Weapons loaders assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, load a 500 pound GPS-guided bomb on an A-10 Thunderbolt II before a mission, March 22, 2018, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The A-10, also known as a Warthog, is designed to perform close air support for ground troops. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Trevor Rhynes)