Fighting Falcons maneuver through the skies
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Staff Sgt. Jason Tremmel (on the ground), a weapons-load crew chief from the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, talks to Capt. Mike Watkins (in the aircraft), an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from the 79th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Nov. 4, 2009. The maintenance Airmen work with the pilots during inspections to assure the aircraft functions properly and safely. Sergeant Tremmel hails from Duncansville, Pa. Capt. Watkins hails from Havasu, Ariz. Both Airmen are deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)