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Original – A close-up view of the markings painted on the side of a U.S. Air Force 74th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, A-10A Thunderbolt aircraft on display at the 1991 Department of Defense Joint Services Open House at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland (USA). The markings indicate the number of Iraqi trucks, artillery pieces, tanks, armored vehicles and radar sites destroyed by the aircraft during the 1991 Gulf War.
Reason
For most aircraft in service with their parent nation it is customary for the unit to denote the number of kills that the aircraft and pilot have racked up over the course of the plane's career. Here, the nose of an A-10A Thunderbolt II close air support aircraft shows off the stars painted on the aircraft to denote the number of Iraqi trucks, artillery pieces, tanks, armored vehicles and radar sites destroyed by the aircraft during the 1991 Gulf War.
Articles in which this image appears
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
FP category for this image
War
Creator
Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.) (PD-USGov)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:32, 30 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]