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These Photos Show A-10 Attack Aircraft During Austere Landings on The Freedom Landing Strip, Fort Irwin, California

June 9, 2019 David Cenciotti

The “Warthog” has the phenomenal ability to use unimproved surface landing strips. And Idaho ANG A-10 pilots regularly train to exploit it. A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 190th Fighter Squadron at Gowen Field, Idaho, have […]

U.S. Air Force A-10 Attack Aircraft Practice Landings And Take Offs From Rural Highway And Austere Runway In Estonia

June 13, 2018 David Cenciotti

U.S. A-10s Thunderbolt II aircraft deployed to Europe to take part in Sabre Strike 18 have conducted “rough field training” in Estonia. Thanks to its engines mounted far from the surface of the runway, the […]