Hands on ground keep eyes in the sky

Senior Airman Valerie Santa installs safety wire on an MQ-1 Predator during an engine rebuild while performing maintenance here, Sept. 23, 2009. Airman Santa is a crew chief for the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron from Creech Air Force Base, Nev. and hails from Apple Valley, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

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Hands on ground keep eyes in the sky

Senior Airman Valerie Santa wipes down an MQ-1 Predator's vertical stabilizer during an engine rebuild while performing maintenance here, Sept. 23, 2009. Airman Santa is using an alcohol-based chemical to cut through grease that has built up on the surface that water cannot disolve. Airman Santa is a crew chief for the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron from Creech Air Force Base, Nev. and hails from Apple Valley, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

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Airman 1st Class Patrick Carlson refuels an MQ-1 Predator here Sept. 23, 2009. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are currently the only aircraft on Kandahar Airfield that don't have dedicated refueling vehicles, but rather require Airmen at the 62nd to refuel the aircraft themselves. Airman Carlson is a crew chief for the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron from Creech Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

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Senior Airman Valerie Santa whipes down vertical stabilizer to an MQ-1 Predator during maintenance here, Sept. 23, 2009. Airman Santa is using an alcohol based chemical to cut through grease that has built up on the surface that water would not disolve. Airman Santa is a crew chief for the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron from Creech, Air Force Base and hails from Apple Valley, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

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Staff Sgt. Mark Samaniego peers through a protective window as he sand-blasts a part for an MQ-1 Predator during an engine rebuild here, Sept. 23, 2009. Predators support ground troops and intelligence collection with its long airborne loiter time and ability to deploy the AGM-114 Hellfire missle. Sergeant Samaniego is a crew chief with the 62 Expeditionary Reconnaisance Squadron from Creech Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

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Hands on ground keep eyes in the sky

Published Oct. 1, 2009

Hands on ground keep eyes in the sky

Hands on ground keep eyes in the sky

Hands on ground keep eyes in the sky

MQ-1 Predator

Hands on ground keep eyes in the sky