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A fuel line is connected to the tank of a A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Refueling and Armament Team operations

A fuel hose is connected to C-130 Hercules aircraft to offload fuel during Operation Urgent Fury

A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 122nd

A left side view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft being refueled while on the runway. The A-10 is being refueled by a C-130 Hercules aircraft from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska

A right side view of two C-130 Hercules aircraft in use during Refueling and Armament Team operations

An A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft with the 122nd Fighter

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An A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft, assigned to the 122nd

Fuel lines are connected from a C-130 Hercules aircraft to a A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Refueling and Armament Team operations

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Dry Lake

State: Nevada (NV)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Marshall

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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29/07/1983
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label_outline Explore Armament Team Operations, Dry Lake, Fuel Lines

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