An A-10C leads an A-29B through chocolate mountains in the National Training Center range.

An A-10C pilot, clearly in a jubilant mood ahead of his mission.

A-10C Thunderbolt II, serial number 78-0584/ID, from the 190th Fighter Squadron, 124th Fighter Wing based at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho sits in a revetment at Nellis Air Force Base.

Ground equipment used to transport and load munitions onto the A-10C stands ready at Nellis during Exercise Green Flag-West 19-8.

An A-29B lands on runway 03R while an A-10C takes runway 03L.

An A-10C executes a show of force during training with American and Brazilian TACPs at Fort Irwin.

Green Flag puts young soldiers and pilots into very realistic combat-like training, so they gain a taste of what they can expect in real combat and understand the complexity of the battle for aircrews as they enter the fight.

Dawn mission for the crew of A-29B 5943.

A Forca Aerea Brasileira crew chief, conducts pre-flight checks with an A-29B pilot during Green Flag-West 19-8 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The Brazilians and Idaho Air National Guard's A-10C-equipped 124th Fighter Wing supported the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team's National Training Center rotation at Fort Irwin, California during the exercise.

A-29B Super Tucanos taxi from the revetments during Green Flag.

An A-29B Super Tucano conducts an attack run while providing close air support at Fort Irwin.

Heading out on an early morning mission.

An A-29B crew chief, helps a pilot prepare to fly a Green Flag mission.

Sunrise take-off from Nellis.

Out over the wilderness in an A-29B Super Tucano.