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FlyFightWin1947
Micah Marsh (FlyFightWin1947)
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Arctic BRRRRTTTT! "Snowhog"

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26 August 2019, 11:58
Wim van der Luijt
nice....I have always liked the Hog in this camo scheme
27 August 2019, 06:26
Holger Kranich
Wow, what a cool paint scheme! The scheme underneath is european lizard?
27 August 2019, 06:29
Micah Marsh
The scheme underneath the winter camoflage, is the Charcoal Lizard scheme
27 August 2019, 11:53
Holger Kranich
Thx for Info, Micah!
27 August 2019, 11:56
Erwin Leetink
I'd love to paint my Hog in this colour scheme. Anything know about the markings and about it's belly colours?
27 August 2019, 12:23
Wim van der Luijt
I have a 1:48 Italeri A-10C (really an A-10A) that I would love to paint in this scheme....
27 August 2019, 18:10
Bryn Crandell
I was stationed there in the late 90s as a firefighter. Very interesting paint scheme to say the leaset. None had that scheme when I was there. Thanks for the info on it.
27 August 2019, 19:49
Micah Marsh
To answer the underside question the scheme rapped around the whole air frame, thanks just like to spread light on lesser know but interesting military topics.
27 August 2019, 20:26
Erwin Leetink
Thanks!
28 August 2019, 06:20

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On December 18, 1981, two A-10 aircraft arrived at Eielson from the Fairchild-Republic factory in Hagerstown, Md. The aircraft tail numbers were 80-221 and 80-222 ... the first two A-10s assigned to Eielson.

However, not long after arriving, 80-221 was repainted in an arctic camouflage scheme. This was done as an experiment for an upcoming exercise titled Operation Cool Snow Hog.

The exercise was held from March 8 to 16, 1982, at a forward operating location in Kotzebue, Alaska.

Cool Snow Hog represented the Air Force's first test of forward basing A-10s in Alaska. Overall, the plan called for the Air Force to fly 16 close-air-support sorties in support of the 3rd Scout Battalion of the Alaska Army National Guard.

Over the following years, the forward operating location concept was tested through various operational readiness exercises and major joint forces exercises such as BRIM FROST, but they were never again referred to as Cool Snow Hog exercises.

It must be noted that this paint scheme was onl

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