A-10’s have been a common sight in the skies above Martin State Airport since 1979 when the A-10A first came into service with the Maryland Air National Guard with new airframes coming straight from Fairchild Republic factory in Hagerstown, MD. The final flight of the day left as ‘Colt’ flight that headed up north. Only 4 out of the 6 jets returned later in the afternoon with ‘Colt’ flight having unrestricted use of the airspace for a short while. This flight also happened to be Col. Paul Kanning’s fini flight as “Colt 0-1” flying the wing aircraft. After the gun runs at Bollen, they returned to Martin State and did an overhead break followed by quite a few low approaches.