By Joachim Jacob
On their way back home from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, ten 75th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron A-10Cs arrived at Lajes Field, Azores, for their last stopover enroute to CONUS. They arrived in two waves April 5 and 6, 2011.
First batch (in order of serial numbers):
78-0596, 75th Fighter Squadron
79-0159, 75th Fighter Squadron
79-0206, 75th Fighter Squadron
79-0223 (marked 23 FG as 23rd Fighter Group flagship)
80-0180 (marked 476th FG as 476th Fighter Group flagship
Second batch (in order of serial numbers):
80-0172, 75th Fighter Squadron
80-0208, 75th Fighter Squadron
80-0259, 75th Fighter Squadron
80-0282, 75th Fighter Squadron
81-0995, 75th Fighter Squadron
But only nine of them made their final trip across the Atlantic. A-10C 80-0208 has been left behind at Lajes to join the "downed" 78-0600 from the 74th EFS. The final destination of both aircraft is still unknown to me - either CONUS or Kandahar Airfield.
On the other hand, this very important latest Lajes log is a proof that A-10Cs 79-0139 and 81-0953, both originally deployed with the 75th EFS, are still at Kandahar Airfield to support the 74th EFS which arrived only with 16 aircraft.
BTW: Sorry, but in my original post I mixed up 79-0223 with 80-0223 (which returned home already in December 2010).
At Lajes Field, Warthog News contributor Juvenal Castro from Portugal had the opportunity to take the following pictures:
April 5 (from left): A-10C 78-0596 from the 75th Fighter Squadron (note the shark-mouth, painted on the travel pod), A-10C 79-0206 from the 75th Fighter Squadron) Photo by Juvenal Castro) Full size
April 5 (from left): A-10C 78-0596 from the 75th Fighter Squadron (note the shark-mouth, painted on the travel pod), A-10C 79-0206 from the 75th Fighter Squadron, A-10C 80-0180 from the 76th Fighter Squadron (marked 476FG as the 476th Fighter Group boss bird), A-10C 79-0159 from the 75th Fighter Squadron. (Photo by Juvenal Castro) Full size
Update April 8, 2011:
April 6 (from left): 78-0596, 79-0206, 80-0180, 79-0159, 79-0223 (marked 23 FG as 23rd Fighter Group flagship). (Photo by Juvenal Castro) Full size
April 6 (from left): 78-0596, 79-0206, 80-0180, 79-0159, 79-0223 (marked 23 FG as 23rd Fighter Group flagship). (Photo by Juvenal Castro) Full size
April 6 (from left): 80-0282, 80-0172, 80-0208, 78-0600, 80-0259, 81-0995. (Photo by Juvenal Castro) Full size
April 6 (from left): 80-0282, 80-0172, 80-0208, 78-0600, 80-0259, 81-0995. (Photo by Juvenal Castro) Full size
April 6 (from left): 80-0282, 80-0172, 80-0208, 78-0600, 80-0259, 81-0995. (Photo by Juvenal Castro) Full size
April 6 (from left): 80-0282, 80-0172, 80-0208, 78-0600, 80-0259, 81-0995. (Photo by Juvenal Castro) Full size
April 7: 80-0208, 78-0600. (Photo by Juvenal Castro) Full size
April 7: 80-0208, 78-0600. (Photo by Juvenal Castro) Full size
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