A-10C 81-0967 from the 74th Fighter Squadron caught at Al Udeid September 28, 2009

Yesterday, just before midnight, from photographer Keith Campbell (United Kingdom) I got the kind permission to post his following exclusive shots on my blog. Pictured is A-10C 81-0967 from the 74th Fighter Squadron during stop-over at Al Udeid AB, Qatar, on their way back home to CONUS after a 74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Operation Enduring Freedom combat deployment to Afghanistan. Special thanks to the photographer, because A-10 stop-over shots, taken at Al Udeid, are very rare.



A-10C 81-0967 (Photo by Keith Campbell) Full size



A-10C 81-0967 (Photo by Keith Campbell) Full size Note the absence of ladder door art and crew inscriptions.



A-10C 81-0967 (Photo by Keith Campbell) Full size

Please note: I've found Keith's shots by trying Google and Flickr. They were already posted on AirplanePictures, but with a water mark. And as Keith told me, 81-0967 was the one rebuilt after being hit by a missile over Kosovo.

For related Kosovo info please check:
http://www.thewarthogpen.com/fame_index.html
http://www.thewarthogpen.com/81_0967_files/81-0967.html (pictures)
http://www.irandefence.net/showthread.php?p=17190

Any other photographer around the world who likes to provide me some more A-10 Al Udeid stop-over shots?

Returning 75th EFS A-10Cs caught at Al Udeid

By Joachim Jacob

Updated 15 April 2009

Editor's note:

This post is still in the progress of editing with help from the photographer and other Warthog News contributors. It will correct and update my older post Twentieth 75th EFS A-10C identified by photo now, which was mainly wrong because I misinterpreted a single A-10 serial number and probably also some related background info.

Today, from Martin Lacey (the photographer) I got permission for using all of his related Al Udeid A-10C shots on Warthog News.

All shots were taken at Al Udeid AB, Qatar, home of USAF's 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, as some A-10Cs of the 75th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron made their first stopover on their way back home from Bagram AB, Afghanistan, to Moody AFB, Georgia.

The pictures are posted chronological, according to the EXIF data shown on my PC.



The shark mouth of an unidentified A-10C. Note the four painted bombs as mission markings. 5 March 2009. (Photo by Martin Lacey) Full size



Ladder door art DEUCES WILD of A-10C 80-0226 from the 74th Fighter Squadron and deployed with the original 75th EFS aircraft package. 5 March 2009. (Photo by Martin Lacey)



A-10Cs 80-0226 from the 74th Fighter Squadron (foreground), 79-0172 from the 74th Fighter Squadron (also deployed with the original 75th EFS aircraft package), and an unidentified third 'Hog' in the background. 5 March 2009. (Photo by Martin Lacey) Full size



The "business end" of A-10C 80-0226 from the 74th Fighter Squadron. 5 March 2009. (Photo by Martin Lacey) Full size



A-10C 79-0172 from the 74th Fighter Squadron. 5 March 2009. (Photo by Martin Lacey) Full size



A-10C 80-0226 from the 74th Fighter Squadron. 5 March 2009. (Photo by Martin Lacey) Full size



Ladder door art THE MISFIT - 75TH FIGHTER SQUADRON TIGERSHARKS of A-10C 80-0252 from the 75th Fighter Squadron, deployed as one of the eight replacement aircraft. 7 March 2009. (Photo by Martin Lacey)



A-10C 80-0252 from the 75th Fighter Squadron, deployed as one of the eight replacement aircraft. 7 March 2009. (Photo by Martin Lacey) Full size



A-10C 80-0252 from the 75th Fighter Squadron, deployed as one of the eight replacement aircraft. 8 March 2009. (Photo by Martin Lacey) Full size

Special thanks to Martin Lacey for his permission to post his unique and very rare pictures on Warthog News!

Please await further related background info.