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The 188th gets into the Warthog groove

Arizona skies give crews of heavily weaponed craft practice for Afghanistan

By Amy Schlesing

Posted: August 7, 2009 at 5:10 a.m.

Benjamin Krain An A-10 from the Arkansas Air National Guard's 188th Fighter Wing pulls away from a tanker plane after refueling over southern Arizona.

Tech. Sgt. Adam Ward lay on his belly and watched the two A-10 Warthogs flying 1,000 feet below his KC-135 aerial refueling tanker, circling three miles above the rusty desert floor.

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