WARTHOGS IN THE SKY: Look up this week so you don't miss all the flying "Warthogs!" The sky around the Treasure Valley will be busier than normal with the 124th Fighter Wing hosting #hawgsmoke, a biennial A-10 Thunderbolt II competition, through Friday. Last night, Idaho's pilots performed a missing man formation to remember the fallen as they flew over Gowen Field, marking the traditional start of the opening ceremony that begins the competition. Idaho's Warhawk Air Museum also performed a flyover with a Curtiss P-40N Warhawk and a P-47D Thunderbolt. The missing man formation is an aerial salute, typically in memory of a fallen pilot. The planes fly in a formation with a space where one plane should be. One plane will fly away, leaving a void, symbolizing the person's absence. At the previous competition, Hawgsmoke 2021, the 124th Fighter Wing’s 190th Fighter Squadron was recognized as the top pilot team at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The winning team traditionally hosts the next...