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STAFF Sergeant Tommy Richardson, Crew CHIEF with the 25th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, attaches a tow bar onto an A-10 Thunderbolt during Osan's Initial Response Readiness training exercise
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US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Mark Staub and US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Robert Zamora, both from the 51st Weapons Squadron, load a GBU-10 for transport at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, during Osan's Initial Response Readiness Exercise/Combat Employment Readiness Exercise
AIRMAN First Class Jonathan Nobre, 36th Fighter Squadron Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, drive an MJ1 Weapons Lift Truck with a 2000 pound guided bomb or GBU-10-EB, in preparation for loading it onto an F-16 "Fighting Falcon" during Osan's Initial Response Readiness training exercise
US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Shawn Riley, 25th Fighter Squadron finishes loading a missile on an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft during an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) on Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea
US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Colin Boffo, 25th Fighter Squadron, checks an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile after it was up loaded onto an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft with the assistance of US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Shawn Riley, 25th Fighter Squadron, during the Operational Readiness Inspection at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea
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SENIOR AIRMAN Robert Pullen, Crew CHIEF with the 25th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, marshals out an A-10 Thunderbolt or "Hog," piloted by Captain Michelle Vestal during Osan's Initial Response Readiness training exercise
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Base: Osan Air Base
Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Justin D. Pyle, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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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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