81st Fighter Squadron A-10Cs caught at Nellis just after Red Flag 10-03 on different days

At Nellis AFB, Nevada, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from United States had the opportunity to take the following shots of A-10Cs from the 81st Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing (USAFE), Spangdahlem AB, Germany, uploaded by him on his new flickr photostream March 30, 2010.

Please note: For first time ever in a known public online source, Bruce is documenting all twelve 81st FS A-10Cs on TDY for current exercises at Nellis.

In an e-mail, Bruce told me: I'll be putting up some more shortly, from the after flag days when they were flying with Weapons School hogs.

These pictures are posted now.

But the question is: Were these flights also part of Green Flag-West 10-05, held at Nellis AFB 12-26 March, 2010?

As it looks to me, this exercise TDY of Spang Hogs at Nellis looks to me like the 81th FS is preparing for an upcoming Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) combat deployment to the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Probably they will replace the currently deployed A-10C Air National Guard "Rainbow Team".



A-10C 80-0275 March 8, 2010. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size



A-10C 81-0985 March 8, 2010. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size



A-10C 81-0960 March 11, 2010. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size



A-10C 81-0991 March 11, 2010. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size



A-10C 82-0654 March 11, 2010. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size



A-10C 82-0656 March 17, 2010. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size



A-10C 81-0945 March 17, 2010. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size



A-10C 81-0988 March 17, 2010. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size



A-10C 81-0983 March 17, 2010. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size



A-10C 81-0980 March 17, 2010. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size



A-10C 81-0976 March 17, 2010. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size



A-10C 82-0650 March 22, 2010. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

Note: I'm still in the process to upload some more loadout info.