122nd Fighter Wing deploying 300 airmen to Mideast
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More than 300 members of Fort Wayne’s Air National Guard base will head to the Mideast for six months beginning in October.
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12 of the 21 A-10 combat jets flown by the Fort Wayne base would be part of the deployment.
The F-22 can't do the A-10's job. Neither can the F-35.
Watch as the AF continues to insist on retiring these majestic ground attack jets.
Another article about the deployment. This is from Stars and Stripes:
Islamic State fight could breathe new life into the A-10
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Months after staving off a trip to the boneyard, the embattled A-10 Thunderbolt II is headed to the Middle East where it could be used to fight Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria.