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U.S. Air Force Airman McKinte Young (right) positions the bomb load truck as members of a weapons load crew prepare to attach a AGM-65 Maverick missile to the wing of an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Gioia del Colle, Italy, for a NATO Operation Allied Force mission on April 12, 1999. Operation Allied Force is the air operation against targets in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Thunderbolt, more commonly called a Warthog, and its crew are deployed to Gioia del Colle from the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, in support of Allied Force.

Airman McKinte Young positions the bomb load truck at Gioia del Colle.

U.S. Air Force Airman McKinte Young (right) positions the bomb load truck as members of a weapons load crew prepare to attach a AGM-65 Maverick missile to the wing of an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Gioia del Colle, Italy, for a NATO Operation Allied Force mission on April 12, 1999. Operation Allied Force is the air operation against targets in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Thunderbolt, more commonly called a Warthog, and its crew are deployed to Gioia del Colle from the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, in support of Allied Force.

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