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(A10) Warthog Pilot
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This was written as a thank you for all the pilots that went in harms way to bail my butt out, and the ones who did not return. Written from their point of view.

Winding up my engines Com' on fill my noise Listen to them howl and growl I'm all lit up Here I go again Two feet on the brakes One hand on the gas Guys on the front screaming for help Being begged to catch and go Its just a ball of dirt under my feet Zero to two at 185 Jumping off the deck A Warthog on the loose Feeling my way through the darkness Searching for a radio call Rising up to catch hell A Knight of the air Looking forward to the fight I'm the one, its automatic You're the kinda friend that begs me Only when you're breaking Riding the highway to hell in Triple A lights my path up Coming in hot, one away, two away Shells ravage my plane I'm on fire and never coming back As I become the midnight sun Like the missile in my wing I'm going down, down, down Could have been the Jim Beam Could have been the Wild fling I stumbled on a broken dream.

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Reviews of "(A10) Warthog Pilot"

Reviewed by John Domino

Reviewed on November 6, 2014

Good poem, well understood by this writer. I was the Aircraft Maintenance Officer in the 308 TFS at Myrtle Beach AFB for a spell. One guy I knew was called Lurch Lindsey was over 6 ft. and he has trouble fitting in the cockpit of the A-10. The other guy as called Poo because he looked like a Poo Bear. How about Col Fero? They would all tell such crazy stories. I wonder if you knew any of them? They called me The Pizzaman - go figure!

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on November 6, 2014

Quite graphic and adrenaline filled. This had to be a dream, because most sorties were rather one-sided with the Warthogs receiving little incoming and raising hell below.

There's something about this, distant, simulated warfare that is quite disconcerting to me. While powerful and effective, it's like a video game where the other side always loses. air power seems to rule these days.

Other than that, one hell of a poem!

Ron

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