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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
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US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Shawn Dennis from 2nd Airlift Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, New Carolina, stands by as a C-130 Hercules aircraft taxies onto the Intermediate Staging Base ramp in Alexandria, Louisiana. Canadian Air Force aircraft and personnel from the 2nd Air Movement Squadron, Trenton, Ontario, and US Air Force aircraft from the 2nd Airlift Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, New Carolina, and aerial port personnel from the 821st Air Mobility Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, combined forces to provide airlift support for the US Army's 2nd Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, from Fort Drum, New York, during JRTC 01-06, a joint readiness training exercise at Fort...
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US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jay Labrum (left), 124th Maintenance Squadron (MXS), Idaho Air National Guard (IANG), performs an operational function check on an in-flight refueling receptacle on the nose of an A-10 Thunderbolt II in the Arabian Gulf Region during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Kyle Austin (right), 43rd MXS, Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina (NC), monitors from the cockpit
US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Shawn Dennis from 2nd Airlift Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, marshals a C-130 Hercules aircraft onto the Intermediate Staging Base ramp in Alexandria, Louisiana. Canadian Air Force aircraft and personnel from 2nd Air Movement Squadron, Trenton, Ontario, and US Air Force aircraft from the 2nd Airlift Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, and aerial port personnel from the 821st Air Mobility Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, combined forces to provide airlift support for the US Army's 2nd Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, from Fort Drum, New York, during JRTC 01-06, a joint readiness training exercise at Fort Polk, ...
US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Shawn Dennis from 2nd Airlift Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, rotates the prop of a C-130 Hercules aircraft as Corporal John Chamberlin from the Canadian Air Force, 8th Maintenance Squadron, Trenton, Ontario, watches. Canadian Air Force aircraft and personnel from the 2nd Air Movement Squadron, Trenton, Ontario, and US Air Force aircraft from the 2nd Airlift Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, and aerial port personnel from the 821st Air Mobility Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, combined forces to provide airlift support for the US Army's 2nd Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, from Fort Drum, New York, during JRTC ...
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
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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
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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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