Thanks Brian ... but all credit for the Afghan A-10s goes to Greg
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Greg: Not sure what the glitch was with LAS -- should've been a no-brainer
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I've modified the first image into a A-10C (and decided she should have arabic serials from the outset). Here are two more ...
The Fairchild Republic A-10Aa is a refurbished
Thunderbolt II airframe (taken from AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ) for the Afghan Air Force to make up attrition of ex-USAF A-10Cs. Known as '
Breshna' (
Lightning) to the AAF, ANA troops dubbed them '
Toptshi' ('
Gunner') or '
Khar' ('Donkey', because they do the heavy hauling. The Aero L-39 is the '
Khargóttey' or '
Little Ass').
The upper aircraft, 143, is a Gardez-based '
Breshna' supporting the ANA's 203rd Corps out of the appropriately-named Camp Thunder. This aircraft wears the locally-applied 'Khost-Gardez' camouflage scheme, lo-viz roundels, and both Roman and Arabic serials.
The lower A-10Aa sports the 'Kandahar' scheme of a KAF-based aircraft flying in support of the 205th Corps ANA. '
Breshna' 156 carries FAB-500 'dumb' bombs outboard with KAB-500L guided bombs inboard (with their associated KAB-Kr UPK acquisition pod).