A-10 Thunderbolt II

An A-10 Thunderbolt II takes off during a training deployment Sept. 2, 2010. The 442nd Fighter Wing deployed approximately 70 reservists to Hill Air Force Base, Utah for deployed facility training in August and September 2010. The 442nd FW is an Air Force Reserve unit at Whiteman AFB, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Danielle Wolf)

A-10 Thunderbolt II

The 442nd Fighter Wing deployed approximately 70 reservists to Hill Air Force Base, Utah for deployed facility training in August 2010. The 442nd FW is an Air Force Reserve unit at Whiteman AFB, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Danielle Wolf)

DFT

Tech. Sgt. Carolyn Schaefer, 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, checks the oil in an A-10C Thunderbolt II turbo-fan engine Aug. 31 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, following a trainig sortie. Sergeant Schaefer is part of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an Air Force Reserve unit based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Approximately 70 reservists from the wing deployed to Hill AFB for training on the Utah Test and Training Range. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. David Kurle)

DFT

Tech. Sgt. Butch Portell, Master Sgt. James Kirksey and Staff Sgt. Kenneth Meadows fit a launcher onto a live AGM-65 Maverick missile so it can be loaded onto an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Aug. 31. The three Airmen are from the 442nd Maintenance Group, part of the 442nd Fighter Wing, based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. They were part of a 70-person deployment with six aircraft that supported live-fire weapons training for the wing's pilots at the Utah Test and Training Range. The 442nd FW is an Air Force Reserve unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. David Kurle)

Welcome home the hogs

Lt. Col. Sam Milam, 75th Fighter Squadron commander, taxis his A-10C Thunderbolt II to its new home at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Aug. 7. This aircraft is the first of approximately 50 upgraded A-10Cs moving to Moody as a part of a base realignment. The move is expected to be complete in early spring 2008 as aircraft are converted from A-10A to A-10C models. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

Reconstituting the A-10

Tech. Sgt. David Frith changes the left hydraulic pressure return filters on A-10 Thunderbolt II, number 201, belonging to the 442nd Fighter Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Nov. 5, 2006. Sergean Firth is a hydraulics specialist and Air Force Reservist. Checking the hydraulic seals and filters is an important maintenance item on aircraft recently returned from the 442nd FW's deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)