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On The Flight Line


USAF


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By Clark Pierce
Editor
Four A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthogs"
 close air support aircraft landed at
 NAS Jacksonville July 10 as part
of a training flight from Moody Air Force
Base near Valdosta, Ga., home of the 23rd
Fighter Group.
 "We're on a run to re-qualify a couple of
pilots in the A-10 Thunderbolt," said Capt.
Nick DiCapua, an instructor pilot with
the 75th Fighter Squadron "Tiger Sharks"
based at Moody AFB, Ga.
 "After we get some gas and rest, we're
flying to Tampa. Then we return to NAS
Jacksonville on Saturday before flying to
Eglin AFB in the Florida panhandle."
 DiCapua explained that A-10


10 Thunderbolt II


 Photos by Clark Pierce
The A-10 Thunderbolt II is best-known for its
nose-mounted 30mm GAU-8/A Gatling gun
that can fire 3,900 rounds a minute to defeat
an array of ground targets, including tanks.
Thunderbolt pilots are close air support
experts.


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Instructor Pilot Capt. Nick ,iCapua secures weapons pylons on his A-10 "Warthog" after
landing at NAS Jacksonville July 10 on a training mission from Moody AFB, Ga.
 "Our primary mission is to provide day controller. The A-10's secondary mission
and night close air support for friendly is supporting search and rescue, as well as
land forces, and also act as forward air special forces operations."


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