81st Fighter Squadron A-10Cs arrived in Portugal for exercise REAL THAW 2013

By Joachim Jacob, Warthog News Editor

Updated February 11 and 12, 2013

Many thanks to Warthog News conributor Edwin Huskens from Belgium for linking these arrival shots, taken by aviation photographer Marco Casaleiro from Portugal:


A-10C 82-0656 from the 81th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing (USAFE), Spangdahlem AB, Germany. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size


A-10C 82-0654. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size


A-10C 81-0981. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size


A-10C 81-0981. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size


A-10C 81-0962. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size


A-10C 82-0654. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size

A-10C 82-0650. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size


A-10C three-ship arrival. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size

Update February 11, 2013
I would like to thank aviation photographer Marco Casaleiro from Portugal for his kind permission to post all of these pictures on my blog. Meanwhile I also got the kind O.K. from Portuguese aviation photographer Jorge Ruivo who will also cover the "Panthers" during the very last exercise in their squadron history.

Update February 12, 2013
This night, I asked Marco for an arrival shot of the sixth aircraft, not pictured in his original forum post. And Marco e-mailed me the following photo proof:


A-10C 81-0966. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size