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F-22 Raptors Join A-10 Warthogs in Estonia
Military.Com ^ | 09/08/15 | Brendan McGarry

Posted on 09/10/2015 6:54:41 AM PDT by Doogle

A pair of fifth-generation F-22 stealth fighter jets joined a pair of Cold-War era A-10 attack aircraft in Estonia over the weekend in a show of support to NATO allies against Russian military activity in the region.

The Raptors and about 20 supporting airmen from the 95th Fighter Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, along with a KC-135 Stratotanker refueling tanker, arrived Sept. 5 at the Ämari Air Base in Estonia as part of the European Reassurance Initiative, according to a press release from the Air Force.

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: military
but, but, but we have to git rid of that old ugly Warthog
1 posted on 09/10/2015 6:54:41 AM PDT by Doogle
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To: Doogle

Come get some GAU-8 Avenger


2 posted on 09/10/2015 7:12:43 AM PDT by One_American
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To: Doogle

Like the C-130, the A-10 will always be relevant.


3 posted on 09/10/2015 7:33:21 AM PDT by lurk
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To: Doogle

Wow, a whole pair of each! Gosh, those Russkies must be quaking in their boots...they probably haven’t been so afraid since the Germans were at the gates of Moscow.

What a disgusting weakling Obama is...but its not like we didn’t know that to begin with.


4 posted on 09/10/2015 9:21:12 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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