A Daily Report reader told us that upgraded C model Warthogs conducted operations in Afghanistan as early as November 2007, rendering our coverage of the latest A-10C deployment to Operation Enduring Freedom incomplete. The Michigan Air National Guard’s 110th Fighter Wing dispatched some A-10Cs to Iraq in late October 2007, but within a few days, Air Forces Central had sent the Michigan Hogs to Afghanistan, where they supplemented the force during the temporary grounding of the F-15 fleet. BRAC 2005 stripped the 110th FW of it’s Hogs.
The six-week government shutdown did not affect the hours flown by Air Force pilots, a service spokesperson told Air & Space Forces Magazine—avoiding what could have been a major blow at a time when flying hours are already lower than they have been in decades.
