<hi style=afpcap>To decoy heat-seeking missiles fired by enemy troops on the battlefield, this A-10 Warthog is deploying a flare from its ALE-40 chaff and flare dispenser. The aircraft wears the light gray paint which has become standard for the A-10 fleet in the late 1990s. This A-10 belongs to he 20th Fighter Group stationed at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.</hi>