Comment: I'm fully irritated because I thought they had only 12 at Kandahar Airfield after the return of six. And I don't know any OEF A-10C replacement unit. Or is the replacement comming from the 23rd Fighter Group?
Please remember:
In September 2010, the 75th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron replaced the 81st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron from Spangdahlem AB, Germany. Originally, the 81st EFS was deployed with 12 A-10Cs. Later, related to a surge, it was reinforced by six more A-10Cs from Spang and two ANG A-10Cs.
Originally, the following 18 23rd Fighter Group aircraft deployed:
A-10C 78-0596, 75th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 78-0600, 75th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 78-0688, 75th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 79-0139, 75th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 79-0159, 75th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 79-0172, 74th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 79-0206, 75th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 79-0207, 75th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 79-0223, marked 23 FG as 23rd Fighter Group flagship
A-10C 80-0172, 75th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 80-0180, marked 476th FG as 476th Fighter Group flagship
A-10C 80-0208, 75th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 80-0223, marked 23 WG as 23rd Wing flagship
A-10C 80-0259, 75th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 80-0282, 75th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 81-0947, 75th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 81-0953, 75th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 81-0995, 75th Fighter Squadron
WHAT A GREAT VIEW: All eighteen 75th EFS A-10Cs are parking at Lajes Field, Azores, diverted in three sections of six aircraft each. (Photo by André Inácio) Full size
Later, the 75th EFS was downsized from 18 to 12 aircraft. On December 6, 2010, six A-10Cs from the 75th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron arrived at Lajes Field, Azores, for stopover enroute back to CONUS:
A-10C 78-0600, 75th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 78-0688, 75th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 79-0172, 74th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 79-0207, 75th Fighter Squadron
A-10C 80-0223, marked 23 WG as the 23rd Wing's flagship
A-10C 81-0947, 75th Fighter Squadron
See also:
Historical A-10s stop at Lajes
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