Brand-new 52nd OG A-10C bird

At Spangdahlem AB, Germany, Warthog News contributor Oliver Jonischkeit from Germany had the opportunity to take the following important shot, first-published on German Flugzeugforum:



A-10C 81-0966 from the 81th Fighter Squadron, brand new marked 52nd OG as the latest 52nd Operations Group aircraft, arriving at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, August 25, 2010. (Photo by Oliver Jonischkeit) Full size

Update August 28, 2010:

Yesterday, Oliver e-mailed me a close-up shot of the tail and told me that 81-0966 arrived after a ferry flight from Chaleroi (SABCA), Belgium.