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23 The mission of aircraft maintainers depends heavily on the equipment they use to perform their duties being properly treated for the environment they’re in and having it all readily available for daily usage. The Aerospace Ground Equipment flight, part of the 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, ensures that all AGE is inspected, repaired and given preventative protection on a regular basis.
Aircraft on Kadena Air Base, Japan, go through 18,000 annual flying hours and everyday usage that requires maintainers to address wear and tear 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Maintainers and pilots both acknowledge the saying, “There is no air power without ground power,” which couldn’t be truer regarding the AGE flight at Kadena.
The Demo Team’s A-10C takes off after the unveiling of the new paint scheme for the 2021 airshow season. (Photo: U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II demonstration team)
The SouthEast Asia camouflage of the A-10C, inspired by the F-105 Thunderchiefs of the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, will honor the unit’s Prisoners of War, Missing in Action and Veterans.
The U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II demonstration team is being assigned a new jet ahead of the 2021 airshow season. The aircraft, serial 81-0962, was recently repainted by the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, in the Vietnam-era SouthEast Asia (SEA) camouflage. The A-10 is not new to camouflages, as it was painted with the green and gray European One camouflage during the Cold War.