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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
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
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SSGT Mark Nogel, 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, loads an AGM-65 Maverick Missile 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. In the background and being supported by stanchions are three MK 82 Low-drag General Purpose Bombs and two AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. SSGT Nogel is deployed to Aviano AB, Italy, supporting NATO Operation Allied Force
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
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The US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, flagship of the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, flies in the skies over northern Germany. Spangdahlem AB consists of the 81st Fighter Squadron, which flies the A-10 aircraft and two F-16 squadrons, the 22nd and 23rd Fighter Squadrons, which fly the F-16C Falcon (Not shown). The armament shown under the wings, from top to bottom, are a ALQ-119 ECM pod, the AGM-65B Maverick, four Mk 83 1000 pound general-purpose bombs, another AGM-65B and two AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles
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A US Air Force (USAF) A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 81st Fighter Squadron (FS), 52nd Fighter Wing (FW), equipped with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, an AGM-65 Maverick missile, a Center Line Fuel Tank and a ALQ-131 Electronics Counter Measures (ECM) Pod, flies a familiarization flight at Spangdahlem Air Base (AB), Germany, in preparation for the changes taking effect due to the Rhein-Main Transition Project
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
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: SUSTAIN HOPE
Base: Travis Air Force Base
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Kristina P. Cilia
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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