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aircraft of Davis-Monthan aircraft of Davis-Monthan

Compass Call: The first’s final flight A Marine Corps Contested coastal A-10 Demonstration Team: March practice
AH-1 Cobra takes
Flightline Friday: Marine edition off from the rescue training Flightline Friday: P ave Hawk edition Maj. Cody Wil-
flightline June 18,
ton, A-10C Thun-
conducted
2020, at Davis-
derbolt II Dem-
Monthan Air
Force Base. The onstration Team
pilot, poses
Marines trained March 23, 2020,
different capa- from the cock-
bilities including pit of an A-10
close-air sup- Thunderbolt II at
port, and combat Davis-Monthan
search and res- Air Force Base. The A-10 is the U.S. Air Force’s pre-
Photos by Senior Airman Christina Rios cue at Davis-Mon- mier close-air support aircraft. The A-10’s large, varied
The first specially modified EC-13-H Com- than as part of HH-60G Pave Hawks sit on the ordnance and accurate weapons delivery has made it
pass Call, tail number 1587, arrived at Da- The retired aircraft was the first specially their predeploy- flightline. The primary mission an invaluable asset to the Air Force and its allies.
vis-Monthan Air Force Base March 19, 1982, modified aircraft for the Compass Call Airman 1st Class Jacob Stephens ment training. of the Pave Hawk is personnel
and flew its final flight Jan. 15, 2020, at D-M. mission. recovery, whether in maritime or
Gaining the wartime situations.
X-59 QueSST: More than sum of its parts upper wing

Airman 1st Class Kaitlyn J. Ergish
An aerial view of An HH-60 Pave Hawk II
Davis-Monthan Air A U.S. Air Force HH- assigned to the 55th Res-
Force Base shows 60G Pave Hawk sits on cue Squadron flies over Photos by Airman 1st Class Jacob Stephens
The Boneyard, the flightline at Davis- the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 3, An HH-60G Pave Hawk sits on the
where thousands Monthan Air Force Base. 2020. The 55th RQS com- flightline Feb. 13, 2020, at Davis-
of retired aircraft The HH-60G’s mission pleted contested maritime Monthan Air Force Base. The Pave Photos by Senior Airman Kayla Palmer
are stored. Several is to conduct day and training at Naval Air Sta- Hawk is a twin-engine, medium-lift An A-10 Thunderbolt II, assigned to the A-10C Thun-
parts of NASA’s night personnel recovery tion North Island, Califor- helicopter operated by Air Combat derbolt II Demonstration Team, flies with deployed
X-59 QueSST air- operations into hostile nia, from Nov. 1-14, 2020, Command, Pacific Air Forces, U.S. landing gear March 23, 2020, at Davis Monthan Air
plane came from environments to recover to enhance their over-wa- Air Forces in Europe and other HH-60G Pave Hawks are parked in a tidy Force Base. The A-10’s GAU-8/A 30mm Gatling gun
Courtesy of U.S. Navy donor aircraft here. Airman 1st Class Jacob Stephens isolated personnel. ter rescue capabilities. major commands. row on the D-M flightline. can fire 3,900 rounds per minute.