Business Insider: Watch these A-10 attack aircraft make history by operating from a US highway for the first time
* A-10 attack aircraft practiced operating from a Michigan highway on Thursday.
* The training is believed to be the first time modern aircraft have operated from highways on US soil.
* US A-10 pilots have repeatedly carried out this type of training in Europe.
A-10 attack aircraft landed on and took off from a US highway on Thursday in a first for modern Air Force planes.
Authorities closed off Michigan State Highway M-32 on Thursday for a training exercise in which the Michigan National Guard's 127th Wing, the Air Force's 355th Wing, and Air Force Special Operations Command practiced operating four A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft and two C-146A Wolfhound special operations transport planes from the roadway.
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