Tags: Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II Warthog Warzenschwein Attack Aircraft Aviator Pilot Erdkampfflugzeug 81st Fighter Squadron Spangdahlem Air Base Germany Mosel River Sky Himmel Clouds Wolken Snapshot Scene Military Art Krieg War Produktionszeit 1975 bis 1986
The flagship of the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany flies over the Mosel River in central Germany on Feb. 17, 2000.
Spangdahlem AB consists of the 81st Fighter Squadron, which flies the A-10 aircraft, and two F-16 squadrons, the 22nd and 23rd Fighter Squadrons, which fly the F-16.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Blake R. Borsic
"Mitte Januar 2016 wurde bekannt, dass die Air Force ihre Pläne zur Ausmusterung der A-10 für unbestimmte Zeit auf Eis legt, da die Maschine im laufenden Einsatz gegen den IS eine Schlüsselrolle einnimmt.[12]"
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Spangdahlem AB consists of the 81st Fighter Squadron, which flies the A-10 aircraft, and two F-16 squadrons, the 22nd and 23rd Fighter Squadrons, which fly the F-16.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Blake R. Borsic