This A-10 with a P-51 Mustang paint job makes us want to BRRRT like it’s 1945
Just when you thought the A-10 couldn't get any more badass.
Just when you thought the A-10 couldn't get any more badass, the Air Force has opened up the paint buckets.
Eat your heart out F-35.(U.S. Air Force)
The paint job was the work of the Air Force's A-10 Demonstration Team, based out of Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona, and was inspired by the storied P-51 Mustang of World War II – a fighter-bomber that was the U.S. military's answer to Axis fighters and ground forces alike.
Warthog Wednesday #attack #brrrt #a10demoteam pic.twitter.com/TXRogqRL7l
— A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team (@A10DemoTeam) September 25, 2019
The A-10 has an avid following across the military, and it's no surprise: The Warthog is a close air support death machine designed for a single purpose — to obliterate any, and everything, on the ground – which probably makes it the most beloved aircraft among ground troops. That and it looks like the fever dream of a rip-it and nicotine-fueled aeronautical engineer who decided to slap some wings on a giant cannon — the GAU-8 Avenger — and call it a day.
Seeing as the A-10 is probably the only U.S. military aircraft that still dive bombs the ever loving hell out of its targets, it's only fitting that it looks the part.
We chose a classic look for out new jet!#attack #brrrt #a10demoteam #p51mustang #dmafb pic.twitter.com/B6Zb1NsQ1I
— A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team (@A10DemoTeam) September 25, 2019
The only thing that'd make this better is if the entire A-10 fleet got the same new – or should we say, vintage – look.
Check out the photos below.
