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US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Brian Gillespie, an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft Crew CHIEF assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS) performs preflight checks prior to launching his aircraft for a close air mission at Kirkuk Air Base (AB) in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Randal Kennedy from the 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), climbs aboard an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft to perform pre-flight checks at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A US Air Force (USAF) A-10 Thunderbolt II ground crew, 303rd Fighter Squadron (FS), Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri (MO), perform preflight checks on its jet prior to a nighttime take off at Kirkuk Air Base (AB) in northern Iraq. The fighter squadron is responsible for providing close air support (CAS) to ground troops throughout the northern third of the country in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), 407th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) prepares to launch a USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft for a close air support mission at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Air Force (USAF) Ground Crews from the 392nd Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) perform an end of runway (EOR) inspection on a USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft at a forward deployed location in Southern Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The aircraft is armed with 250-pound general-purpose bombs, AGM-65 Maverick Missiles, and 2.75-inch rocket pods
US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Steven Trigg, with the Combat Camera Deployed (CCD) videotapes personnel with the 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), while they work on an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Donnie Bloomfield (front) and USAF TSGT J. D. Prosser from, 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (EAES), set up their equipment in the back of an USAF C-130 Hercules at Al Udeid Air Base (AB), prior to a mission supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Ryan Williams, Crew CHIEF, Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS) perform an engine run operations check, from the cockpit of a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, during routine maintenance operations at a forward deployed operating base, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Patricia Logue, Production Superintendent, 20th Fighter Wing (FW), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), assigned to the 363rd Expeditionary Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EEMS), assists in a post check on AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles after a mission during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Don West, 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), 407th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), checks voltage and pressure on an AGM-114 Hellfire missile on a USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, before launching it for close air support mission at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Kirkuk
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A Osberry Jr, 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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