Hawgsmoke 2008 champions

The Hawgsmoke 2008 team from the 190th Fighter Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard, accept the trophy for the top team Oct. 17 in Salina, Kan. From left, Capt. Ben Rhoades, 1st Lt. Ryan Brown, Lt. Col. Tony Brown and Lt. Col. Ron Hedges, were crowned Hawgsmoke champions after four days of competition among teams from 14 Air Force A-10 squadrons. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

70 rounds per second

A pilot in an A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 442nd Fighter Wing fires the plane's 30-mm cannon at a target on the Smoky Hill Range near Salina, Kan., Oct. 16 during the gunnery portion of the Hawgsmoke 2008 competition. Hawgsmoke is a bienniel A-10 bombing and gunnery competition hosted this year from the Air Force Reserve Command's 442nd FW, based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Fourteen A-10 squadrons from throughout the Air Force participated in Hawgsmoke, with the 190th Fighter Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard, taking honors as the top team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington.

On guard at Hawgsmoke

Staff Sgt. Jacob Nicholls, 442nd Security Forces Squadron, stands at attention Oct. 15 during a "Lost Hogs" ceremony during Hawgsmoke 2008 at the Salina, Kan., airport. Members of the 442nd SFS served as the color guard for the 30-minute ceremony, which honored deceased A-10 pilots. Hawgsmoke is a bienniel A-10 bombing and aerial gunnery competition, which is hosted this year by the 442nd Fighter Wing, an Air Force Reserve unit from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Anne Yelderman)

Reflective hog

An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 442nd Fighter Wing is readied for takeoff on the ramp at the Salina, Kan., airport Oct. 15 for a local-area-orientation flight for Hawgsmoke 2008. Hawgsmoke is a bienniel A-10 bombing and aerial gunnery competition between A-10 squadrons from across the Air Force. The competition ends Oct. 18. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Anne Yelderman)

442nd Hog

An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot from the 442nd Fighter Wing, an Air Force Reserve Command unit based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., fires the plane's 30-mm cannon toward a target at the Smoky Hill Range near Salina, Kan., Oct. 16. Fourteen A-10 units from across the Air Force competed this week in Hawgsmoke 2008, a bienniel A-10 bombing and aerial gunnery competition hosted by the 442nd FW. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)

110th Hog

An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 110th Fighter Wing, a Michigan Air National Guard unit based at Battle Creek, Mich., turns to engage a target at the Smoky Hill Range near Salina, Kan., Oct. 16. Fourteen A-10 units from across the Air Force competed this week in Hawgsmoke 2008, a bienniel A-10 bombing and aerial gunnery competition hosted by the Air Force Reserve's 442nd Fighter Wing, based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)