Influencing the future

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4/4/2012 - A group of cadets from the AFROTC Detachment, 305th Airpower Group, Louisiana Tech University, receive a briefing from Maj. LaRue Russell, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot assigned to the 47th Fighter Squadron, about the capabilities of the A-10 during their visit to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 31, 2012. The cadets visited Barksdale to get a look at one of their possible futures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston) Hi-res



4/4/2012 - Maj. LaRue Russell, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot assigned to the 47th Fighter Squadron, gives Cadet 3rd Class Joshua Ayrton and Cadet 4th Class Brayden Decker a closer look at the cockpit of an A-10 during their visit to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 31, 2012. The two cadets were part of a group from the AFROTC Detachment, 305th Airpower Group, Louisiana Tech University, who visited Barksdale to get a look at one of their possible futures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston) Hi-res



4/4/2012 - A group of cadets from the AFROTC Detachment, 305th Airpower Group, Louisiana Tech University, receive a briefing from Senior Master Sgt. Alan Horn, TF-34 propulsion flight supervisor, about the capabilities of the A-10 TF-34 engine at the 917th Propulsion Shop during their visit to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 31, 2012. The cadets received several different briefings about the A-10 Thunderbolt II during their visit to Barksdale. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston) Hi-res



4/4/2012 - Cadet 3rd Class Barry James experiences what it is like to be in the cockpit of an A-10 Thunderbolt II during a visit to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 31, 2012. A group of cadets from the AFROTC Detachment, 305th Airpower Group, Louisiana Tech University, received several different briefings about the capabilities of the A-10 Thunderbolt II during their visit to Barksdale. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston) Hi-res



4/4/2012 - Cadet 3rd Class Joshua Ayrton and Cadet 4th Class Brayden Decker take a close-up look at some of the survival equipment supplied to an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, during their visit to the life support shop at the 47th Fighter Squadron building on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 31, 2012. The two cadets were part of a group from the AFROTC Detachment, 305th Airpower Group, Louisiana Tech University, who visited Barksdale to get a look at one of their possible futures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston) Hi-res

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Note: On display is A-10C 78-0582 (BOYLESS BAILEY fuselage art) from the 47th Fighter Squadron. Crew inscription: PLT. MAJ. GRANT McCALL, DCC. MSGT. EDWARD FAIRCHILD, ACC. SSGT. Justin BROWNING. No ladder door art.