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AMN Jerry Herron (left) and SRA Jason Chaffin, 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, prepare to reload the 30mm cannon of an A-10 Thunderbolt with armor piercing ammunition on Friday, April 10, 1999. SRA Chaffin and AMN Herron are deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy, supporting NATO Operation Allied Force

AMN Jerry Herron (left) and SRA Jason Chaffin, 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, prepare to reload the 30mm cannon on an A-10 Thunderbolt with armor piercing ammunition on Friday, April 10, 1999. SRA Chaffin and AMN Herron are deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy, supporting NATO Operation Allied Force

A U.S. Air Force Weapons Load Team, using a MHU-83 B/E Lift Truck, load an AGM-65 Maverick missile on an A-10 Thunderbolt II, April 10, 1999. Members of the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahelm Air Base, Germany, are deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy, in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

A1C Jerry Heron, driving a MHU-83 B/E Lift Truck, SRA Jason Chaffin (left) and SSGT Mark Nogel, 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, remove an AGM-65 Maverick Missile from a case before it is loaded on an A-10 Thunderbolt on Friday, April 10, 1999. The nose of the AGM-65 has a camera that the pilot (not shown) uses to guide the missile to the target. SRA Chaffin, A1C Herron and SSGT Nogel are deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy, supporting NATO Operation Allied Force

AMN Jerry Herron (left), SRA Jason Chaffin (center), and SSGT Mark Nogel, 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, push a tool box across the flight line on Friday, April 10, 1999. SRA Chaffin, AMN Herron and SSGT Nogel are getting ready to reload the 30mm cannon of an A-10 Thunderbolt with armor piercing ammunition (not shown). SRA Chaffin, AMN Herron and SSGT Nogel are deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy, supporting NATO Operation Allied Force

U.S. Air Force Crew CHIEF A1C Ephraim Smallridge performs a pre-flight check of an A-10 Thunderbolt before a mission is flown against targets in Yugoslavia, (not shown) April 5,1999. The armament shown under the right wing of the A-10 is, left to right, two AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles; a pod of seven Hydra 70 rockets; and an AGM-65 maverick air-to-ground missiles. Smallride of Mount Vernon, Illinois, assigned to the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spandahelm Air Base, Germany is deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

U.S. Air Force Crew CHIEF A1C Ephraim Smallridge performs a pre-flight check of an A-10 Thunderbolt before a mission is flown against targets in Yugoslavia, (not shown) April 5,1999. The armament shown under the right wing of the A-10 is, left to right, two AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles; a pod of seven Hydra 70 rockets; and an AGM-65 maverick air-to-ground missiles. Smallride of Mount Vernon, Illinois, assigned to the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spandahelm Air Base, Germany is deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

A U.S. Air Force A-10A "Warthog", from the 52nd Fighter Wing, 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdhalem Air Base, Germany, in flight during a NATO Operation Allied Force combat mission. The A-10 "Tank Killer" munitions include 250 pound iron bombs, ALQ-131 electronic jamming pod, 2.75 inch "Zuni" rockets, AGM-65D "Maverick" missiles, and a 30mm cannon mounted in the nose. The A-10As, deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy, are specially designed for close air support of ground forces

An A-10 Thunderbolt from the 81st Fighter Squadron is loaded with six AGM-65 Maverick missiles, six MK-82 500 pound bombs, two AIM-9 missiles and two pods of seven Hydra 70 rockets sits on the Aviano Air Base, Italy, flight line on Friday, April 10, 1999. The nose of the AGM-65 has a camera that the pilot uses to guide the missile to the target. This mission is in direct support of Operation Allied Force

A1C Jerry Herron, 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, positions the reloader for the 30mm cannon of an A-10 Thunderbolt on Friday, April 10, 1999. The A-10 is being loaded with armor piercing ammunition. A1C Herron are deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy, supporting NATO Operation Allied Force

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Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE

Base: Aviano Air Base

State: Pordenone

Country: Italy (ITA)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeffrey Allen

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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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An F-14 "Tomcat" engages it's afterburners prior to a night launch off the flight deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). ROOSEVELT and its embarked carrier air wing are participating in strikes missions over the former Yugoslavia in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 171st Air Refueling Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Gaurd, heads a line up of tankers on the ramp at RAF Lakenheath United Kingdom on March 28, 1999. The Pennsylvania ANG aircraft temporarily assigned to the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, was diverted to Lakenheath due to adverse winds at Mildenhall. This mission is in direct support of NATO Operation Allied Force

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Wayne White,a tactical air

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U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 51st Maintenance Squadron uses a tow tractor to evacuate an A/OA-10/A Thunderbolt II aircraft during simulated fire inside a hangar during Exercise Beverly Midnight 04-07 at Osan Air Base, Korea on Dec. 14, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Bradley C. Church) (Released)

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Herron, John B - State: Pennsylvania - Year: 1848 - File Number: H230

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U.S. Air Force Crew CHIEF SSGT Jason Martin crouches down on the left wing and performs a pre-flight inspection of an A-10 Thunderbolt II, April 5, 1999. Martin of Sacramento, California, assigned to the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spandahelm Air Base, Germany, is deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy, in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle pilot performs a pre-flight inspection of his aircraft before flying a mission against targets in Yugoslavia (not shown), April 19, 1999. Members of the 494th Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, are deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy, in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. This image was shot through a Starlight System

Airmen from Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona 43rd ECS, prepare to pull an engine from a C-130 in support of Air Expeditionarny Force at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on May 10, 1999, in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

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