Two 81st Fighter Squadron A-10Cs caught at Pampa range October 28, 2010

At Pampa range, Belgium, Warthog News contributor Edwin Huskens from Belgium had the opportunity to take the following pictures:



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Please note: After work, Edwin made a short visit to the range. And just when he arrived, A-10Cs 82-0647 and 82-0650 showed up for a 30 minutes show.

See:
http://www.kbspotting.be/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=2839&p=15987#p15987

81st Fighter Squadron A-10s caught at Kleine Brogel, Belgium

A-10s 81-0962 and 82-0649 making an overshoot at Kleine Brogel, Belgium, towards Pampa range, Belgium, November 25, 2008:



A-10 81-0962 (Photo by Edwin Huskens) Hi-res



A-10 82-0649 (Photo by Edwin Huskens) Hi-res



A-10s 81-0962 and 82-0649. (Photo by Edwin Huskens) Hi-res

After several t/g at Kleine Brogel, Belgium, an A-10 four-ship (only 3 on pictures) towards Pampa range, Belgium, August 16, 2007:



A-10 81-0951 (Photo by Edwin Huskens) Hi-res



A-10 81-0951 (Photo by Edwin Huskens) Hi-res



A-10 82-0649 (Photo by Edwin Huskens) Hi-res



A-10 82-0649 (Photo by Edwin Huskens) Hi-res



A-10 82-0656 (Photo by Edwin Huskens) Hi-res



A-10 82-0656 (Photo by Edwin Huskens) Hi-res

Note:Visible loadouts on all pictures: AN/ALQ-131 (deep) ECM pod on station 1, CATM-65 Mavericks on stations 3 and 9, CATM-9 Sidewinder and ACMI pod on Dual Rail Adapter (DRA) on station 11.

Special thanks to Edwin Huskens from Belgium for his permission to post his interesting shots on my blog!

81st Fighter Squadron A-10s caught at Pampa range, Belgium

By Joachim Jacob

Updated June 17, 2009

Just after joining the new Belgian KB Spotting forum, I got new personal contacts to some aircraft photographers, covering practice missions of A-10s from the 81st Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem AB, Germany, at Pampa range, Belgium. Meanwhile, from Alain Vandebeek (Belgium), Frank van de Waardenburg (Netherlands), Toon Cox (Belgium) and Merijn van Wesemael (Belgium), I got written permissions to post and hot-link their rare Pampa range shots on my blog. Special thanks, guys! I'm very grateful for your permissions. And so I hope, I will also get permissions from some other Pampa range photograpers. Note: Photo captions will be further updated after receiving additional background info from the photographers.



A-10 81-0952 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, afternoon May 7, 2009 (Photo by Frank van de Waardenburg) Hi-res



A-10 82-0646 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, January 20, 2009. (Photo by Frank van de Waardenburg) Hi-res



An A-10 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, January 20, 2009. (Photo by Frank van de Waardenburg) Hi-res



An A-10 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, January 20, 2009. (Photo by Frank van de Waardenburg) Hi-res



A-10 82-0649 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, January 20, 2009. (Photo by Frank van de Waardenburg) Hi-res



An A-10 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, January 20, 2009. (Photo by Toon Cox) Full size



An A-10 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, January 20, 2009. (Photo by Toon Cox) Full size



An A-10 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, probably December 2008. (Photo by Alain Vandebeek) Full size



An A-10 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, probably December 2008. (Photo by Alain Vandebeek) Full size



An A-10 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, probably December 2008. Note: Litening AT targeting pod on station 9. (Photo by Alain Vandebeek) Full size



A-10 81-0991 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, October 22, 2008, photographed from the tower. (Photo by Merijn van Wesemael) Full size



A-10 81-0951 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, October 22, 2008, photographed from the tower. (Photo by Merijn van Wesemael) Full size



A-10 81-0992 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, October 22, 2008, photographed from the tower. (Photo by Merijn van Wesemael) Full size



A-10 81-0646 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, October 22, 2008, photographed from the tower. (Photo by Merijn van Wesemael) Full size



A-10 81-0646 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, October 22, 2008, photographed from the tower. Clear visible is one of the fired bullets. (Photo by Merijn van Wesemael) Full size



A-10 81-0646 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, October 22, 2008, photographed from the tower. (Photo by Merijn van Wesemael) Full size



Close-up picture of A-10 81-0992 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, October 22, 2008, photographed from the tower. (Photo by Merijn van Wesemael) Full size



An A-10 from the 81st Fighter Squadron over Pampa range, Belgium, October 22, 2008, photographed from the tower. (Photo by Merijn van Wesemael) Full size