During the last couple of weeks aviation photographer Marco Casaleiro from Portugal did a great job to document the participation of A-10Cs from the 81st Fighter Squadron "Panthers", 52nd Fighter Wing (USAFE), Spangdahlem AB, Germany, during the recent exercise REAL THAW 2013, held at Monte Real Air Base, Portugal. Related to that, Marco did a search of his old files for 81st FS A-10s which were sent to Monte Real as a detachment in January 2007. And as he told me, at that time he caught the following "Hogs" by serial numbers: ? 281 [must be 80-0281], 82-0650, 82-0649, 82-0654, 82-0656, 81-0945, 81-0954, 81-0951, 81-0956, 81-0962, 81-0963, 81-0966, 81-0988.
A-10 81-0988. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size
A-10 81-0988. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size
A-10 80-0281. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size
A-10 81-0954, marked 81 FS as the 81st Fighter Squadron commander's aircraft. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size
A-10 81-0962. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size
A-10 81-0945. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size
A-10s 81-0945 and 82-0654. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size
A-10 82-0650. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size
A-10 82-0654. (Photo by Marco Casaleiro) Full size
Please note: I will further improve the photo captions.
Question: Anybody who remember that and will share his memories?
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