81st Fighter Squadron A-10Cs caught during Gilze-Rijen Aviation Society Spottersdag 2012

By Joachim Jacob, Warthog News Editor

At Gilze-Rijen Air Base (Dutch: Vliegbasis Gilze-Rijen) (IATA: GLZ, ICAO: EHGR), Warthog News contributor Niels Roman from the Netherlands (photo at left) had the opportunity to take the following shots on August 29, 2012, shared by him on Facebook:


A-10C 81-0992 from the 81st Fighter Squadron. (Photo by Niels Roman) Full size


A-10C 81-0980 from the 81st Fighter Squadron. (Photo by Niels Roman) Full size


A fourship of A-10Cs from the 81st Fighter Squadron. (Photo by Niels Roman) Full size

Related to a question about the officialy announced decommission of the 81st Fighter Squadron, Niels wrote: "Yes, the last thing I heard was that they will leave in April 2013". Any confirmation from "Spang"?