Michigan Airmen complete first fully night-vision A-10 combat turn

Michigan Airmen complete first fully night-vision A-10 combat turn

Approximately 30 Airmen from the 127th Maintenance Group, Michigan Air National Guard, broke new ground this summer when they successfully completed a combat turn on an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft in complete darkness, using night-vision goggles. The milestone, accomplished Aug. 6, 2025, at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, marked the first time an Air National Guard maintenance unit performed the combat operation entirely using NVGs.