Air Force airmen transport munitions for the 25th Fighter Squadron?s A-10 Thunderbolt II during the Beverly Bulldog 14-04 exercise at Osan Air Base, South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2014. The squadron participated in simulated combat sorties, loading munitions, maintenance and defending their perimeter. (Armando R. Limon/Stars and Stripes)
Air Force airmen transport munitions for the 25th Fighter Squadron?s A-10 Thunderbolt II during the Beverly Bulldog 14-04 exercise at Osan Air Base, South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2014. The squadron participated in simulated combat sorties, loading munitions, maintenance and defending their perimeter. (Armando R. Limon/Stars and Stripes)
Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Hardman ensures munitions are loaded properly on a trailer during the Beverly Bulldog 14-04 exercise at Osan Air Base, South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2014. (Armando R. Limon/Stars and Stripes)
Air Force airmen maintenance crew performs a check one of the 25th Fighter Squadron?s A-10 Thunderbolt II during the Beverly Bulldog 14-04 exercise at Osan Air Base, South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2014. (Armando R. Limon/Stars and Stripes)
One of the 25th Fighter Squadron?s A-10 Thunderbolt II inside a hangar at Osan Air Base, South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2014. (Armando R. Limon/Stars and Stripes)
An Air Force pilot checks an outside panel of an A-10 Thunderbolt II during the Beverly Bulldog 14-04 exercise at Osan Air Base, South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2014. (Armando R. Limon/Stars and Stripes)
Air Force airmen maintenance crew performs a check inside an A-10 Thunderbolt II cockpit during the Beverly Bulldog 14-04 exercise at Osan Air Base, South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2014. (Armando R. Limon/Stars and Stripes)
An Air Force airman maintenance crewmember performs maintenance inside an A-10 Thunderbolt II cockpit during the Beverly Bulldog 14-04 exercise at Osan Air Base, South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2014. Airmen with 25th Fighter Squadron worked 12-hour shifts to keep their aircraft going during the exercise. (Armando R. Limon/Stars and Stripes)
A 30 mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun belonging to an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Osan Air Base, South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2014. (Armando R. Limon/Stars and Stripes)
An Air Force airman maintenance crewmember performs maintenance a check on an A-10 Thunderbolt II cockpit during the Beverly Bulldog 14-04 exercise at Osan Air Base, South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2014. Airmen with 25th Fighter Squadron worked 12-hour shifts to keep their aircraft going during the exercise. (Armando R. Limon/Stars and Stripes)
OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea— Airmen with the 25st Fighter Squadron performed maintenance and loaded munitions on A-10 Thunderbolt IIs during a scenario for the Beverly Bulldog 14-04 exercise this week at Osan Air Base, South Korea.
The airmen ensured the squadron’s A-10s were up and ready around the clock for simulated ground support sorties during the exercise.