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Two A-10 aircraft from Whiteman 442nd Fighter Wing make a pit-stop at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station to top off their tanks on the way to an air show in New Hampshire August 27, 2010, Niagara Falls N.Y. The 442nd Fighter Wing is responsible for the operation, maintenance and support of a squadron of A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, more commonly known as the "Warthog," or simply as "The Hawg." (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph McKee)

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Published Aug. 27, 2010
By Staff Sgt. Joseph McKee
914th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station -- Two A-10 aircraft from Whiteman 442nd Fighter Wing make a pit-stop at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station to top off their tanks on the way to an air show in New Hampshire August 27, 2010, Niagara Falls N.Y. The 442nd Fighter Wing is responsible for the operation, maintenance and support of a squadron of A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, more commonly known as the "Warthog," or simply as "The Hawg."
Based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., the 442nd traces its lineage back to World War II, when the 442nd Troop Carrier Group, based at what was then Sedalia Army Airfield (now Whiteman AFB), air-dropped and air-landed troops and supplies during D-Day and Operation Market Garden. Today's 442nd Citizen Airmen carry on our proud tradition of supporting the U.S. Army and allied ground forces using the Air Force's only aircraft ever designed for close-air-support.

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