Afghanistan AEF 2012
Staff Sgt. Julian Morris, an egress technician assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, speaks with Master Sgt. Chris Hall, a flight line expeditor, about maintenance to be performed on an F-16 Fighting Falcon ejection seat May 20, 2012. Personnel are deployed from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Swamp Fox F-16's, pilots, and support personnel began their Air Expeditionary Force deployment early April to take over flying missions for the air tasking order and provide close air support for troops on the ground in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/TSgt. Caycee Cook)