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Transient alert members from the 65th Operations Support Squadron park incoming A-10C Thunderbolts II “Warthogs” from the 188th Fighter Wing, left and right, and the Baltimore-based 175th Wing, middle. Eighteen A-10s landed at the 65th Air Base Wing based as Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal, March 31, making it the largest A-10 group to fly to Lajes Field this year. The aircraft were en route to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The 188th currently has approximately 75 airmen and 10 “Warthogs” deployed to Afghanistan to help supplement the Baltimore-based 175th Wing during its portion of an Air Expeditionary Forces rotation. The 188th will begin the official portion of its AEF rotation later this summer when it will deploy approximately 300 airmen to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. This is the 188th’s second combat deployment since it transitioned to A-10s from F-16 Fighting Falcons in 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lucas Silva)
| Date Taken: | 03.31.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 04.13.2012 12:05 |
| Photo ID: | 558938 |
| VIRIN: | 120331-F-ZZ999-120 |
| Resolution: | 1400x932 |
| Size: | 883.22 KB |
| Location: | LAJES FIELD, PT |
| Web Views: | 54 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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