Since Spangdahlem
is an airbase flying is an important part of the scenery around here.
Like many Air Force bases there is a memorial park that commemorates
some of the more noted planes that have flown out of the base. There
is a nice dispay that has a flight of 3 fighters in the park.
One of the fighter
squadrons that is assigned to the base now is an A-10 Squadron.
Heinrich can always spot an A-10 by the two big jets that sit on top
of the wings close to the plane's body. In Halo a wart hog is a jeep
with a machine gun. In the Air Force an A-10 is nicknamed a
"warthog". The round thing under the nose is a powerful
machine gun.
An other plane is
the F-4E. This one has two rockets slung underneath the wings.
Near the front
gate is a Saber, the symbol for the base. Airmen at Spangdahlem are
part of "Saber Nation".
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