15 Jun '83: First flight. 30 Jun '83: TOS USAF and assigned to the 172nd Fighter Squadron/110th Fighter Wing (ANG), Battle Creek, MI. 1987: Converted to OA-10A. 2007: Converted to A-10C. 9/07 to 12/07: Deployed to Iraq for combat in Operation Iraqi Freedom--Part III. After 7/09 and by 2/10: 107th FS/127th Wing (ANG), Selfridge AFB, MI. 2/12: Deployed to Afghanistan for combat in Operation Enduring Freedom.