and photos: U.S. Air Force, U.S. Department of Defense, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve public affairs photographers (355th Wing, 127th Wing, Nellis AFB, 23rd Wing, 51st and 52nd Fighter Wings, AFCENT and others), National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps (public domain). Wikimedia Commons: Steven Fine, RoyKabanlit and Mike1979 Russia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Ad Meskens, Zgengr and Aeroprints.com (CC BY-SA 3.0), Steelerdon (CC BY 3.0), Lance Cheung, Frank Kovalchek, Ōmono and USAFE AFAFRICA (CC BY 2.0), Varnav (CC0). YouTube clips (under 5 seconds, credited on screen): @AirshowStuffVideos @thewarzone @ErikJohnston @MilitaryHistoryandAviation @EricksonAviationMedia @MARCTOWNUSA @DafyddPhillips @cf18productions89 @JimRamsayJWR @bstwaviationchannel.3385 @allen2w1 @USAFmuseum @calokie733 @veokaralli @stagf15 @Roachman22 @marines @AeroInsightArchives @WingoverUHD @delpillar Narration: Henry Ashford. Shots marked "AI-generated recreation" were created to show what no camera recorded. Subscribe to Kilroy Inside and climb aboard. #A10Warthog #BRRRT #GAU8 #USAF #MilitaryAviation