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US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Kevin Bossaller (right), Crewchief, and USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Dan Janssen, Fuel Distribution Supervisor, prepare to fuel a USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II, 442nd Fighter Wing (FW), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The significance of this event correlates in two-firsts for the US Air Force in Iraq. This is the first ever, a USAF A-10 hot refuel (aircraft engines running) in Iraq and the first time the R-14 Air Transportable Hydrant System (ATHRS) was used in the hot refuel process. The USAF A-10 is carrying an AN/ALQ-184 Jamming Pod (right), an AGM-65 Maverick missile and an Mk-82 250-pound bomb...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Kevin Bossaller (right), Crewchief, and USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Dan Janssen, Fuel Distribution Supervisor, prepare to fuel a USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II, 442nd Fighter Wing (FW), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The significance of this event correlates in two-firsts for the US Air Force in Iraq. This is the first ever, a USAF A-10 hot refuel (aircraft engines running) in Iraq and the first time the R-14 Air Transportable Hydrant System (ATHRS) was used in the hot refuel process. The USAF A-10 is carrying an AN/ALQ-184 Jamming Pod (right), an AGM-65 Maverick missile and an Mk-82 250-pound bomb (left).

Base: Tallil Air Base

State: Dhi Qar

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Terry L. Blevins, 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.

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A KC-135 Stratotanker, aircraft 60-0359, sits in the

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