Now we're cooking with gas: 188th crew chiefs conduct hot-pit refuels

Technical Sgt. Orion Stell, a crew chief with the 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, communicates with Col. Mark Anderson after a hot pit refueling of his A-10C Thunderbolt II at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Ark., April 24, 2013. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman John Hillier/Released)

Now we're cooking with gas: 188th crew chiefs perform hot-pit refueling

Staff Sgt. Nick Warrick of the 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, performs a hot-pit refueling of an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Arkansas, April 24, 2013. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman John Hillier/188th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

Now we're cooking with gas: 188th crew chiefs perform hot-pit refueling

Staff Sgt. Nick Warrick of the 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, passes a fuel hose to Technical Sgt. Briane McCaslin after a hot-pit refueling of an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Ark., April 24, 2013. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman John Hillier/188th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

Now we're cooking with gas: 188th crew chiefs perform hot-pit refueling

Staff Sgt. Nick Warrick of the 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, readies an A-10C Thunderbolt II for takeoff April 24, 2013, after a hot-pit refueling at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Ark. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman John Hillier/188th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

Now we're cooking with gas: 188th crew chiefs perform hot-pit refueling

Staff Sgt. Nick Warrick of the 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, performs a hot-pit refueling of an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Ark., April 24, 2013. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman John Hillier/188th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

Now we're cooking with gas: 188th crew chiefs conduct hot-pit refuels

Technical Sgt. Brian Phillips of the 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, performs a hot-pit refueling of an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Ark., April 24, 2013. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman John Hillier/188th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

Now we're cooking with gas: 188th crew chiefs conduct hot-pit refuels

Published May 10, 2013