Fairchild-Republic A-10C 78-0618 Idaho Air National Guard and destroy ballistic missiles during

and destroy ballistic missiles during their vulnerable boost phase — within seconds of launch

and landed at Soviet bases in Ukraine rather than returning to their starting point

transporting senior military and government personnel between posts during the early Cold War years

and B-17s assigned to base units there served in utility and support capacities as the Air Force modernized its fleet

It is a subject that speaks to the complexity and reach of the Allied coalition at the height of the war

Fairchild-Republic A-10C 78-0618 Idaho Air National Guard and destroy ballistic missiles duringThese are 1 72 scale decals for Fairchild Republic A 10C Thunderbolt II 78 0618, assigned to the 190th Fighter Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard, in a striking commemorative World War II camouflage scheme. The 190th Fighter Squadron is part of the 124th Fighter Wing, Idaho Air National Guard, based at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho one of the Air National Guard's premier A 10 units, with a long and distinguished history of close air support operations.