Night Flying
Lt. Col. Leah Schmidt, a 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, checks her flight instruments after taking off from an undisclosed air base, Southwest Asia, April 25. The mission supported air operations in and around Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Schmidt is deployed from the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexander Martinez)