A-10A 'Warthog' from the 442FW AFRES, AFB Whiteman, Missouri. #90-122 flown by Lt.Col. Roger Disrud.
Lt. Col. Roger Disrud, of Olathe, KS., won the Air Force's '91 Worldwide Fighter Competition at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., He won the "Top Gun" award by defeating 54 other A-10, F-16, F-15, F-111 and A-7 pilots by one point in the closest margin in the competition's 14-year history. At 47, he also was the oldest pilot to win the award. And he was the first A-10 pilot to win.
Photo by Bob Nelson, July 25, 1992