A Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron Detachment 1 during a refueling mission over Afghanistan, Feb. 7, 2018. The A-10s recently deployed to Kandahar Airfield where its ability to deliver a wide variety of precision munitions and devastating firepower from its 30mm cannon make it an excellent choice to support the increased airpower requirement in Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. ( Air Force

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