Afghanistan “Hog of War” July 10, 2012 Share Read Later Air Force photo / Capt. Raymond GeoffroyAn Air Force pilot assigned to the 104th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron climbs into an A-10 Thunderbolt II (unofficially, but affectionately, known as the Warthog by those who fly it -- and by those whose lives on the ground are protected by it) for a mission at Bagram Airfield on June 30.