A-10s heading to Afghanistan

After a break of six-years, the U.S. Air Force is deploying the A-10 ground attack jet in Afghanistan.

Capt. Eric Fleming taxies an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Bagram Airfield
By U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Twelve of those jets are to be deployed at Kandahar air base.