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On October 24, 2016 the 190th Fighter Squadron “Skullbangers”, 124th Fighter Wing (Idaho ANG) returned to Gowen Field Air National Guard Base, Boise, Idaho after completing a six month deployment to Incirlik, Turkey in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR). OIR was created to defeat ISIS and restore stability to the Middle East region by striking Da’esh targets in Syria and Iraq. In 1978 A-10A 78-0633 was delivered to the 118th FS, 103rd FW, Connecticut ANG (“The Flying Yankees”) and transferred to the 190th in 2007 and converted to a C variant.