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  • American airfield in Iraq gives 'unlimited potential' for U.S. jets (A-10s, C-130s arrive at Tillil)

    03/30/2003 1:05:54 PM PST · by HAL9000 · 11 replies · 847+ views
    Knight Ridder Newspapers | March 30, 2003
    TILLIL AIRFIELD, Iraq - This fast-developing American air hub in southern Iraq now provides a way station for tank-busting A-10 Warthog jets, a key weapon in the U.S.-led assault on Saddam Hussein's Medina division of the Republican Guard. The first A-10 came into Tillil Saturday night, and through the day and night Sunday the jets flew hard-turning arcs in the sky near the embattled city of An Nasiriyah. In combat, the jets fly low in close support of ground troops as they hunt enemy armored vehicles. With Tillil, the jets have a place to launch missions within an hour...