I am awed by my destructive power.
For anyone who has admired the Warthog, seen it in action, or called upon it to be their salvation, this story will fulfill a desire to virtually strap into the cockpit, while gaining unprecedented understanding of the mind of a modern Combat pilot..
Hogs in the Sand is the gripping journey of one of those pilots as he fights an increasingly terrifying war, all the while attempting to win over a woman and keep control of his internal demons.
The men who took it through walls of flak and surface-to-air missiles to help defeat the world\'s fourth-largest army were as untested as their airplanes, so they relied on personal determination and the amazing A-10 to accomplish their missions, despite the odds.
The mighty, iconic A-10 Warthog was first thrust into battle in Operation Desert Storm.
The soundtrack of a pilot\'s war is mostly silent.
No screams suddenly stifled.
No deafening explosion.
There\'s no dramatic chord.
But the cold, morbid reality of it does not exist from where I sit and watch it happen.
With a small squeeze of the gun trigger under my right index finger, I can rip the turret off a thirty-ton battle tank and throw it 200 feet across the desert, while the rest of the tank burns in an explosion of white-hot, burning phosphorescence.
I am awed by my destructive power
