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Thunderbolt wrote: Arrived a flight of 4 USAFE A10
81-0980/SP HURON31
81-0960/SP HURON32
82-0646/SP HURON33
81-0983/SP HURON34
57-1428 KC135 CAFE81

Thunderbolt, thank you so much for this long awaited log. Any related stopover shots so far?

Anybody who caught the 18 homebound ANG "Rainbow Team" A-10Cs at Lajes? At least some of them left Decimomannu Air Base, Sardinia, Italy, after stopover on October 14.

http://m.flickr.com/photos/audentes2009/8080666730/lightbox/ https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/664601_4316726927778_708254221_o.jpg [ Post made via Mobile Device ] Thanks a lot for your very hot photo links, zerofive! I've already posted some of these incredible Decimomannu sto...

Any more detailed stopover info, zerofive?

A flight of four A-10Cs from the 81st Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing (USAFE), Spangdahlem AB, Germany, arrived at Lajes Field, Azores, for stopover enroute Continental United States (CONUS) on October 10, 2012. The fourship included A-10Cs 81-0956, 80-0275, 81-0965 and 81-0976 (Callsigns Huron9...

KC-135 62-3543 (Callsign CAFE46) supported a flight of four 81st FS A-10Cs enroute Lajes with destination CONUS.

The fourship included A-10Cs 81-0956, 80-0275, 81-0965 and 81-0976 (Callsigns Huron96-99). They were supported by tanker KC-135 62-3543 (Callsign CAFE46). At Lajes Field, Azores, Warthog News contributor André Inacio from Portugal had the opportunity to catch all four "Hogs" during arrival. For pict...

Maverick31ATSG, special thanks from Warthog News for identifying all serial numbers of these 18 354th EFS A-10Cs during an unexpected stopover at Aviano enroute Afghanistan. But their destination should be Bagram, not Kandahar.
Joachim Jacob
Warthog News Editor

Lajes spotters! Be aware of a stopover of Michigan A-10Cs from the 107th FS, 127th Wg, enroute to Estonia in support of exercise Saber Strike 2012! I would be very grateful for any pictures and serial numbers. See: http://www.127wg.ang.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123304923

Nice stopover shot of A-10C 81-0998 from the 107th FS, 127th Wg (Michigan ANG): http://www.lajes.af.mil/shared/media/ph ... 99-055.JPG

See also: http://warthognews.blogspot.de/2012/04/ ... conus.html

Many thanks for you kind DVD offer, Richard. I've sent you a PM. Much more important for Scramble users: 52nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs released some official photos of the returned Spang "Hogs". Check: http://www.spangdahlem.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123297543 Their incredible shot http://www.span...

Hmm... wmv? Let's try it.

Thanks for sharing the deployed A-10Cs' arrival info! Did you take any pictures?

Thanks for your update, Tigerspoon!

@jp 74: Sorry, although I'm a well-informed independent A-10 observer with a lot of contacts worldwide, I don't know any flight plans scheduled by U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT). The return of the six Spang "Hogs" depends on two factors: (1) Arrival of the fresh A-10C aircraft package at Bagram, (...