A-10C: Primer Black is the new Zinc-Yellow?

U.S. Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd.

In 2019, several A-10Cs underwent wing replacement, which included new paint, by the Ogden Air Logistics Complex on Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah.

USAF photo by Alex R. Lloyd.

They were the last of 173 A-10s to get the new wing upgrade.  I’m not sure if this if the primer paint as most A-10s I’ve seen get re-painted are primered with a zinc yellow paint.

USAF photo by Alex R. Lloyd.

A hanger full of stripped A-10s waiting for their new wings, and new clothes.

USAF photo by Alex R. Lloyd.

A naked A-10C, with brand new wing, gets towed to the paint shop.

A new shark-mouth to go with the new wing for this 23d Wing Flying Tigers A-10, home based on Moody AFB, Georgia, 09JUL2019.

Perhaps there were too many A-10s to paint as by December 2019, painters on Hill AFB began using robots to strip them naked.

A-10C: AFGHAN PHASE INSPECTION

Vehicle I-D:  A-10 South East Asia camo