A-10 Warthogs Practice Landing On Estonian Highway

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A-10 Warthogs Practice Landing On Estonian Highway
By Editor -
June 22, 2016
 

Michigan National Guard attack aircraft practiced landing on and taking off from the Jägala-Käravete Highway, a portion of the longer road known as Piibe Highway, in Northern Estonia on Monday. The maneuvers were conducted as a part of international military operation Saber Strike wherein pilots practiced operating in a region with few actual airstrips and where alternatives would have to suffice.

At approximately 2 p.m. on June 20, four A-10 Warthogs from the Michigan National Guard arrived in the vicinity of the Jägala-Käravate Highway from Lielvārde Air Base, located southeast of the Latvian capital of Riga, reported ETV’s nightly news broadcast “Aktuaalne kaamera.”

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[geronl]

Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia would last about 10 minutes in a Russian invasion, but hopefully the show of international support will keep Putin at bay.