The 190th Fighter Squadron has emerged as the overall winner for Hawgsmoke 2021, a biannual A-10 competition, at Moody Air Force Base.
Idaho National Guard A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots and their crews come home to Boise as the 2021 Hawgsmoke Overall Team champions. The Hawgsmoke is a biennial aerial competition where approximately 150 Airmen from 13 Air Force units compete in a competition designed to test the bombing, missile and tactical gunnery skills of the pilots and maintainers of the U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft. This year it was held at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, from April 14-17 and Idaho won the Top Overall Team. Idaho will then host the next one, tentatively scheduled for late spring of 2023. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur)
The unit won the overall champion, top bombing team and top tactical team awards.
As the winner of each competition hosts the next event, the Idaho National Guard could host the next Hawgsmoke at Gowen Field in 2022 or 2023.
