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A-10 sitting at the 2010 Sun N Fun Flyin. "Smile for the picture".

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USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Air show display, October 2007 - MCAS, Miramar

USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Air show display, October 2007 - MCAS, Miramar

USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Air show display, October 2007 - MCAS, Miramar

USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Air show display, October 2007 - MCAS, Miramar

USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Air show display, October 2007 - MCAS, Miramar

USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Air show display, October 2007 - MCAS, Miramar

USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Air show display, October 2007 - MCAS, Miramar

USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Air show display, October 2007 - MCAS, Miramar

Photograph: kızılsungur from IDEF '07

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- First Lt. Erik Axt, 81st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, touches down in his A-10 Thunderbolt II after flying a mission here Aug. 14 supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Wicke)

The A-10 Thunderbolt II is the first Air Force aircraft specially designed for close air support of ground forces. They are simple, effective and survivable twin-engine jet aircraft that can be used against all ground targets, including tanks and other armored vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by...

SIGONELLA, Sicily -- Four A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft line up for takeoff from Naval Air Station Sigonella here April 15. NAS Sigonella provides logistics support for Commander, Sixth Fleet and NATO forces in the Mediterranean area. (U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Stephen P. Weaver)

An A-10 Thunderbolt II receives fuel from a KC-135E Stratotanker during a training mission Friday, April 14, 2006, over Tucson, Ariz. The A-10 is from the 358th Fighter Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., and the KC-135E is from the Air National Guard's 101st Air Refueling Wing at...

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group climb after takeoff against the backdrop of the snow-covered mountains of the Hindu Kush at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on Feb. 21. The A-10s provide close-air support for Army ground forces in...

Two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 52nd Fighter Wing, 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdhalem Air Base, Germany, drop away from a refueling tanker during a NATO Operation Allied Force combat mission. The "Warthogs," deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy, are specially designed for close air...

OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA -- An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Municipal Airport, Westfield Mass., Massachusetts Air National Guard, banks while flying accross the Mediterranean Sea enroute to a forward operating base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Mark Bucher)

A-10 practice run OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH -- An A-10 Thunderbolt II flies over a practice range near Al Udairi, Kuwait in support of Operation Southern Watch. This Maryland Air National Guard A-10 is dropping inert bombs during a practice run. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Orville...

Exercise Bushwacker 06-02 An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 354th Fighter Squadron flies in support of Exercise Bushwacker 06-02 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on Saturday, April 1, 2006. The operational readiness exercise helps ensure Airmen are ready to deploy. (U.S. Air Force...