A-10 demonstrate its ability to operate from cracked, uneven disuse runway in Poland

With its big tires and high mounted engines, the A-10 is the only combat fighter in the U.S. Air Force that can operate out of an austere landing strip.

A 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft travels down a runway during an austere landing training exercise at Nowe Miasto, Poland, July 20, 2015. The rugged surface conditions of the runway allow pilots to closely simulate landing conditions in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Luke Kitterman/Released)

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Luke Kitterman

The 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and 321st Special Tactics Squadron traveled to Nowe Miasto, Poland recently to practice landing and take-offs from an unprepared old runway.

The cracked, uneven asphalt runway there allow pilots to closely simulate landing conditions in a deployed environment.

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