OEF

A U.S. Navy F/A -18C Hornet prepares to take fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker over the skies of Afghanistan, May 3, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Quinton Russ/released)

OEF

A U.S. Navy F/A -18C Hornet takes fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over the skies of Afghanistan, May 3, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Quinton Russ/released)

OEF

U.S. Air Force boom operator Master Sgt. Yale Perkins performs his pre-flight checks on a KC-135 Stratotanker before a refueling mission over Afghanistan, May 3, 2010. Sergeant Perkins is assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Quinton Russ/released)

OEF

U.S. Air Force pilot, Lt. Col. Jim Brown, performs his pre-flight checks on a KC-135 Stratotanker before a refueling mission over Afghanistan, May 3, 2010. Colonel Brown is assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Quinton Russ/released)

Operation Enduring Freedom

Master Sgt. Raymond Rogers Jr., 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron armament and ammunition flight advisor, watches as Lt. Amin Ullah, Aghanistan National Army Air Coprs weapons loader, cleans out the bullet chamber of a Yak-B Gatling gun on an MI-35 Hind E attack helicopter after a training mission May 15, 2010, at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. ?When I first got here we had nine Afghans assigned to us and they had no knowledge of how to execute this mission,? said Sergeant Rogers, who is deployed from Seymour -Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. ?To see these guys go from knowing nothing about loading weapons on these airframes to conducting the mission with me just standing here watching is something that fills me with pride.? (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Oshawn Jefferson, released)

Operation Enduring Freedom

Sergeant Pacha Ghul, left, and Lt. Amin Ullah, both Aghanistan National Army Air Coprs weapons loaders, put new 12.7 mm rounds into a Yak-B Gatling gun on an MI-35 Hind E attack helicopter after a training mission May 15, 2010, at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. With help from Czech Republic and Hungarian Operational Mentor and Liaison Team members, Master Sgt. Raymond Rogers Jr., 440th Air Expeditonary Advisory Squadron armament and ammunition flight advisor, helped train 17 ANAAC soldiers on MI-35 and MI-17 weapons loading and unloading, armament storage, safety, weapons accountability, NATO standards, and leadership skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Oshawn Jefferson, released)