Nevada-based A-10s visit D-M for training
Release Number: 010513
Published May 09, 2013
Davis-Monthan will be welcoming six A-10C Thunderbolt IIs from the 66th Weapons Squadron based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., May 10-17 as they conduct training around the area.
The 66 WPS is an A-10 instructional flying squadron that teaches graduate-level courses, providing advanced training in weapons and tactics employment.
While here, the A-10 pilots will conduct Weapons School syllabus directed day and night training within Southern Arizona's outstanding military training ranges. This course prepares graduates to be the lead instructor of advanced technologies, tactics and training. Upon returning to their assigned squadron, they will be the primary leaders in building and executing training plans with their wing and squadron pilots. The training conducted here at D-M is a small segment of the entire Weapons School course.
D-M and surrounding training sites offer visiting aircrew similar conditions they would face in deployed environments, making the base and its assets ideal for combat training.
For questions, please contact the 355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office at 355WGPA@dm.af.mil or (520) 228-3406.
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Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is home of the 355th Fighter Wing and its nine major tenant units, which include 12th Air Force (AFSOUTH), 55th Electronic Combat Group, 563rd Rescue Group and the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group. The Wing's key mission is to deploy, employ, support and sustain attack airpower in support of Combatant Commanders anywhere in the world at a moment's notice. D-M is also the only A-10 Thunderbolt II training base in the United States Air Force. D-M has been producing the next generation of A-10 pilots since 1976.