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US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 103rd Fighter Wing (FW) Connecticut Air National Guard (CTANG), use a bobtailed tow truck to transport an external fuel tank for an A-10A Thunderbolt II as it enters an Entry Control Point (ECP) near the flight line during an Operational Readiness Inspection (OIR) at Bradley Air National Guard Base (ANGB), located in East Granby, Connecticut (CT)

A US Air Force (USAF) A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 175th Fighter Wing (FW), conducts aerial refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 108th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), New Jersey (NJ) Air National Guard (ANG), during routine training mission

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 103rd Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS), 103rd Fighter Wing (FW) Connecticut Air National Guard (CTANG), await the commencement of cargo processing near the flight line during an Operational Readiness Inspection (OIR) at Bradley Air National Guard Base (ANGB), located in East Granby, Connecticut (CT). Pictured foreground-to-background: STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Robert B. Ewings; SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Eric Fursander; and SRA Richard J. Tasco

US Air Force (USAF) load crews from the 103rd Fighter Wing (FW) ready cargo within the Cargo Deployment Function for deployment to Base X during an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) at Bradley Air National Guard (CTANG) Base, East Granby, Connecticut (CT)

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US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Rodmen Hill, an A-10A Thunderbolt II "Warthog" attack aircraft Crew CHIEF, from the 103rd Fighter Wing (FW), performs a post-flight sample of the engine oil, between training missions

US Air Force (USAF) maintenance crews from the 103rd Maintenance Group (MXG) are busy preparing an A-10A Thunderbolt II attack aircraft that just arrived at Base X, for combat operations during an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) at the Bradley Air National Guard Base (ANGB), East Granby, Connecticut (CT). An ORI is a periodic inspection that tests a military unit's ability to deploy people and equipment to a combat area and conduct sustained combat operations on limited notice

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Chuck Royko (right), Refueling Supervisor, 605th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), briefs his crew on the step-by-step ground refueling procedures, according to the technical manual, as he and his team start to refuel their KC-10A Extender during the ground refuel inspection competition portion of the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

US Air Force (USAF) load crews from the 103rd Fighter Wing (FW) ready cargo within the Cargo Deployment Function for deployment to Base X during an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) at Bradley Air National Guard (CTANG) Base, East Granby, Connecticut (CT)

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 103rd Fighter Wing (FW) Connecticut Air National Guard (CTANG) tow an external fuel tank for an A-10A Thunderbolt II as it enters an Entry Control Point (ECP) near the flight line during an Operational Readiness Inspection (OIR) at Bradley Air National Guard Base (ANGB), located in East Granby, Connecticut (CT)

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Bradley Air National Guard Base

State: Connecticut (CT)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Michael L. Fennessy, USAF

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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