EXPLORE - FOD, Mike Shufeldt - VIDEO1 SRT

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-(Narrator) Close air support is

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about the guy on the ground.

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Combat search and rescue is
about the guy on the ground.

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We're a joint airframe and an air force,

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and that's what makes us different.

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- [Second Narrator] The
A-10's the only airframe ever

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that was built entirely for this mission.

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(Soldier) Yo, come on, man; They're
about to do a gun run;

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you need to get down.

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Let's go, buddy.

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[plane engine roars]

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- Woo!

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- Yeah!

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[cheers and laughs]

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(Narrator) The A-10 was
built for ground combat.

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30 mil in=bound!

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- [Narrator] Ground combat
has, we had, the old linear

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battlefield type where
we're gonna go fight

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a bunch of tanks. Go in low at 100 feet,

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and then we've morphed
into a medium-altitude,

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precision-strike platform
because the airplane

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has been updated and modified
to be able to do that.

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Sensors are great. They're
amazing, They enable

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precision strike. They enable
us to generate coordinates

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that are pristine, that
are right on the target.

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But that will never
replace just looking right

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outside of my cockpit and
looking at the battlespace.

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What am I seeing out there, big picture?

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[Second Narrator] You do
have this personal connection

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with the people that we
so closely work with,

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the guy on the ground.

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We hear him getting scared.

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- [Soldier mumbles] 

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From last hit, north 75 meters.

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-(Narrator) We hear him getting excited.

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(Soldier) Here we go. That's it!

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Good hit! Good hit! Good hit!

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Dash two, I need you in the scene,

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same remark, same restrictions.

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(Narrator) We hear the bullets flying.

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[gunfire]

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We hear him taking cover.
We hear him breathing hard.

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It becomes a very personal
mission, especially when

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you start hearing about
guys taking casualties.

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That hits very, very close to home.

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Nobody ever wants to hear that.

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[plane engine roars]