Fairchild-Republic A-10C 78-0618 Idaho Air National Guard finding new lives in roles

finding new lives in roles their designers never imagined

Air Force and allied nations in the 1980s

and landed at Soviet bases in Ukraine rather than returning to their starting point

This A-24B — once a frontline dive bomber built to attack enemy shipping and ground targets — was acquired by the City of Portland and modified to carry agricultural spraying equipment

It is a subject that speaks to the complexity and reach of the Allied coalition at the height of the war

Fairchild-Republic A-10C 78-0618 Idaho Air National Guard finding new lives in rolesThese are 1 72 scale decals for Fairchild Republic A 10C Thunderbolt II 78 0618, assigned to the 190th Fighter Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard, in a striking commemorative World War II camouflage scheme. The 190th Fighter Squadron is part of the 124th Fighter Wing, Idaho Air National Guard, based at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho one of the Air National Guard's premier A 10 units, with a long and distinguished history of close air support operations.