A-10 pilots can breath easier knowing Whiteman Airmen are on the job

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3/12/2012 - Airman Branden Jewell, 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron/b-flight, closes the canopy of an A-10 Thunderbolt II after loading liquid oxygen onto to it on March 4, 2012. The 442nd AMXS is part of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an A-10 reserve unit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Wesley Wright) Hi-res



3/12/2012 - Airman Branden Jewell, 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron/b-flight, loads liquid oxygen onto an A-10 Thunderbolt II on March 4, 2012. The 442nd AMXS is part of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an A-10 reserve unit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Wesley Wright) Hi-res

Note: Pictured is A-10C 79-0114 "Thunderbolt of Kansas City" from the 303rd Fighter Squadron.

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