01 March 2014 (19:55 UTC-07 Tango 28 February 2014)/28 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1435/10 Esfand 1392/01 Ding-Mao 4712
Recently the U.S. Department of Defense stated they wanted to get rid of all A-10C tank killing Thunderbolt-2s. The Idaho Air National Guard has already been reduced to just A-10s (five years ago their C-130s were stolen from them). This means, if the U.S. Air Force gets its way, that Idaho will have no aircraft in its Air National Guard inventory.
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- The awesome A-10 is the last of Idaho’s Air National Guard air assets. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.
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- Go Idaho!
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- Despite the lies by Pentagon officials, the A-10 is still the most destructive ground attack aircraft in U.S. inventory.
At least 1-thousand jobs will be lost in Idaho if the A-10 is stolen from us. The real reason for taking away state National Guard assets is to make it easier for the federal government to repress those regions that decided to declare independence from the British empire controlled United States of America!
Arizona Capitol Times, February 2014: Pentagon to cut A-10 jets
September 2012: My walk-around photos of Idaho’s A-10C on the Pocatello Airport