Maryland ANG to lose flying mission after upcoming A-10C departure

When its 21-strong fleet of A-10C Thunderbolt II close air support/ground attack aircraft are retired from use, the Maryland Air National Guard’s (ANG’s) 175th Wing (WG) will transition to a new cyber-based mission. Announced on March 7, the move will leave the Maryland ANG without a flying mission. Based at Warfield ANGB – which is co-located at Martin State Airport in Middle River, Maryland – the 175th WG’s 104th Fighter Squadron (FS) ‘Fightin’ O’s’ has flown the venerable ‘Warthog’ since