Bagram A-10s reach 10,000 combat flying hours

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2/13/2013 - Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron join Brig. Gen. Joseph T. Guastella Jr. (third from right), 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, on the flightline at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 12, 2013. Guastella had just returned from logging the 10,000th combat flight hour for the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron since the unit's arrival. The 354th EFS, flying the A-10 Thunderbolt II, has been deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., since October 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Dobrydney) Hi-res


2/13/2013 - An A-10 Thunderbolt II fighter aircraft lands on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 12, 2013. This aircraft, piloted by 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Commander Brig. Gen. Joseph T. Guastella, Jr., logged the 10,000th combat flight hour for the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron since the unit's arrival at Bagram in October 2012. The 354th EFS is deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Dobrydney) Hi-res

Note: Pictured is A-10C 80-0197 from the 354th Fighter Squadron.

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