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Vol. 12, No. 11 Serving Southern Arizona’s military community, including Davis-Monthan Air Force Base October 2019
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ï® Weather ops future, 4
ï® Civil Air Patrol, 5
ï® Fire Prevention Week, 5
ï® 2019 Boneyard Run, 5
ï® AF gets new trainer, 12
FEATURE
Airman 1st Class Kristine Legate Courtesy photo
POW/MIA CEREMONY Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron give an A-10 Thunderbolt II, assigned to the A-10 Demonstration Team,
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Custom A-10 salutes P-51 heritagea custom paint job resembling a P-51 Mustang.
Continue to get Davis-Monthan
Air Force Base latest news Airmen of the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron gave an Courtesy photo
and information from these A-10 Thunderbolt II, assigned to the A-10 Demonstration Team at
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, a custom paint job resembling a The aircraft, serial 80-0275, was repainted between August
sources: http://www.aerotech- World War II-era P-51 Mustang. The aircraft, serial number 80- and September by the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squad-
news.com/davis-monthanafb 0275, has a special color scheme to be own on the next airshow ron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. To see a video of
circuit. the painting, go to www.facebook.com/A10DemoTeam/vid-
and social media eos/3292791450732756/.
Special paint schemes are fairly rare, so this is very exciting
Desert Lightning News news for photographers and fans who are eager to catch the new Warthog.
design in 2020. To see a video of the 355th EMS Airmen painting the A-10, go
Date of publication
The A-10 / P-51 paint scheme includes green paint overlapping to www.facebook.com/A10DemoTeam/videos/3292791450732756/.
First Friday the standard low-visibility gray pattern on the upper surfaces
of the fuselage, engines, wings and horizontal stabilizers, while Courtesy of Aviationist.com
of the month invasion stripes have been applied on the lower surfaces of the See VINTAGE WWII, 21st CENTURY AIR POWER, Page 6
Submission deadline engines and wings.
15th day of the month The engines and wings also sport the same insignia used by the
U.S. Army Air Forces until 1947, a few months before the of cial
prior to date of publication formation of the U.S. Air Force, instead of the current low-visibility
markings.
Veterans
The repainted A-10C took ight on Sept. 23. The P-47 Thunder-
Tell us Your Story bolt had a much similar livery during WWII.
Active-duty, Reserve, Retirees
All military branches are included The Demo Team announced on Instagram that the newly painted
Email name, phone number and a A-10 debuted Sept. 27 during Wings Over Wine Country Airshow
brief description of your service to 2019, near Santa Rosa, California, where it performed with the
Heritage Flight.
deborah.leuthold@us.af.mil
The A-10 Thunderbolt II is also affectionately known as the
