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Hawgsmoke 2012

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During August 2012, I was lucky enough to go to Davis Monthan AFB with 4 Aviation to photograph the happenings at Hawgsmoke 2012. We were fortunate enough to have ramp access on arrivals day and the rest of the time we were on the outside catching the recoveries fo the locals and the visitors. Here are a few shots from arrivals day and departures day.

First things first, the visiting Hawgs on the ramp including examples from Moody, Barksdale, Michigan and Idaho.

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A-10C 78-0618 Davis Monthan AFB 1 by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C 78-0625 Davis Monthan AFB by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C 78-0627 Davis Monthan AFB 2 by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C 78-0688 Davis Monthan AFB 1 by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C 80-0144 Davis Monthan AFB 2 by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C 80-0149 Davis Monthan AFB 2 by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C 79-0145 Davis Monthan AFB 2 by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C 79-0152 Davis Monthan AFB 3 by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C 81-0998 Davis Monthan AFB by finband76, on Flickr

After our ramp visit, we relocated to the approach for the remainder of the day.

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A-10C 79-0109 Davis Monthan AFB by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C 79-0122 Davis Monthan AFB by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C 78-0703 Davis Monthan AFB 3 by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C 79-0209 Davis Monthan AFB by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C 80-0190 Davis Monthan AFB by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C 80-0197 Davis Monthan AFB by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C 82-0663 Davis Monthan AFB by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C Pair Davis Monthan AFB by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C 78-0684 Davis Monthan AFB by finband76, on Flickr

These were taken on departure day.

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A-10C 78-0618 Davis Monthan AFB by finband76, on Flickr

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A-10C 79-0118 Davis Monthan AFB by finband76, on Flickr

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HC-130P 64-14860 Davis Monthan AFB by finband76, on Flickr

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KC-135T 59-1512 Davis Monthan AFB by finband76, on Flickr

All in all, this was a fantastic trip with big thanks to 4 Aviation and the guys that were on the trip.

Dinger.
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Re: Hawgsmoke 2012

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Nice report,
also visit the range?
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Some of the guys went to the range on day two and the rest of us spent the morning at Tucson shooting the Vipers before returning to DM for the afternoon. The range wasnt as good as hoped for those that went. Most of the A-10's were too distant for photography.

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WOW :shock:
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Beautiful, sunny and razorsharp shots :snipersmile: ! Only tiny remark: I personally like some more room around the planes, the crops are quite tight. But there are no accountings for taste I guess.

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Great shots, love the Hog, just wish there was some variety in the paint schemes :|
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Nice Warthog collection!
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A-10C Thunderbolt II 357th FS 82-0663
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Basman wrote:Beautiful, sunny and razorsharp shots :snipersmile: ! Only tiny remark: I personally like some more room around the planes, the crops are quite tight. But there are no accountings for taste I guess.

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This was my thought as well.
Nice shots, but crops are too tight...
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Basman wrote:Beautiful, sunny and razorsharp shots :snipersmile: ! Only tiny remark: I personally like some more room around the planes, the crops are quite tight. But there are no accountings for taste I guess.

Bas
Including that remark which is completely tasteless
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cpasley wrote:
Basman wrote:Beautiful, sunny and razorsharp shots :snipersmile: ! Only tiny remark: I personally like some more room around the planes, the crops are quite tight. But there are no accountings for taste I guess.

Bas
Including that remark which is completely tasteless
Everybody is free to share his / her opinions at this forum, positive or negative. When this is done in a polite way there is no reason, for us as moderators, to remove remarks like the one Bas made.

Just as Bas said, it is also a matter of taste.

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