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Ground crew personnel assigned to the 25TH Fighter Squadron marshal out a USAF, A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from it's Hardened Aircraft Shelter (HAS) during the Initial Response Readiness Exercise/Combat Employment Readiness Exercise (IRRE/CERE), at Osan AB, Korea
An USAF, A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 25th Fighter Squadron "Pig Pin", 51ST Tactical Fighter Wing, taxi on the flight line during the Initial Response Readiness Exercise/Combat Employment Readiness Exercise (IRRE/CERE), at Osan AB, Korea
An USAF, A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 25th Fighter Squadron "Pig Pin", 51ST Tactical Fighter Wing taxi on the runway during the Initial Response Readiness Exercise/Combat Employment Readiness Exercise (IRRE/CERE), at Osan AB, Korea
Members of the 25th Fighter Squadron Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, accomplish a post flight inspection of an A-10 Thunderbolt II during Osan's IRRE/CERE (Initial Response Readiness Exercise/ Combat Employment Readiness Exercise) exercise
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
SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA), Christopher Ganyou, USAF, 25th Fighter Squadron, inspects the landing gear on an USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during an exercise at Osan AB, Korea
USAF personnel assigned to the 51ST Tactical Fighter Wing, Osan AB, Korea use a bobtailed aircraft tug to move a USAF, A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft into a hardened aircraft shelter during the Initial Response Readiness Exercise/Combat Employment Readiness Exercise (IRRE/CERE), at Osan AB, Korea
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A USAF, A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 51ST Tactical Fighter Wing, Osan AB, Korea waits for final clearance from the control tower before launching in support of the Initial Response Readiness Exercise/Combat Employment Readiness Exercise (IRRE/CERE), at Osan AB, Korea
STAFF Sergeant (SSGT), Robert Andrews, USAF 25TH Fighter Squadron, inspects a lift transducer on an USAF, A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during the Initial Response Readiness Exercise/Combat Employment Readiness Exercise (IRRE/CERE), at Osan AB, Korea
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: IRRE/CERE
Base: Osan Air Base
Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT George F. Thompson, USAF
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.