The U.S. Air National Guard’s 190th Fighter Squadron commemorated the unit’s 75th anniversary in May with an A-10 Thunderbolt II painted to resemble the P-47 Thunderbolt the squadron flew during World War II. The “Heritage Hawg” paint scheme features black-and-white invasion stripes like those painted on aircraft the evening of June 4, 1944, used to help American anti-aircraft gunners differentiate between Allied and enemy fighters during the D-Day invasion.
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A pilot with the 190th Fighter Squadron, 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, flies an A-10 Thunderbolt II with a newly-painted WWII heritage paint scheme from the Air National Guard’s paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa, to its new home at the Idaho Air National Guard, Gowen Field, Idaho, May 12, 2021.
Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds/US Air National Guard
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A pilot with the 190th Fighter Squadron, 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, flies an A-10 Thunderbolt II with a newly-painted WWII heritage paint scheme from the Air National Guard’s paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa, to its new home at the Idaho Air National Guard, Gowen Field, Idaho, May 12, 2021.
Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds/US Air National Guard
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A pilot with the 190th Fighter Squadron, 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, flies an A-10 Thunderbolt II with a newly-painted WWII heritage paint scheme from the Air National Guard’s paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa, to its new home at the Idaho Air National Guard, Gowen Field, Idaho, May 12, 2021.
Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds/US Air National Guard
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A pilot with the 190th Fighter Squadron, 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, flies an A-10 Thunderbolt II with a newly-painted WWII heritage paint scheme from the Air National Guard’s paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa, to its new home at the Idaho Air National Guard, Gowen Field, Idaho, May 12, 2021.
Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds/US Air National Guard
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A pilot with the 190th Fighter Squadron, 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, flies an A-10 Thunderbolt II with a newly-painted WWII heritage paint scheme from the Air National Guard’s paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa, to its new home at the Idaho Air National Guard, Gowen Field, Idaho, May 12, 2021.
Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds/US Air National Guard
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A pilot with the 190th Fighter Squadron, 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, flies an A-10 Thunderbolt II with a newly-painted WWII heritage paint scheme from the Air National Guard’s paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa, to its new home at the Idaho Air National Guard, Gowen Field, Idaho, May 12, 2021.
Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds/US Air National Guard
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A pilot with the 190th Fighter Squadron, 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, flies an A-10 Thunderbolt II with a newly-painted WWII heritage paint scheme from the Air National Guard’s paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa, to its new home at the Idaho Air National Guard, Gowen Field, Idaho, May 12, 2021.
Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds/US Air National Guard
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A pilot with the 190th Fighter Squadron, 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, flies an A-10 Thunderbolt II with a newly-painted WWII heritage paint scheme from the Air National Guard’s paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa, to its new home at the Idaho Air National Guard, Gowen Field, Idaho, May 12, 2021.
Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds/US Air National Guard
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A pilot with the 190th Fighter Squadron, 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, flies an A-10 Thunderbolt II with a newly-painted WWII heritage paint scheme from the Air National Guard’s paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa, to its new home at the Idaho Air National Guard, Gowen Field, Idaho, May 12, 2021.
Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds/US Air National Guard
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A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 190th Fighter Squadron, 124th Fighter Wing, Idaho Air National Guard, painted with a heritage WWII paint scheme at the Air National Guard paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa, May 4, 2021.
Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot/US Air National Guard
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A pilot with the 190th Fighter Squadron, 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, flies an A-10 Thunderbolt II with a newly-painted WWII heritage paint scheme from the Air National Guard’s paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa, to its new home at the Idaho Air National Guard, Gowen Field, Idaho, May 12, 2021.
Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds/US Air National Guard
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A pilot with the 190th Fighter Squadron, 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, flies an A-10 Thunderbolt II with a newly-painted WWII heritage paint scheme from the Air National Guard’s paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa, to its new home at the Idaho Air National Guard, Gowen Field, Idaho, May 12, 2021.
Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds/US Air National Guard
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The 124th Fighter Wing unveils a specially-painted heritage A-10 Thunderbolt II during a 75th anniversary celebration at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, May 24, 2021. At the direction of the then-Secretary of War the 405th Fighter Squadron was redesignated the 190th Fighter Squadron on May 24, 1946.
Senior Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras/US Air National Guard
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Attendees at a 75th anniversary celebration gather around a speciallyipainted heritage A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 124th Fighter Wing at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, May 24, 2021. The event marked the 75th anniversary of the 405th Fighter Squadrons redesignation as the 190th Fighter Squadron on May 24, 1946.
Senior Master Sgt. Joshua C. Allmaras/US Air National Guard
