Years ago I was told the A10 is also know as "the breath of Allah" in certain areas.
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Such an awesome plane.
When I was in the military and we had our annual rifle qualification, the top 5 of us in the unit got to go to an aircraft gunnery range in Savannah, GA.
We saw 4 different types of aircraft come in. It was awesome!
1st set: Navy F-18s. We were in the tower and they were talking to the Navy pilots who were around 80 miles offshore. They said their ETA would be a bit over 5 minutes

. Just the 20mm Vulcans were used. When they were coming in we asked if we could watch from the outside railings of the tower. They said "Sure". After the first F-18 came by and triggered its Vulcan, we came back in, much to the amusement of the tower guys. The cannon was deafening.
2nd set: ANG F-16s. Same. Just Vulcans.
3rd set: OV-10 Bronco. Not sure what they used but it was wimpy compared to the Vulcans.
4th set: A-10s

. Holy Moly. The plane almost stopped in midair when the cannon fired. They had some APCs on the ground for targets. After teh shooting, they let us go down to the range and grab some shells. The 30mm were MUCH bigger than the 20mm shells. I still have one of each.
That was one of those days in the military that you really remember and think "That was really cool!"
And then that's offset by remembering the days "And that's why I didn't re-enlist!"