Photos: Hawgsmoke 2016
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Thirteen A-10 squadrons competed in high- and low-angle bombing runs before taking strafing runs at the Barry Goldwater Range south of Gila Bend. The 47th Fighter Squadron, based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, won hosting priviledges after winning the 2014 competition.
Hawgsmoke 2016
An A-10 pilot with the "Termites" 47th Fighter Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force base fires 30mm munitions from the aircraft's main Gatling-type gun during the Hawgsmoke 2016 A-10 bombing and gunnery competition at the Barry Goldwater Air Force Range west of Gila Bend, Ariz.
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