175th Wing Airmen at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan

Released today by 175th Wing Public Affairs:



Tech. Sgt. Matt Youngers looks over the #1 engine on an A-10C Thunderbolt II February 2, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Sergeant Youngers is a crew chief deployed from the Maryland Air National Guard in Baltimore, Md. Visible loadout at the right wing from left: GBU-12 Paveway II, Mk. 82, GBU-38 JDAM, empty single LAU-117 launch rail for AGM-65 Maverick, AN/AAQ-28 LITENING AT targeting pod. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher) Hi-res























Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Steel services the #1 engine starter on an A-10C Thunderbolt II February 2, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Sergeant Steel is a crew chief deployed from the Maryland Air National Guard in Baltimore, Md. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher) Hi-res




























Staff Sgts. Stan Wagner, left, and Mike Ashbrook load flares into an A-10C Thunderbolt II February 2, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Sergeants Wagner and Ashbrook are weapons loaders deployed from the Maryland Air National Guard in Baltimore, Md. The aircraft is A-10C 78-0702 from the 104th Fighter Squadron, 175th Wing (Maryland ANG). Note the ladder door art "LIVE'S HARD WEAR A (...). (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher) Hi-res
























Staff. Sgt. Matthew R. Martens links link tube carriers to go on the ammunition loading assembly for an A-10C Thunderbolt II 30mm gun February 2, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Sergeant Martens is a weapons loader deployed from the Maryland Air National Guard in Baltimore, Md. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher) Hi-res