Technicians at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., are refurbishing an A-10A aircraft that they will soon convert to a remotely piloted weather research platform for the Navy, according to a base release, Jan. 31, 2013. Until recently, the retired airframe served as a weapons loading trainer at the Arizona base. The conversion is expected to take about a year to complete. Here (top), the A-10 in a maintenance hangar on Nov. 14, 2012. At bottom, the aircraft on Jan. 24, 2013.
Staff photo by John A. Tirpak and Air Force photo by SrA. Timothy Moore
