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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
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
US Air Force (USAF) A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support aircraft (center), 355th Wing, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ), flanked by a pair of US Army Air Force (USAAF) P-51D Mustangs (Gunfighter [right], Shangri-La [left]) pursuit aircraft fly overhead in a Heritage Flight at the Heroes of the Heartland Air Show at Little Rock Air Force Base (AFB), Arkansas (AR)
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) F-15 Strike Eagle fighter, 335th Fighter Squadron (FS), 4th Fighter Wing (FW), Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina (NC), receives fuel through the boom of a USAF KC-10A Extender cargo/tanker, 763rd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), Al Dhafra Air Base (AB), United Arab Emirates (UAE), during a combat mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Eagle is carrying an AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) [left], a pair of AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles, four Guided Bomb Unit (GBU)-12 500-lbs bombs, an AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING AT targeting pod, and an AIM-120C AMRAAM [right]
A US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft refuels from the extended refueling probe of a USAF KC-10 Extender aircraft while flying a close air support mission over Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The KC-10 aircraft is part of the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), from Southwest Asia. The aircraft are armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles and GBU-12 500-pound laser guided bombs
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
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)
An OA-10A Thunderbolt II, 103rd Fighter Wing, Bradley IAP, Connecticut, powers up for takeoff from Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, as part of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. The OA-10A is a combat search and rescue aircraft that stands on ready alert to help in the recovery of downed aircrews. The A-10 is equipped with AGM-65 Maverick missiles, an ALQ-131 ECM Pod and GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling 30 mm gun
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
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: AMC
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, 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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