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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

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

A US Air Force (USAF) A-10A Thunderbolt II, 74th Fighter Squadron (FS), Pope Air Force Base (AFB), taxis down the runway at Tallil Air Base for the last time. 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

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Jeremiah "Weed" Cruz, A-10 pilot, 4th Fighter Wing (FW), 23rd Fighter Group, Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina (NC), puts on his survival vest before departing from Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq. With the A-10 mission complete, the unit prepares 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

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Jeremiah "Weed" Cruz, A-10 pilot, 4th Fighter Wing (FW), 23rd Fighter Group, Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina (NC), discusses flying maneuvers for local weather conditions with US Army (USA) CPT Ryan Nielson, Ground Liason Officer, before departing from Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq. With the A-10 mission complete, the unit prepares 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

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Kyle Walawender, A-10 Crewchief, Pope Air Force Base (AFB), assists with the refueling of an USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II flown to Rickenbacker International Airport (IAP), Ohio (OH), to move it out of the way of the Hurricane affecting its home station. In the background SRA Jeffery Dix, Fuels Technician, 121st Air Refueling Wing (ARW), runs the R11 Aircraft Refueling Tank Trucks pump

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) David Sanders, Loadmaster, 2nd Airlift Squadron (AS), Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina (NC), guides troops from the US Army (USA) 82nd Airborne Division (AD) on board a USAF C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft. They will be flying next door to Fort Bragg, NC, for an airdrop during Joint Forcible Entry Exercise (JFEX), a joint airdrop exercise designed to enhance service cohesiveness between the USA and USAF. JFEX gives both services an opportunity to execute large-scale heavy equipment and troop movement

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...

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 (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Joshua Bowman, Crewchief, 23rd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) patiently waits for his A-10 Thunderbolt II, 74th Fighter Squadron (FS), Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina (NC), pilot to arrive. 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

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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

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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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US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) John Ideus (foreground), Marine Wing Support Squadron Three Seven One (MWSS-371) prepares to refuel a US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopter at a Forward Area Refueling Point (FARP), at Tallil Air Base, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Justen L. Hagstrom, a KC-130J

A KC-10 Extender from the 305th Air Mobility Wing at

U.S. Air Force Capt. William, 99th Expeditionary

A US Air Force (USAF) A-10 Thunderbolt II, 442nd Fighter Wing (FW), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), pilot taxis into position for a hot refuel of his aircraft

Chief Master Sgt. Cyrus Snider, 779th Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III taxis down the

U.S. Air Force aeromedical evacuation team members

Participating in EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, Technical Sergeant Brian Kelly, a crew chief for the 75th Fighter Squadron at Pope AFB, North Carolina, prepares to remove a fuel hose from an A-10 Warthog after refueling from a close air support mission. Sergeant Kelly is originally from Miramar, Florida. Desert Rescue IX is the premiere search and rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada

Air mobility contingency response team joins forces with medics, trains to move Americans out of harm's way

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 401st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), line up to salute a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft as it prepares to take off for its 100th consecutive on-time mission, while deployed at a forward operating base in the Eastern Mediterranean region, supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 506th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) unearth a crated Iraqi bomb; the last of the buried munitions removed from the storage area at Kirkuk, Air Base (AB), Iraq. Airmen have removed more than 3.5 million pounds of explosives, including more than 1,800 bombs during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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air force usaf senior airman senior airman sra bowman joshua bowman crewchief expeditionary aircraft eamxs thunderbolt thunderbolt ii fighter fighter squadron pope air force base afb pilot mission tallil tallil air base return home station home station pope afb operation iraqi freedom a 10 thunderbolt ii expeditionary aircraft maintenance squadron staff sergeant us air force a 10 a thunderbolt air force base us air force pilot high resolution scene major command a 10 mission ssgt chenzira mallory dhi qar maintenance squadron airstrip military aircraft us national archives