An Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron flies a combat sortie January 7, 2014 over northeast Afghanistan. The Pentagon has targeted the close air support aircraft for retirement in the upcoming budget.

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An Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron flies a combat sortie January 7, 2014 over northeast Afghanistan. The Pentagon has targeted the close air support aircraft for retirement in the upcoming budget.

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Size: 5150px × 3428px
Location: northeast Afghanistan
Photo credit: © US Air Force Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: aerial, afghan, afghanistan, aghan, american, combat, day, flies, horizontal, military, outdoors, retirement, sortie, usa, war, warthog