A-10 Warthog Escorts Private Jet over Oregon

Why isn't Portland full of new portholes?

That seems like an odd escort. The A-10 has limited air-to-air capabilities, but is of course one of the premiere close air support aircraft of all time. Seems like they were more concerned with threats from the ground, like someone with a a surface to air missile.

Edit:
Just had a thought, maybe the A-10 was going side to side to mask the heat signature (or radar) of the jet? Then if a missile was fired, it would track the A-10 instead, which could deploy counter measures and try to evade?

Last Edited by Bud Fox on 08/23/2019 09:33 PM

No shit.

A10's are propeller planes. Why would it be escorting a much faster jet?

A-10's are NOT propeller planes. They have twin jet engines, and would have a top speed similar to the private jet

FYI, you must be thinking of the wrong plane. This is the one OP is talking about.

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You're right, They have turbofan engines.

AF uses that type of jet for special missions

Had to have been. Not a small private plane either. Just a bit larger. 20-30passenger.
The A-10 was literally 20 meters off its ass. Never seen anything like it. Just like a movie. A-10 was so loud. Like the Harley of the sky.

There's no mistaking military aircraft engines.

Once had a b1 fly over at maybe 500 feet. It really scared me very bad.

It came over a ridge right over me. Fhe ridge masked the noise. The sounx was very abrupt and unnerving.

The REAL Air Force One? What was Trump doing in your hood?

God you’re dumb.

Maybe it's not an escort, maybe it was trying to force it to land or move or something?

Thank you again for proving how retarded you are always pretending like you know WTF you’re talking about

Yeah and he always comments portraying himself as some authority figure yet he has no clue WTF he is talking about

It was probably a photo shoot of the A10 if the A10 was weeving from side to side.

A-10s don't escort because they aren't designed for that.The simple answer is they were both military and going to the same destination so they went together.The plane that appeared private probably had military brass on it.If they feared something they would have had an F class fighter or two with them.

Crashed into Capital Building?

Green? [ thought they are all gray.

Movie shoot. I can't wait to see the movie!

Im actually in Lincoln City and took a pic as i was on the beach taking pics when i heard them..Weird and flying low...

Could just be two planes going to a airshow. The A-10 and small support crew.

It is airshow time on year.

I'm in LC too, would love to see you pics.

Really have noticed an uptake in military air traffic around here the past year. Since there are no commercial air lanes around here it pretty obvious when these missions pass by overhead.

I heard the racket but didn't go outside to check it out, it's getting so frequent these days...

If a call goes out for need of an escort, the A-10 may have been the closest aircraft that was capable.

Could have also been a plane heading to the base and reported problems and asked to have another pilot to a visual inspection...this would explain going back and forth behind the plane...looking at the tail section, elevator perhaps.

You would think that John Titor would know this.

Last Edited by anybodysguess on 08/24/2019 09:12 AM

It's a slow, straight wing plane. My mistake about the engines.

Maybe they were going to bomb Detroit Dam...

The man that owns evergreen air has an A10 I believe.

It's a prop plane in his timeline. Mandella.