HAWKtoberfest

Amidst the cheesiness of the name, HAWKtoberfest is another tradition that our squadron participates in each fall. A spin-off of the real Oktoberfest, the 23 hosts its annual Hawktoberfest each October. Usually for Hawktoberfest the celebration is only for our squadron and takes place at the squadron commander's house. This year, the squadron invited the entire Ops Group (the 22FS and 81FS), rented a big beer trailer, tent, and completely transformed the squadron into a German fest site. We served German brats, schwank, and pretzels along with the traditional German lagers.

Everyone dresses up for the event and it's a fun night of story telling and pilot lore. Here are some pictures from Hawktoberfest. We got the hats from Oktoberfest in Munich and just had to wear them since we weren't clad in our lederhosen and dirndle. The picture at the top is of us with Crystal and Andy, some good friends of ours who just arrived in Germany last August, and the picture on the right is of Matt and Moose, another one of our great friends.