TABOR 81 flight, five A-10s of the 354th FW coming from Poland enroute to Davis-Monthan, diverting into Mildenhall after their support tanker, CLEAN 32, went unserviceable.
"BULLET 11" finished a late afternoon mission over shooting range at Libava and continues to landing. A-10s crews used during first week of the exercise flying areas near Namest and Trebic cities. In second week were planned sharp shooting over Libava.
Real Thaw 2013...The GAU-8/A is extremely accurate and can fire 4,200 rounds per minute without complications. The 30-mm shell has twice the range, half the time to target, and three times the mass of projectiles carried by comparable Close Air Support