Olson reaches 5,000 hours

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1/17/2012 - Lt. Col. Marc Olson, an A-10 pilot assigned to the 47th Fighter Squadron, waves as he taxis an A-10 Thunderbolt II to the runway at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 11, 2012. Olson led a four-ship sortie, and in doing so accumulated 5,000 hours in the A-10. To complete this feat took Olson more than twenty and a half years of flying the A-10. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston) Hi-res



1/17/2012 - Lt. Col. Marc Olson, an A-10 pilot assigned to the 47th Fighter Squadron, taxis an A-10 Thunderbolt II to the runway at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 11, 2012. Olson led a four-ship sortie, and in doing so accumulated 5,000 hours in the A-10. To complete this feat took Olson more than twenty and a half years of flying the A-10. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston) Hi-res



1/17/2012 - Lt. Col. Marc Olson, an A-10 pilot assigned to the 47th Fighter Squadron, touches down on the runway in an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 11, 2012. Olson had just returned from a four-ship sortie, and in doing so accumulated 5,000 hours in the A-10. To complete this feat took Olson more than twenty and a half years of flying the A-10. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston) Hi-res



1/17/2012 - Lt. Cols. Marc Olson and Patrick McKeever, both A-10 pilots assigned to the 47th Fighter Squadron, Col. John Breazeale, commander of the 917th Fighter Group, and Lt. Col. Robert Hetland, weapons officer for the 47th FS, strike their "Warrior" pose after returning from a four-ship sortie at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 11, 2012. That sortie pushed Olson over the 5,000 flying hours mark in an A-10 Thunderbolt II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston) Hi-res

Note: THOR'S HAMMER ladder door art, LI'L ABNER fuselage cartoon art.



1/17/2012 - Lt. Col. Marc Olson, an A-10 pilot assigned to the 47th Fighter Squadron, performs a pre-flight inspection of an A-10 Thunderbolt II before a flight at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 11, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston) Hi-res



1/17/2012 - Lt. Col. Marc Olson, an A-10 pilot assigned to the 47th Fighter Squadron, stows an American Flag in an A-10 Thunderbolt II before a flight at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 11, 2012. Olson carried the burial flag of Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ronald L. Hutchison on the sortie. Hutchinson, who was a Bossier City resident, retired at Barksdale in 1978. During his career, Hutchinson flew the F-86, F-100, and the F-4 in Vietnam. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston) Hi-res



1/17/2012 - Lt. Col. Marc Olson, an A-10 pilot assigned to the 47th Fighter Squadron, is congratulated by Lt. Col. Travis Caughlin, deputy commander for maintenance, 917th Fighter Group, following his return from a four-ship sortie at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 11, 2012. The sortie pushed Olson over the 5,000 flying hours mark in an A-10 Thunderbolt II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston) Hi-res

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