The 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron (422 TES) is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 53d Test and Evaluation Group, stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The squadron performs operational testing of all fighter aircraft and munitions entering and in operational use by Air Combat Command (ACC).
There are multiple squadrons located at Barksdale AFB. Shreveport, LA that flies missions to Eglin AFB, FL to shoot up a few pine trees on special weapons testing of the Wart Hog's (A-10) heavy armament cadre. The A-10 is the most feared aircraft in all the Middle East. It has has wracked up a proud history of being a tank killer, and it almost got whacked by the previous administration.
Lucky for the U.S., military heads prevailed and saved this very deadly low altitude tank killer that scares the crap out of the enemy who sees it overhead with guns blazing.