Main menu  The 5 Most Awesome Military Aircraft  Being a super-
fan of military aircraft all my life, I wanted to put together a
short list of the fixed-wing aircraft on station today, in the
collection of our Navy and Air Force. These airframes are the
best the U.S. has to offer in terms of offensive aircraft, and
have saved the lives of literally thousands of men and women on
the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as during the
NATO operations in Libya this past spring. I searched the web
for the stats that set each of these bad-ass toys apart and
compiled a list for your reading pleasure. I hope you like the
choices, and if you have some photos of yourself flying one of
these monsters, send them in and perhaps I'll feature them in my
next slideshow.   Courtesy of the US Air Force  A-10
Thunderbolt:  This is quite possibly the ugliest aircraft
streaking across battlefields today, which it why it is
affectionately referred to as “the Warthog.” However, whatever
she lacks in looks, she more than mak