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WILLIAMM DAVID FIREFIGHTER AT FIRE STATION

Aviation ordnancemen from Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) load an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile onto one of their squadron's A-7E Corsair aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) during Operation Desert Shield

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An air-to-air view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft dropping live bombs during exercise Cool Snow Hog '82-1

A ground crewman performs maintenance on an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during exercise Cool Snow Hog '82-1

An air-to-air view of a camouflaged A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, participating in exercise Cool Snow Hog '82-1

An aerial view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft landing during exercise Cool Snow Hog '82-1

Ground crewmen perform maintenance on the two A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft being used during exercise Cool Snow Hog '82-1

Air Force personnel load 30mm ammunition aboard an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during exercise Cool Snow Hog '82-1

Ground crewmen, in chemical warfare gear, load an Mark 82 bombs onto the pylon of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Exercise UREX '82

A pair of A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the78th Tactical Fighter Squadron take off during exercise Reforger '86

Right side view of a camouflaged A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft flying over snow covered terrain during exercise Cool Snow Hog '82-1

Ground crewmen load a Mark 82 bomb aboard an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during exercise Cool Snow Hog '82-1

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Subject Operation/Series: COOL SNOW HOG '82-1

Base: Kotzebue Air Force Station

State: Alaska (AK)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson

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.

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08/03/1982
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label_outline Explore Snow Hog, Exercise Cool Snow Hog, Cool Snow Hog

An A-10 Thunderbolt II banks away after attacking a

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ground crewmen load ground crewmen load mark bomb thunderbolt aircraft thunderbolt ii aircraft exercise snow hog snow hog alaska a 10 thunderbolt ii staff sergeant mark 82 bombs kotzebue air force station history of alaska alaska free images alaska photographs high resolution exercise cool snow hog cool snow hog a 10 thunderbolt ii aircraft ssgt bill thompson us national archives