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127th Wing Photos

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127th Wing makes historic highway landing

ALPENA, Mich.— 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.

PHOTO BY: Tech. Sgt. Chelsea FitzPatrick
VIRIN: 210805-Z-EF377-1001.JPG
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NIKON D4S

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APERTURE

160/10

SHUTTERSPEED

10/10000

ISO

800

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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