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An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, 127th Wing, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, departs after taking off from a pubic highway here, August 5, 2021. The training event marked the first time in U.S. history that a modern military aircraft landed on a U.S. public highway designed only for automobiles.


127th Wing makes historic landing

ALPENA, Mich.— An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, 127th Wing, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, departs after taking off from a pubic highway here, August 5, 2021. The training event marked the first time in U.S. history that a modern military aircraft landed on a U.S. public highway designed only for automobiles.

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An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, 127th Wing, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, touches down on a pubic highway here, August 5, 2021. The training event marked the first time in U.S. history that a modern military aircraft landed on a U.S. public highway designed only for automobiles.
An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, 127th Wing, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, touches down on a pubic highway here, August 5, 2021. The training event marked the first time in U.S. history that a modern military aircraft landed on a U.S. public highway designed only for automobiles.
An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, 127th Wing, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, prepares to landon a pubic highway here, August 5, 2021. The training event marked the first time in U.S. history that a modern military aircraft landed on a U.S. public highway designed only for automobiles.
An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, 127th Wing, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, touches down on a pubic highway here, August 5, 2021. The training event marked the first time in U.S. history that a modern military aircraft landed on a U.S. public highway designed only for automobiles.
An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, 127th Wing, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, taxis down a pubic highway after landing here, August 5, 2021. The training event marked the first time in U.S. history that a modern military aircraft landed on a U.S. public highway designed only for automobiles.
Members of the 127th Security Forces Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, check in with leadership prior to inprocessing at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center here on July 27, 2021. The defenders arrived to participate in Exercise Spartan, a two weeks long exercise meant to demonstrate the unit’s capability to operate in a contested, degraded and operationally-limited environment, against a near-peer adversary.
Members of the 127th Security Forces Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, check in with leadership prior to inprocessing at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center here on July 27, 2021. The defenders arrived to participate in Exercise Spartan, a two weeks long exercise meant to demonstrate the unit’s capability to operate in a contested, degraded and operationally-limited environment, against a near-peer adversary.
Chief Master Sgt. Terry McGonnell and fellow members of the 127th Security Forces Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, arrive at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center here on July 27, 2021. The defenders arrived to participate in Exercise Spartan, a two weeks long exercise meant to demonstrate the unit’s capability to operate in a contested, degraded and operationally-limited environment, against a near-peer adversary.
Airmen from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, launched an A-10 Thunderbolt II training mission here today, as they take part in Mobility Guardian 21, a robust and relevant training exercise designed to test Mobility Airmen through a challenging, realistic and detailed scenario based on relevant real-world security challenges and future conflicts.
Airmen from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, arrived here today as they take part in Mobility Guardian 21, a robust and relevant training exercise designed to test Mobility Airmen through a challenging, realistic and detailed scenario based on relevant real-world security challenges and future conflicts. During their first day here,, Airmen established camp to simulate a remote work and rest area in a deployed environment.
Tech. Sgt. Chelsea FitzPatrick
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