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An unidentified US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN, 51st Air Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), Osan Air Base (AB), Republic of Korea (ROK), performs part of an End of Runway (EOR) inspection on an A-10A Thunderbolt II attack aircraft prior to it taking off on a planned mission
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US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Miciah Gutierrez, 370th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EMXS), attaches the auxiliary power unit (APU) to a Bobtail to clear the way for a USAF KC-135R/T Stratotanker, 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), to launch from a forward deployed location during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
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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 (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Michael Clark, Weapons SPECIALIST, 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), Osan Air Base (AB), Republic of Korea (ROK), removes the safety flag devices from practice bombs onboard an A-10A Thunderbolt II Warthog attack aircraft, during an End of Runway (EOR) inspection conducted prior to aircraft launch
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Osan Air Base
Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bradley C. Church, 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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