Taking off on Rwy 30 after a night stop to return to the US after taking part in an exercise in Europe. One of ten in two flights (Trend 41/51) plus their two KC-135R tankers.

This Maryland Air National Guard A-10A was eventually modified to A-10C. Strikingly, this particular aircraft flew its entire career with the same unit, and that's quite rarely for an USAF aircraft. From early 2006 to early 2007 the Warthog was temporary on loan to the 422nd TES, but from the late seventies up to now, the aircraft is assigned to the 175th Wing of the MD ANG. The wing and squadron were the first Air National Guard unit to receive the A-10 when they received brand-new Thunderbolt IIs from the Fairchild factory in Hagerstown, Maryland, replacing the Cessna OA-37 Dragonfly.