An A-10 Inspection

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Senior Airman Steve Roeper, 107th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron weapons load crew two man, performs a rack inspection and cleaning on an A-10 Thunderbolt at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 2, 2011. The A-10 can employ a wide variety of conventional munitions, including general purpose bombs, cluster bomb units, laser guided bombs and others. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Corey Hook)

An A-10 Inspection

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- (Right) Senior Airman Ken Choate and Tech. Sergeant James Foster, 107th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron weapons load crew members, unload a Guided Bomb Unit, GBU-38 from an A-10 Thunderbolt at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 2, 2011. The load crew is unloading weapons on an A-10 to conduct a rack inspection and cleaning. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Corey Hook)

Air Force C-5 to transport fighter jet

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Members of the 451st Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron aerial port flight and 22nd Airlift Squadron prepare to load an F/A-18 Super Hornet onto a C-5 Galaxy here Aug. 18, 2011. This marked the first time the C-5 had been used to transport the F/A-18 back to the United States. After months of coordination and planning, senior leaders at the Navy’s Naval Air Forces and the Air Force’s Air Mobility Command approved a plan to transport the aircraft back to its home station at Naval Air Station North Island near San Diego, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman David Carbajal)

Air Force C-5 to transport fighter jet

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Master Sgt. Raymond Sambor, 451st Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron aerial port duty officer, attaches a loading chain onto an F/118 Super Hornet here Aug. 18, 2011. Sambor and several members of the 451st ELRS aerial port assisted the load of an F/A-18 Super Hornet onto a C-5 Galaxy. This marked the first time the C-5 had been used to transport the F/A-18 back to the United States. After months of coordination and planning, senior leaders at the Navy’s Naval Air Forces and the Air Force’s Air Mobility Command approved a plan to transport the aircraft back to its home station at Naval Air Station North Island near San Diego, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman David Carbajal)

Air Force C-5 to transport fighter jet

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Members of the 451st Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron aerial port flight and 22nd Airlift Squadron look over the load plan as they prepare to load an F/A-18 Super Hornet onto a C-5 Galaxy here Aug. 18, 2011. This marked the first time the C-5 had been used to transport the F/A-18 back to the United States. After months of coordination and planning, senior leaders at the Navy’s Naval Air Forces and the Air Force’s Air Mobility Command approved a plan to transport the aircraft back to its home station at Naval Air Station North Island near San Diego, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman David Carbajal)

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A damaged Mi-17 is carried on its way to a repair facility on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan on July 13, 2011. The helicopter is owned by the Afghan Kandahar Air Wing. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)