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A10 Bayonet Attack Meme

This meme features a real photograph of a US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II (nicknamed Warthog) attack aircraft, which has the iconic shark mouth nose paint job with the large GAU-8 Avenger rotary cannon clearly visible in the nose. Two lines of humorous text overlay the image: top text reads 'A10 did not get shot down.' and bottom text reads 'A10 performed bayonet attack on ground target.' The joke plays on the well-known reputation of the A-10 for extreme durability and ability to survive heavy battle damage, exaggerating real incidents of damaged A-10s returning to base to joke that instead of being shot down, the plane was so tough it attacked ground targets directly with its nose cannon like an infantry bayonet charge.
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A10 did not get shot down.
A10 performed bayonet attack on ground target.

Overview

This meme features a real photograph of a US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II (nicknamed Warthog) attack aircraft, which has the iconic shark mouth nose paint job with the large GAU-8 Avenger rotary cannon clearly visible in the nose. Two lines of humorous text overlay the image: top text reads 'A10 did not get shot down.' and bottom text reads 'A10 performed bayonet attack on ground target.' The joke plays on the well-known reputation of the A-10 for extreme durability and ability to survive heavy battle damage, exaggerating real incidents of damaged A-10s returning to base to joke that instead of being shot down, the plane was so tough it attacked ground targets directly with its nose cannon like an infantry bayonet charge.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit military meme communities as noted in the provided source information. It was created by adding text to an existing photograph of an A-10 using the imgflip meme generator, and has been widely reposted across military and aviation-focused internet communities.

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