After being postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hawgsmoke biennial aerial competition for the A-10 community is back this year.
An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires the GAU-8 Avenger 30mm gun at a target at the Grayling Air Gunnery Range during Northern Strike 2016, Aug. 10, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 Army, Air Force, Marine, and Special Forces service members from 20 states and three coalition countries during the first three weeks of August 2016 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan. The exercise strives to provide accessible, readiness-building opportunities for military units from all service branches to achieve and sustain proficiency in conducting mission command, air, sea, and ground maneuver integration, and the synchronization of fires in a joint, multinational, decisive action environment. (Michigan National Guard photo by Master Sgt. David Kujawa/Released)
The 23d Fighter Group announced that it will host the competition, that runs from today till the 17th.
Participating units are from Davis Monthan Air Force Base; Osan Air Base, South Korea; Warfield Air National Guard Base; Gowen Field Air National Guard Base; Fort Wayne; Nellis Air Force Base; and Whiteman Air Force Base.
