With today's quickie we bring you a real beaut... an A-10A from the 81st TFW snapped from a tanker over the North Sea on February 1st, 1988. This jet spent a bit-o-time at the boneyard beginning in 2006, was returned to service and updated to A-10C standards. Your blogmeister isn't sure if she's still flying today, but he'd like to think so.

Enjoy, and go ugly early...

USAF Photo by Airman 1st Class Larry Young

Fade to Black...