A number of Air National Guard aircraft—to include: A-10 Thunderbolt II, USAF Special Operations Command MC-12W Liberty, C-145A Combat Coyote, U-28 Draco, and USAF Reserves C-146a Wolfhound landed, took off and performed integrated combat turns on a closed 9,000-foot section of Michigan Highway-28. The occasion marked the first time integrated combat turns—which enable the quick rearming and refueling of running aircraft—have been conducted on a U.S. public highway.
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