100th birthday of the Maryland Air National Guard.

Duggy009 · **Joined:** Fri Mar 23, 2012 6:20 pm **Posts:** 321

An A-10 Thunderbolt II, assigned to the 175th Wing, Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Maryland, taxis out for a Green Flag-West 22-02 mission, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Nov. 8, 2021. This A-10 was repainted to commemorate the 100th birthday of the Maryland Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photos by William R. Lewis)

wendovertom · **Posted:** Wed Nov 17, 2021 6:56 pm

I often wonder how everyone in the squadron feels about special paint planes - or how do they rotate who gets to fly it? I mean, I would want a turn in the "special" plane

Tom P.

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Wed Nov 17, 2021 11:04 pm

wendovertom wrote:

I often wonder how everyone in the squadron feels about special paint planes - or how do they rotate who gets to fly it? I mean, I would want a turn in the "special" plane

Tom P.

Would look good in the logbook...

Mark Sampson · **Joined:** Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:02 pm **Posts:** 300

I wish the A-10s that fly over my house all the time (I live in Tucson) were painted like that.

kalamazookid · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2021 7:17 am

wendovertom wrote:

I often wonder how everyone in the squadron feels about special paint planes - or how do they rotate who gets to fly it? I mean, I would want a turn in the "special" plane

Tom P.

An acquaintance of mine flies A-10s at Selfridge and flew the "Red Devils" anniversary jet. He brings that up every time he talks about A-10s. I wouldn't be surprised if they were similarly popular elsewhere.

Ken · **Posted:** Fri Nov 19, 2021 7:26 am

wendovertom wrote:

I often wonder how everyone in the squadron feels about special paint planes

To be honest, if I were in the unit, I'd rather fly as wingman to one of these jets, as you really don't enjoy the look of your jet from your own cockpit.

sandiego89 · **Joined:** Mon May 21, 2012 12:28 pm **Posts:** 1196

wendovertom wrote:

I often wonder how everyone in the squadron feels about special paint planes - or how do they rotate who gets to fly it? I mean, I would want a turn in the "special" plane

Tom P.

The air and ground crews love them. My organization was involved with the special 100 years of naval aviation themes, and everyone wanted to fly the special paint jobs, and they lasted long enough for everyone to get a chance.

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