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Above top to bottom: An A-10 pilot enthusiastically

discusses his attack pro le with a ground liaison

o cer (GLO). USAF/SSgt C. E. Lewis

You can almost hear the sound of the Avenger

cannon as this A-10C makes a stra ng pass.

USAF/TSgt Je Walston

Capt Kim Campbell surveys the battle damage

in icted on her A-10 over Baghdad on April 7, 2003.

USAF

The current load for A-10s operating as part of

‘Inherent Resolve’, including GBU-12 laser-guided

bombs, GBU-38 JDAM, GBU-54 laser JDAM,

AGM-65 Mavericks and an LAU-131 pod of

illumination target marking rockets.

USAF/SrA James Richardson

The A-16 program saw

the US Air Force making

a concerted e ort for the

F-16 to take on the close

air support role, equipped

with the centerline GPU-5/A

Pave Claw gun pod. USAF

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