A-10Cs Refueled And Rearmed For The First Time On A U.S. Highway During Northern Agility Exercise
June 30, 2022 Military Aviation
The A-10Cs were refueled and rearmed during Northern Agility 22-1 that demonstrated operations in austere environments under the U.S. Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment doctrine through different scenarios.
About a year after the first exercise of this kind, the U.S. Air Force performed a new exercise on a state highway on June 19, 2022. The event was part of the larger Northern Agility 22-1 exercise held by the Air National Guard, Air Force Special Operations Command and Air Force Reserves in Michigan to demonstrate the Agile Combat Employment doctrine and prepare aircrews for operations in austere environments.
A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, MC-12W Liberties, C-145 Combat Coyotes, U-28A Dracos and C-146A Wolfhounds were involved in the highway operations, which saw them landing on a closed 9,000-foot section of Michigan highway M-28, perform Integrated Combat Turns and takeoff again. This is the first time that ICTs, which enable the quick rearming and refueling of a running jet, have ever been conducted on a public highway in the U.S., according to the ANG press release.
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https://theaviationist.com/2022/06/30/a-10c-northern-agility-22-1/
Maybe they’re practicing for re-arming and refueling on highways in Poland for future air strikes against Russian tanks in UKR. I always thought we should be providing som BrrrrtBrrrrt to UKR just for fun. Love me some HOG!