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Lt. Col. Ryan Richardson, 514th Flight Test Squadron commander and A-10 test pilot, does a high-speed pass after a functional check flight on an. A-10 Thunderbolt II, tail no. 80-0252, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, July 25, 2019. The aircraft is from the Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, home of the 23d Wing Flying Tigers, a unit that traces its heritage back to the Flying Tigers of WWII that painted sharks teeth on the nose of the P-40 Warhawk fighter planes they flew. The aircraft was the last of 173 A-10s to receive new wings under the Enhanced Wing Assembly program to extend the flying service life of the fleet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd)

Lt. Col. Jeremy Johnston, 75th Fighter Squadron assistant director of operations, prepares to taxi an A-10C Thunderbolt II during a sortie surge exercise, July 24, 2019, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The exercise was conducted to determine Airmen’s abilities to perform effectively while generating combat or training sorties at an accelerated rate. Throughout the four-day surge, pilots and maintainers completed 131 sorties spanning approximately 152 flying hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Eugene Oliver)