T
he final three A-10 Warthogs left Pope AFB, N.C. last week, making the flight to their new home at Moody AFB, Ga. The Hog transfer started last summer and the 23rd Fighter Group at Moody began flying the first of its upgraded A-10C aircraft in September.
The dramatic and sprawling two-day operation to save the crew of an F-15E Strike Eagle shot down over Iran on April 3 involved hundreds of personnel, dozens of aircraft—and multiple close calls.