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HAWGSMOKE 2016

"BRRRRRT!"

BY: ISAAC LEBOWITZ

Hawgsmoke is a weapons and tactics competition between A-10 squadrons of the USAF which takes place every other year. This year's event took place on June 1st and 2nd at Davis Monthan Air Force Base and at the Barry M Goldwater Range. Each competition is hosted by the squadron that won the contest the previous time, which was the "Termites" of the 47th Fighter Squadron in 2014.

The competition itself takes place over two days and includes team and individual scoring of strafing, high-altitude dive-bombing, 30-degree dive-bombing, low-angle high-delivery, Maverick missile precision, and team tactics.