47 FS pilots compete at Hawgsmoke 2010

Senior Airman Rikki Welch, 917th Aircraft Maintenance, phase dock, stores engine covers for an A-10 Thunderbolt II during Hawgsmoke 2010 in Boise, Idaho, Oct. 13, 2010. Members of the 917th Wing and 47th Fighter Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., are in Boise supporting and competing Hawgsmoke 2010, which is a biennial worldwide A-10 bombing, missile and tactical gunnery competition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)

47 FS pilots compete at Hawgsmoke 2010

Technical Sgt. Kenneth Green, an A-10 aircraft mechanic with the 717th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., checks the engine fuel overflow of an A-10 Thunderbolt II on the ramp of Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho, Oct. 13, 2010. Members of the 917th Wing and 47th Fighter Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., were in Boise supporting and competing in Hawgsmoke 2010, which is a biennial worldwide A-10 bombing, missile and tactical gunnery competition. The competition this year, which involved 40 jets and 72 pilots from 18 different units, was hosted by the 190th Fighter Squadron of the 124th FW. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)

47 FS pilots compete at Hawgsmoke 2010

Representatives from local and national media outlets attempt to capture the perfect picture of an A-10 Thunderbolt on the ramp of Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho, Oct. 13, 2010. Members of the 917th Wing and 47th Fighter Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., were in Boise supporting and competing in Hawgsmoke 2010, which is a biennial worldwide A-10 bombing, missile and tactical gunnery competition. The competition this year, which involved 40 jets and 72 pilots from 18 different units, was hosted by the 190th Fighter Squadron of the 124th FW. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)

47 FS pilots compete at Hawgsmoke 2010

A-10 Thunderbolt II jets from the 47th Fighter Squadron from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., sit on the ramp at Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho, Oct. 13, 2010. Members of the 917th Wing and 47th Fighter Squadron from Barksdale AFB, were in Boise supporting and competing in Hawgsmoke 2010, which is a biennial worldwide A-10 bombing, missile and tactical gunnery competition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)

47 FS pilots compete at Hawgsmoke 2010

Lt. Col. Robert Hetland, an A-10 pilot with the 47th Fighter Squadron from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., taxis his jet to the runway for an orientation flight in preparation for the Hawgsmoke 2010 competition in Boise, Idaho, Oct. 13, 2010. Members of the 917th Wing and 47th Fighter Squadron from Barksdale AFB, were in Boise supporting and competing Hawgsmoke 2010, which is a biennial worldwide A-10 bombing, missile and tactical gunnery competition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)

47 FS pilots compete at Hawgsmoke 2010

An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 917th Wing and 47th Fighter Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., falls into line with other 47th FS jets on the ramp for an orientation flight before the Hawgsmoke 2010 competition in Boise, Idaho, Oct. 13, 2010. Members of the 917th Wing and 47th Fighter Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., were in Boise supporting and competing in Hawgsmoke 2010, which is a biennial worldwide A-10 bombing, missile and tactical gunnery competition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)