131st Fighter Squadron
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The 131st Fighter Squadron, also known as the Barnestormers, is a unit of the Massachusetts Air National Guard 104th Fighter Wing located at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. The squadron
131st FS F-15C' landing at Bodø Main Air Station, Norway
131st Tactical Fighter Squadron F-86H Sabre
131st TFS F-100D Super Sabre
131st TFS A-10A 78-0608, 1989
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, also widely known by the nickname Warthog, is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the
131st Fighter Squadron
…time. The 104th remained as a tactical fighter unit flying the F-100 until July 1979 when the F-100s were retired and the unit was re-equipped with new A-10 Thunderbolt IIs as part of the "Total Force" concept which equipped ANG units with front-line USAF aircraft. This marked the first time the 131st had received new…
An A-10 of the 74th Fighter Squadron after taking on fuel over Afghanistan in 2011
By the time of the Vietnam War, the 1940s-vintage propeller-driven Skyraider was the USAF's only dedicated close air support aircraft. It was slow, vulnerable to ground fire, and relatively lightly armed.
The Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne appeared to offer the possibility of handing much of the tactical air-to-ground role to the U.S. Army.
An A-10A of pre-glass cockpit design