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Sunday, April 06, 2014

Nellis A-10 squadron prepares for end of legendary plane’s flying days


Passionate. Patriotic. Nostalgic.

Those are words that describe Lt. Col. Colin “Rage” Donnelly when he talks about his squadron’s A-10 “Warthog” attack jets, the airmen who maintain them, the pilots who fly them, and the troops they train for combat search-and-rescue, close air support and forward-air control.

“We do two primary things,” he said while walking from his office for a peek at the “Hog Trough” pub inside the 66th Weapons Squadron hangar at Nellis Air Force Base.

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