Posted 10/19/2008
An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot from the Air Force Reserve Command's 442nd Fighter Wing based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., fires the plane's 30-mm cannon toward a target at the Smoky Hill Range near Salina, Kan., Oct. 16. Fourteen A-10 units from across the Air Force are competing in Hawgsmoke 2008, a biennial A-10 bombing and aerial gunnery competition, this year hosted by the 442nd FW. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington