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  • AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.

  • Flightline Ops

    Airman 1st Class Logan Ingrassia, a crew chief with the 358th Fighter Squadron, completes maintenance checks on an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Oct. 7, 2019.

  • Reserve Citizen Airmen, Marines complete Tropic Koa ACE

    More than 270 Reserve Citizen Airmen and active-duty members return from the 442d Fighter Wing led exercise Tropic Koa ACE, a three-week joint readiness training held Feb. 11 - March 2 at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Base Hawaii. During the three-week exercise, A-10 pilots

  • Tank Buster: A-10 Thunderbolt II

    The A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft has served in a close-air support role for the Air Force since 1977. Over the years it has earned many nicknames. This video demonstrates why it is rightfully called “Tank Buster.”

  • Whiteman pilot logs 6000 A-10 hours

    Nearly three decades of flying and 11 combat deployments later, Marks has achieved a milestone that equates to 250 days in the cockpit, which most fighter pilots will never reach and puts him among the highest time fighter pilots in the U.S. Air Force.