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An air-to-air view of a U.S. Air Force A-10A Thunderbolt II attack aircraft during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is armed with AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missiles and AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles.
A US Air Force (USAF) A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, assigned to the 355th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), approaches the extended refueling arm of an Alaska (AK), Air National Guard (ANG) KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, from the 168th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), 168th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), during a refueling mission flown over a snow cover mountain range, near Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), AK
A 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles stands on the flight line shortly after arriving. The aircraft is en route to the United States after being deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm
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A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II receives fuel
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A U.S. Air Force fuels specialist from the 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, England, Air Force Base, La., replenishes the fuel tank on an A-10A Thunderbolt II attack aircraft prior to a sortie in support of Operation Desert Storm. The Thunderbolt II is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles mounted under the wing.
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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Prentes Trambue
Release Status: Released to Public
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The A-10 Thunderbolt has excellent maneuverability at low airspeeds and altitude and is a highly accurate and survivable weapons-delivery platform. Called the “Warthog” for its aggressive look and often painted with teeth on the nose cone, the A-10 Thunderbolt II is the U.S. Air Force’s primary low-altitude close air support aircraft best known for its GAU-8 Avenger 30mm Gatling gun designed to fire armor-piercing depleted uranium and high explosive incendiary rounds. In the 1970s the threat of Soviet armored forces and all-weather attack operations had become more serious. Six companies submitted aircraft proposals, with Northrop and Fairchild-Republic selected to build prototypes: the YA-9A and YA-10A, respectively. General Electric and Philco-Ford were selected to build and test GAU-8 cannon prototypes. First A-10 was delivered to the U.S. Air Force on 30 March 1976. By 1984, 715 airplanes had been built.