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Tactical Aircraft Maintainers keep’em flying

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman David Forker, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance avionics systems technician, works on an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Oct. 24, 2014. Forker deployed from Fort Wayne, Indiana Air National Guard, is responsible for ensuring the A-10 is mission ready and able to perform close air support mission throughout Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)
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Expeditionary Airman operate DOD's busiest single runway

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon prepares for take off at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Oct. 24, 2014. Deployed service members help operate 46 different types of aircraft in-and-out of the buisiest single runway airfield in the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)
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Expeditionary Airmen operate DOD's busiest single runway

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt prepares for take off at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Oct. 24, 2014. Deployed service members help operate 46 different types of aircraft in-and-out of the buisiest single runway airfield in the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)
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Expeditionary Airmen operate DOD's busiest single runway

Military vehicles are lined up in the Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron loading yard at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Oct. 23, 2014. The 455 EAPS coordinates all equipment, personnel and life-saving supply movement that come into Afghanistan via the airfield. They are the busiest aerial port squadron in the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)
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Expeditionary Airmen operate DOD's busiest single runway

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron load cargo into a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster Sept. 9, 2014. Airmen assigned to the 455 EAPS have serviced more than 14,300 missions and 114,700 short tons of cargo since the beginning of the year to support Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cohen A. Young/Released)
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Expeditionary Airmen operate DOD's busiest single runway

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster takes off into the mountains at Bagram Airfield, Afghanitan Oct. 23, 2014. Since 2006, the annual airfield traffic count has increased from 143,705 to 333,610 as the support for Operation Enduring freedom nears its end. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)
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Expeditionary Airmen operate DOD's busiest single runway

A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter prepares for take off at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Sept. 8, 2014. Deployed service members help operate 46 different types of aircraft in-and-out of the buisiest single runway airfield in the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)
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Expeditionary Airmen operate DOD's busiest single runway

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, paint the flightline at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan June 8, 2014. The 455 ECES ensures operability of the airfield by providing airfield maintenance, construction and operation for the senior airfield authority mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cohen A. Young/Released)
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Expeditionary Airmen operate DOD's busiest single runway

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, grind down bolts on a polly pad on the flightline at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan June 5, 2014. Grinding down the bolts is necessary to prevent aircraft from popping tires when running over the polly pad. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)
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Expeditionary Airmen operate DOD's busiest single runway

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron load cargo into a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster Sept. 9, 2014. Airmen assigned to the 455 EAPS have serviced more than 14,300 missions and 114,700 short tons of cargo since the beginning of the year to support Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)
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Expeditionary Airmen operate DOD's busiest single runway

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron prepare to pour concrete on the flightline at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan May 22, 2014. The 455 ECES ensures operability of the airfield by providing airfield maintenance, construction and operation for the senior airfield authority mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)
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Expeditionary Airmen operate DOD's busiest single runway

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan May 9, 2014. Deployed service members help operate 46 different types of aircraft in-and-out of the buisiest single runway airfield in the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cohen A. Young/Released)
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Rock Solid Warrior

This week's Rock Solid Warrior Staff Sgt. Thomas Koppie. He is a communications counter measures navigation systems technician with the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The Genoa, Ill. native is deployed from the 934TH Maintenance Squadron, Air Reserve Base, Minn. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)
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Airmen and Marines support Afghanistan retrograde

Airmen from the 9th Airlift Squadron and 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron with Marines from the Marine Expeditionary Brigade prepare to load vehicles into a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 6, 2014, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Airmen and Marines loaded more than 266,000 pounds of cargo onto the C-5M as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan. Aircrews for the retrograde operations, managed by the 385th Air Expeditionary Group Detachment 1, surpassed 11 million pounds of cargo transported in a 50-day period. During this time frame, crews under the 385th AEG broke Air Mobility Command’s operational cargo load record five times. The heaviest load to date is 280,880 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)
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Airmen and Marines support Afghanistan retrograde

Airmen from the 9th Airlift Squadron and 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron with Marines from the Marine Expeditionary Brigade prepare to load vehicles into a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 6, 2014, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Airmen and Marines loaded more than 266,000 pounds of cargo onto the C-5M as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan. Aircrews for the retrograde operations, managed by the 385th Air Expeditionary Group Detachment 1, surpassed 11 million pounds of cargo transported in a 50-day period. During this time frame, crews under the 385th AEG broke Air Mobility Command’s operational cargo load record five times. The heaviest load to date is 280,880 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)
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Airmen and Marines support Afghanistan retrograde

Airmen from the 9th Airlift Squadron and 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron with Marines from the Marine Expeditionary Brigade load vehicles into a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 6, 2014, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Airmen and Marines loaded more than 266,000 pounds of cargo onto the C-5M as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan. During this mission, the crew reached more than 11 million pounds of cargo transported in a 50-day period. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)
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Airmen and Marines support Afghanistan retrograde

Airmen from the 9th Airlift Squadron and 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron with Marines from the Marine Expeditionary Brigade prepare to load vehicles into a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 6, 2014 at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Airmen and Marines loaded more than 266,000 pounds of cargo onto the C-5M as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan. Aircrews for the retrograde operations, managed by the 385th Air Expeditionary Group Detachment 1, surpassed 11 million pounds of cargo transported in a 50-day period. During this time frame, crews under the 385th AEG broke Air Mobility Command’s operational cargo load record five times. The heaviest load to date is 280,880 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)
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Airmen and Marines support Afghanistan retrograde

Aircrew from the 9th Airlift Squadron pose in front of a C-5M Super Galaxy after completing a mission to Afghanistan Oct. 7, 2014, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. These Airmen transported more than 266,000 pounds of cargo as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan. Aircrews for the retrograde operations, managed by the 385th Air Expeditionary Group Detachment 1, surpassed 11 million pounds of cargo transported in a 50-day period. During this time frame, crews under the 385th AEG broke Air Mobility Command’s operational cargo load record five times. The heaviest load to date is 280,880 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)
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Airmen and Marines support Afghanistan retrograde

U.S. Air Force Capts. Matthew Upchurch (left) and Jennifer Nolta (right), 9th Airlift Squadron C-5M Super Galaxy pilots, take-off Oct. 6, 2014, from Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Airmen from the 9th AS transported more than 266,000 pounds of cargo as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan. Aircrews for the retrograde operations are managed by the 385th Air Expeditionary Group Detachment 1 and this flight surpassed 11 million pounds of cargo transported in a 50-day timespan. During this time frame, crews under the 385th AEG broke Air Mobility Command’s operational cargo load record five times. The heaviest load to date is 280,880 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)
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Airmen and Marines support Afghanistan retrograde

Marines from the Marine Expeditionary Brigade load vehicles into a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 6, 2014, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Airmen and Marines loaded more than 266,000 pounds of cargo onto the C-5M as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan. During this mission, the crew reached more than 11 million pounds of cargo transported in a 50-day period. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)
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