422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron A-10C caught at Nellis January 10, 2012

At Nellis AFB, Nevada, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from the United States had the opportunity to take the following shot:



A-10C 80-0242, marked 53 WG as the 53th Wing's boss bird. AN/AAQ-28 LITENING AT targeting pod on station 10. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

Please note: This shot seems very special due to the lights underneath.

422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron A-10C caught at Nellis September 8, 2011

At Nellis AFB, Nevada, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from the United States had the opportunity to take the following shot:



A-10C 79-0171. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron A-10Cs caught at Nellis August 2, 2011

At Nellis AFB, Nevada, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from the United States had the opportunity to take the following shots:



A-10C 79-0169. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size



A-10C 79-0199. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron A-10C caught at Nellis August 1, 2011

At Nellis AFB, Nevada, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from the United States hadthe opportunity to take the following shot:



A-10C 80-0242, marked 53 WG as the 53th Wing's flagship. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron A-10Cs caught at Nellis July 18, 2011

At Nellis AFB, Nevada, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from the United States had the opportunity to take the following shots:



A-10C 79-0171. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size



A-10C 79-0199. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron A-10C caught at Nellis July 14, 2011

At Nellis AFB, Nevada, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from the United States had the opportunity to take the following shot:



A-10C 80-0242, marked 53 WG. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron A-10C caught at Nellis July 11, 2011

At Nellis AFB, Nevada, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from the United States had the opportunity to take the following shot:



A-10C 658 from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron caught at Nellis June 8, 2011

At Nellis AFB, Nevada, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from the United States had the opportunity to take the following pictures:



A-10C 79-0169. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size



A-10C 79-0169. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size



A-10C 79-0199. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron A-10C caught at Nellis March 21, 2011

At Nellis AFB, Nevada, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from the United States had the opportunity to take the following shot:



A-10C 79-0199 from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

422nd TES A-10C caught at Nellis November 14, 2010

Updated November 19, 2010

At Nellis AFB, Nevada, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from the United States had the opportunity to take the following shot:



During a Nellis base flight, A-10C 79-0169 from the 422nd Test and Evaluation squadron, with Sniper XR targeting pod on station 10, is cought together with a F-15C Eagle from the 65th Aggressor Squadron (65th AGRS) and a F-16C Fighting Falcon ("Viper"). (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

Update November 19, 2010:

On his Flickr album, Bruce has added the following shot:



A-10C 79-0169 from the 422nd Test and Evaluation squadron. Full size

422nd TES A-10C caught at Nellis November 10, 2010

At Nellis AFB, Nevada, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from the United States had the opportunity to take the following shot:



A-10C 79-0169 from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

422nd TES A-10C caught at Nellis October 4, 2010

At Nellis AFB, Nevada, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from the United States had the opportunity to take the following picture:



A-10C 82-0658 from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

422nd TES A-10C caught at Nellis September 20, 2010

At Nellis AFB, Nevada, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from the United States had the opportunity to take the following picture:



A-10C 79-0169 from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

422nd TES A-10C caught at Nellis September 17, 2010

At Nellis AFB, Nevada, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from the United States had the opportunity to take the following picture:



A-10C 82-0658 from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nevada. AN/AAQ-28 LITENING AT targeting pod on station 10. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

422nd TES A-10C caught at Nellis August 19, 2010

On August 19, 2010, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from United States had the opportunity to take the following picture at Nellis AFB, Nevada:



A-10C 79-0199 from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron. Sniper XR targeting pod on station 10. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

422nd TES A-10C caught at Nellis August 11, 2010

On August 11, 2010, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith from United States had the opportunity to take the following picture at Nellis AFB, Nevada:



A-10C 79-0171 from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron. Sniper XR targeting pod on station 10. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

422nd TES A-10Cs caught at Nellis May 21, 2010

On May 21, 2010, at Nellis AFB, Nevada, Warthog News contributor Bruce Smith had the opportunity to take the following shots of A-10Cs from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron (tailcode OT):



A-10C 82-0658 from the 422nd TES. AN/AAQ-28 LITENING AT targeting pod on station 10. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size



A-10C 79-0199 from the 422nd TES. Sniper XR targeting pod on station 10. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Full size

Nellis A-10s catched

A-10 80-0234 from the 66th Weapons Squadron returns to Nellis AFB, Nevada, after a Weapons School training mission on April 6th, 2009. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Hi-res



A-10 79-0204 from the 66th Weapons Squadron heads out as part of a 4 ship for the Nellis ranges on a Weapons School trainig mission on April 1th, 2009. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Hi-res



A-10 80-0242 from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron departs on runway 21L at Nellis AFB, Nevada, on the morning of January 16th, 2009. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Hi-res

Special thanks to Bruce Smith for sharing his exclusive Nellis A-10s shots and related knowledge on Warthog News as a contributor! Bruce is a well-known aviation photographer from Las Vegas, about 5 miles from Nellis. He also submitted this Nellis A-10s update:

The following are coded WA:
79-0204, 80-0185, 80-0200, 80-0229 (marked '66th WPS'), 80-0234, 81-0946, 81-0958. 81-0977 is/was assigned here but I haven't seen it in many months. 78-0701 has been here for several months now and flies with WAs, although it is unmarked.

The following are coded OT:
79-0171, 79-0199, 80-0242, 82-0658. 79-0169 is/was assigned here but I have not seen it in many months either.

It is possible 977 and 169 are getting new wings and will be back.

A-10C 'OT' with Sniper XR pod caught at Nellis

A-10C 82-0658 from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron (422nd TES), photographed over Nellis AFB, Nevada, on March 25th, 2009. Loadout: LAU-131 rocked pod on station 2, 'golden' AGM-65 Maverick on station 3, Mk.82 Air Inflatable Retard (AIR) dumb bombs on stations 4, 5, 7 and 8, empty LAU-117 launch rail for a Maverick on station 9, Sniper XR targeting pod on station 10. (Photo by Bruce Smith) Hi-res

The AN/AAQ-33 Sniper XR is the latest targeting pod to be introduced to the A-10 Thunderbolt II. Some of first related shots were published in Jake Melampy's The Modern Hog Guide - The A-10 Warthog Exposed, Reid Air Publications, 2007.

Related info:
Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (Lockheed Martin)