Tactical Aircraft Maintainers keep’em flying

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shaun Schaud, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance electrical and environmental technician, reviews a technical order at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Oct. 24, 2014. Schaud 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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Tactical Aircraft Maintainers keep’em flying

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron ensure an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft is ready for a flying mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Oct. 24, 2014. Maintainers are responsible for having the aircraft ready to fly at a moment’s notice. The Airmen are deployed from Fort Wayne, Indiana Air National Guard in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)

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Tactical Aircraft Maintainers keep’em flying

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron ensure an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft is ready for a flying mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Oct. 24, 2014. Maintainers are responsible for having the aircraft ready to fly at a moment’s notice. The Airmen are deployed from Fort Wayne, Indiana Air National Guard in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)

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Tactical Aircraft Maintainers keep’em flying

U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen with the 455th work on an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Oct. 24, 2014. Aircraft maintainers are 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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Tactical Aircraft Maintainers keep’em flying

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft prepares to take off at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Oct. 24, 2014. The A-10 is a specialized ground-attack aircraft which provides close air support to ground forces operating in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez)

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Tactical Aircraft Maintainers keep’em flying

A U.S. Air Force Airman with the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron ensures an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft is ready for a flying mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Oct. 24, 2014. Maintainers are responsible for having the aircraft ready to fly at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)

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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 missions throughout Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)

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Tactical Aircraft Maintainers keep’em flying

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron ensure an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft is ready for a flying mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Oct. 24, 2014. Maintainers are responsible for having the aircraft ready to fly at a moment’s notice. The Airmen are deployed from Fort Wayne, Indiana Air National Guard in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)

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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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Tactical Aircraft Maintainers keep’em flying

Published Oct. 28, 2014
By Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez
455 Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan --

Airmen from the 122^nd Fighter Wing Fort Wayne, Indiana Air National Guard, perform A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft maintenance in support of Operation Enduring Freedom here. The unit is responsible for ensuring the aircraft are mission ready and able to perform close air support mission throughout Afghanistan.