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US Air Force Crewchiefs from the 23rd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) make the final pre-flight preparations on an A-10A Thunderbolt II, 74th Fighter Squadron (FS), Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina (NC). With the A-10 mission complete, the aircraft prepare to fly for the last time at Tallil Air Base (AB) for their return to their home station at Pope AFB during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The A-10 is equipped with two stores containers under the wings and a 600-gallon fuel tank on the centerline
US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Kruskie Jacob, Crewchief, 23rd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), talks with the pilot of the A-10A Thunderbolt II, 74th Fighter Squadron (FS), Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina (NC), during pre-flight checks. With the A-10 mission complete, the aircraft flew for the last time at Tallil Air Base (AB) for their return to their home station at Pope AFB during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The A-10 is equipped with two stores containers under the wings and a 600-gallon fuel tank on the centerline
US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Joshua Bowman, Crewchief, 23rd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) patiently waits for his A-10 Thunderbolt II, 74th Fighter Squadron (FS), Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina (NC), pilot to arrive. With the A-10 mission complete, the aircraft prepare to fly for the last time at Tallil Air Base (AB) for their return to their home station at Pope AFB during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, 354th Fighter Squadron (FS), Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ), receives fuel from a KC-135R/T Stratotanker, 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild AFB, Washington (WA), over central Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The A-10 is armed with AGM-65 Maverick missiles, 250 lbs bombs, and a pod of 2.75-inch rockets
US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, 354th Fighter Squadron (FS), Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ), moves away from the boom of a KC-135R/T Stratotanker, 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild AFB, Washington (WA), after refueling over central Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The A-10 is armed with AGM-65 Maverick missiles, 250 lbs bombs, and a pod of 2.75-inch rockets
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US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, 354th Fighter Squadron (FS), Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ), in the shadow of a KC-135R/T Stratotanker, 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild AFB, Washington (WA), over central Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The A-10 is armed with AGM-65 Maverick missiles, 250 lbs bombs, and a pod of 2.75-inch rockets
A US Air Force (USAF) 4th Fighter Wing (FW) F-15E Strike Eagle dual role fighter aircraft, from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina (NC), refuels in flight from a USAF 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), 380th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), KC-10A Extender aerial refueling aircraft while flying a mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)
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 US Air Force (USAF) A-10A Thunderbolt II, 74th Fighter Squadron (FS), Pope Air Force Base (AFB), taxis down the runway at Tallil Air Base for the last time. With the A-10 mission complete, the aircraft prepare to fly for the last time at Tallil Air Base (AB) for their return to their home station at Pope AFB during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The A-10 is equipped with two stores containers under the wings and a 600-gallon fuel tank on the centerline
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Tallil Air Base
State: Dhi Qar
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Chenzira Mallory, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.
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.
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