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An air-to-air right front view of an 81st Tactical Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Certain Sentinel, a part of exercise Reforger '86
An air to air left front view of an 81st Tactical Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Certain Sentinel, a part of Exercise REFORGER '86
An air to air front view of an 81st Tactical Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Certain Sentinel, a part of Exercise REFORGER '86
An air to air right side view of 81st Tactical Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Certain Sentinel, a part of Exercise REFORGER '86
An air to air left front view of an 81st Tactical Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft in formation during Certain Sentinel, a part of Exercise REFORGER '86
An air to air left front view of two 81st Tactical Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft in formation during Certain Sentinel, a part of Exercise REFORGER '86
An air to air front view of three 81st Tactical Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft in formation during Certain Sentinel, a part of Exercise REFORGER '86
An air to air front view of three 81st Tactical Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft in formation during Certain Sentinel, a part of Exercise REFORGER '86
An air to air front view of four 81st Tactical Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft in formation during Certain Sentinel, a part of Exercise REFORGER '86
An air to air right front view of an 81st Tactical Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Certain Sentinel, a part of Exercise REFORGER '86
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '86
Country: West Germany (FRG)
Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Dave Nolan
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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