Please await up to 20 A-10Cs for stopover at Lajes Field, Azores, enroute to Afghanistan.
According to U.S. news media sources, an Air National Guard "Rainbow Team" of the 184th Fighter Squadron, 188th Fighter Wing (Arkansas Air National Guard), Fort Smith Regional Airport, Fort Smith, Arkansas (tailcode FS), and of the 104th Fighter Squadron, 175th Wing (Maryland Air National Guard), Martin State Airport Air Guard Station, Baltimore, Maryland (tailcode MD), will share this upcoming four-month deployment. Each unit will contribute 10 aircraft to the mission, 5NEWS/KFSM-TV reported. The 175th Wing will have the majority of the people over there for the first sixty days, then the 188th Fighter Wing will have the majority of the people over there for the second sixty days, 188th Fighter Wing commander Colonel Thomas I. "Tom" Anderson said. This ANG "Rainbow Team" will replace the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron after their six-month OEF combat deployment to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.
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I would be very grateful for any stopover shots.