Bagram fuels Airman pumps 1-millionth gallon
Airman 1st Class Christopher Leach, foreground, attaches a fuel hose from a tanker truck to an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 5, assisted by Airman 1st Class Perry Friend, an A-10 crew chief. Airman Leach is the first fuels specialist in the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron to pump 1 million gallons of jet fuel to aircraft at Bagram for the four-month Air Expeditionary Force one and two rotation. The 455th ELRS Petroleum, Lubricants and Oil Flight has delivered almost 6.6 million gallons of fuel to military and civlian aircraft at Bagram since early May. Airman Leach is deployed from the 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Dover Air Force Base, De. Bagram is home to A-10s, C-130 Hercules, EA-6B Prowlers, and aircraft from the U.S. Army. In addition to aircraft deployed here, numerous military and civilian cargo aircraft land at this base daily in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (US Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)