Bad to the Bone: Maintainers preps Lancers for flight
SOUTHWEST ASIA – Airman 1st Class Joseph Dowdell (right), a native of Brunswick, Ohio, and Senior Airman Nick Lunde, a native of Seattle, both crew chiefs from the 34th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, prepare a B-1B Lancer for take-off here Dec. 29, 2011. The B-1B is a long-range, multi-role bomber that can be used for a variety of operational missions. Dowdell and Lunde are deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathanael Callon)