• Colonel John “Karl” Marks of the U.S. Air Force Reserve stands in front of a Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II, which boasts a shark’s grin painted above its powerful guns.
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    “We always say these lessons are written in blood,” says Lieutenant Colonel John “Karl” Marks of the U.S. Air Force Reserve, the only pilot with more than 7,000 hours flying the Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II.

  • Colonel John “Karl” Marks of the U.S. Air Force Reserve stands in front of a Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II, which boasts a shark’s grin painted above its powerful guns.

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