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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-07-10 08:10 AM
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Blog: 10,000 flying hours in six months
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2010/01/airforce_a10_blog_010610w/">Blog: 10,000 flying hours in six months
Posted : Wednesday Jan 6, 2010 16:43:12 EST

The 354th Fighter Squadron had a busy six months in Afghanistan. Its A-10 pilots and maintainers racked up more than 10,000 flying hours and 2,500 sorties, flying just 12 Warthogs. Air Force Times report Bruce Rolfsen has more information about the squadron’s deployment on our FlightLines blog.


Article at: http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2010/01/airforce_a10_blog_010610w/



unhappycamper comment: Wowsa. 10,000 flying hours at $400 per gallon. And we successfully managed to pollute the Afghanistan environment with 36, 915 rounds of depleted uranium.
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