Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs fire flares while breaking away after aerial re-fueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron out of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 15, 2019. The A-10 provides coalition forces with close air support and precision strike capacity for targeting Taliban revenue sources. Optimised version of a USAF photo. Credit US Navy / K. Bowes

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Location: Afghanistan
Photo credit: © digitaleye editorial / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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