Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa
Tech. Sgt. Chris Reiter, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 340th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, cranks on a jack lifting over 300,000 pounds of KC-135 aircraft and fuel Sept. 28, 2008, at an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia. The tire needs to be removed and the brake unit replaced after a crack in the heat shield was detected during a post-flight inspection. Sergeant Reiter, a native of Farmington, N.M., is deployed from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Airman Giesick is from San Diego, Calif., and is deployed from Grand Forks AFB, N.D., and Airman McMillen, originally from Warsaw, Ill., is deployed from McConnell AFB, Kan. All are deployed here supporting Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Boquette/Released)