In honor of the Warriors Over The Wasatch Air Show
at Hill Air Force Base here in Utah...
so, I drew one of the military planes we saw.
Several of the other planes I have drawn in the past were also there
so I am re-posting their pictures.
IN FACT, I decided to re-post many of my military aircraft drawings.
A-10 Thunderbolt
The A-10 Thunderbolt is a ground support aircraft flown by the military of the Air Force of the United States of America. It is also called the Warthog because of the guttural sound its nose-mounted Gatlin gun makes. The plane was named for the P-47 Thunderbolt of World War II vintage because the P-47 Thunderbolt was very effective at ground attack.
The A-10 Thunderbolt or Warthog is heavily armored for survivability and pilot safety. It is flown by one pilot and no weapons officer. It is a very effective weapon for attacking ground targets such as enemy soldiers, tanks, and other armored vehicles.
Between 1972 and 1984 716 A-10s were built. So this type of aircraft has been around for 50 years. The US Air Force is considering retiring it.
NOTE: This new drawing is found by scrolling down after clicking on the button labeled "Vehicles and Military Vehicles." Then click on the title and you will have a printable drawing to color. Below are many of my military aircraft drawings.
F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter
F-35 Lightning Fighter-Bomber Jet Aircraft
(This aircraft is flown by the Air Force's Thunderbirds demonstration team.)
(It is my favorite plane... AND I recently discovered that it may not be
phased out until the year 2050. There is even a new F-16 Block 70/72
that is far more modern. PLUS many of the older F-16s are being upgraded.
Finally, the F-16 is less expensive to buy and operate than other
fighters of the US Air Force's inventory.)
F-15EX Eagle II
F-117 Nighthawk
F-18A Hornet with Nimitz Class Carrier
P-51 Mustang on D-Day
(This fighter was in the airshow and it was flying with an F-
(My dad said this plane saved his life.)
B-1 Lancer and F-15 Aircraft
B-24J Liberator
(THIS is my dad, he was a B-24 pilot during World War II
and AFTER the war he came home to Utah and became a family physician.
During World War II the war, he used to think while on a bombing mission...
"I should be teaching those kids down there the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
NOT dropping bombs on them."
So he came home and spent decades saving lives and delivering babies...
maybe to make up for having to drop those bombs.
Even so, he strongly believed that Hitler had to be stopped.
The Church of Jesus Christ teaches that
having to fight in a war is not the soldiers' fault.
F4F Fighter
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