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05-24-2007, 02:40 AM | # 1 Quick Link (permalink) | |||||||||||||
| ID ANG Deployment to Iraq “MAZDA 11, The tanker is in the green, sitting in the hammerhead at McGuire waiting for your release. Have a safe trip and kick some ass” - Willow Grove Tower On May 8, about 630 am, a flight of 12 A-10s took off from Willow Grove NAS JRB, PA heading over to Iraq. They left in two flights: MAZDA 11, a flight of 7, and MAZDA 21, a flight of 5. The ID ANG A-10s came in a few days earlier, and actually a few are still here. They also took some of the 111th FW PA ANG A-10s. Here's a few pics of them departing that morning. Kind of got a weird feeling knowing these guys were heading off to fight. Thought you guys might like to see. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. http://www.idahopress.com/articles/2.../breaking8.txt | |||||||||||||
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05-24-2007, 02:49 AM | # 2 Quick Link (permalink) | |||||||||||||
| Re: ID ANG Deployment to Iraq Great pictures Waltz...I have not seen a A-10 with the extra tank in a long time. JP | |||||||||||||
| George Preddy was......Just the greatest fighter pilot who ever squinted through a gunsight. He was a complete fighter pilot.......Colonel John C. Meyer Deputy Commander of the 352nd. | ||||||||||||||
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05-24-2007, 03:02 AM | # 3 Quick Link (permalink) | |||||||||||||
| Re: ID ANG Deployment to Iraq Those are great photos. Thanks for posting them. | |||||||||||||
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05-24-2007, 03:18 AM | # 4 Quick Link (permalink) | |||||||||||||
| Re: ID ANG Deployment to Iraq Thanks, Waltz. I saw a couple A-10s flying around my neck of the woods a few weeks ago - likely flying into Forbes Field in Topeka. I concur on your sentitment - God speed and God bless to the aviators and their support staff. | |||||||||||||
| Now that's just nitpicking, isn't it? -- Nigel Tufnel | ||||||||||||||
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05-24-2007, 09:29 PM | # 5 Quick Link (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
| Re: ID ANG Deployment to Iraq
Yeah, and now all can appreciate how inaccurate the tanks underneath some of the FM/Armour A-10s are (in size, that is)... BTW, trivia question: from what other aircraft did the A-10 inherit this model of external fuel tank? FVD | ||||||||||||||
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05-24-2007, 09:48 PM | # 6 Quick Link (permalink) | |||||||||||||
|  Re: ID ANG Deployment to Iraq BTW, trivia question: from what other aircraft did the A-10 inherit this model of external fuel tank? FVD Would you believe it was the nothing other than the B-58 Hustler, built by Convair! GBeck<!-- / message --> | |||||||||||||
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05-25-2007, 12:30 PM | # 7 Quick Link (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
| Re: ID ANG Deployment to Iraq
No, not quite. The resemblance is there, but that combined tank/bomb carrier underneath the B-58's belly was way bigger than the 600 Gal tank on the A-10. Keep trying... FVD | ||||||||||||||
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05-25-2007, 12:36 PM | # 8 Quick Link (permalink) | |||||||||||||
| Re: ID ANG Deployment to Iraq A-1 Skyraider. | |||||||||||||
| I can take umbrage, I can take the cake, I can take the A-Train, I can take two and call me in the morning, but I cannot take this sitting down. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take five. | ||||||||||||||
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05-25-2007, 12:46 PM | # 9 Quick Link (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
| Re: ID ANG Deployment to Iraq
No, that's not it. I'm talking about the exact same model of external tank (except for the color/paint). FVD | ||||||||||||||
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05-25-2007, 12:51 PM | # 10 Quick Link (permalink) | |||||||||||||
| Re: ID ANG Deployment to Iraq How about the F-4 | |||||||||||||
| I can take umbrage, I can take the cake, I can take the A-Train, I can take two and call me in the morning, but I cannot take this sitting down. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take five. | ||||||||||||||
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