FRIDAY FOTO (June 8, 2018)
June 8, 2018 at 6:48 pm Leave a comment
Like a thunderbolt.
- (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Corey Hook)
The very landscape of Afghanistan appears to be dressed in camouflage colors as an Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II heads for an aerial refueling rendezvous with a KC-135 Stratotanker.
Longtime visitors to 4GWAR know we are big fans of the Cold War-era A-10, better known by its nickname, Warthog. The 40-plus-year-old attack aircraft, designed as a tank destroyer, has also won the affection of numerous ground troops for its tenacity in close air support in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Here’s a closer look at the A-10 …
(U.S.Air Force Photo by Staff Sergeant Corey Hook)
These photos were taken May 28, 2018 during an aerial refueling mission over Afghanistan with A-10s from the 163rd Fighter Squadron and a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron.
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Entry filed under: Afghanistan, Air and Missile Defense, Air Force, Aircraft, Counter Insurgency, Lessons Learned, National Security and Defense, Photos, Skills and Training, Uncategorized. Tags: A-10 Warthog, A10 Thunderbolt II, Afghanistan, Air Force, FRIDAY FOTO 2018, KC-135 Stratotanker, training.
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