Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa
Tech. Sgt. Shaun Carroll, Airman 1st Class Gary Saari and Tech. Sgt. Donald Brogan, remove a flap from a B-1 Lancer October 5, 2008. The crew, all assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, is pulling the flaps in order to trouble shoot a flap lock-up problem at an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia. The B-1 is often called upon to deliver precision weapons in support of ground troops engaged in Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. Sergeant Brogan, a native of Saint Charles, Mo., Sergeant Carroll, hailing from Charleston, S.C., and Airman Saari, originally from Las Vegas, Nev., are all deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Boquette/Released)