Courtesy Photo | United States Air Forces Central | 03.02.2008
Airman 1st Class Buddy Bewick, 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron salutes the aircraft commander of a C-130 Hercules at a Southwest Asia air base. The aircraft is heading for a mission into Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom....
Courtesy Photo | United States Air Forces Central | 12.29.2007
Capt. Crystal Powers, left, and 1st Lt. Thomas Walsh wait to board a B-1B Lancer bomber for a mission, Dec. 29. Powers and Walsh are with the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia. (U. S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Douglas Olsen)...
Courtesy Photo | United States Air Forces Central | 12.29.2007
1st Lt. Jason Edwards checks the bomb load of a B-1B Lancer Dec. 29 as he and the rest of the aircrew preflight check the bomber prior to a mission. Lt. Edwards is with the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia. (U. S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Douglas Olsen)...
Courtesy Photo | United States Air Forces Central | 12.29.2007
An Air Force B-1B Lancer takes off from the runway in Southwest Asia for a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The B-1B is a multi-role, long-range bomber capable of flying intercontinental missions without refueling....
Courtesy Photo | United States Air Forces Central | 12.21.2007
A Weapons Load Crew with the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at a Southwest Asia air base, loads two-thousand pound bombs onto a B-1B Lancer to prepare it for a mission Dec. 21. Airman David Pownell drives the ram jammer while Staff Sgt. Brandon Neitz, left, and Tech. Sgt. James Sheldon, right, attach the bomb to the conventional rotary launcher inside the bomb bay of the......
Courtesy Photo | United States Air Forces Central | 12.21.2007
A Weapons Load Crew with the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at a Southwest Asia air base, loads two-thousand pound bombs onto a B-1B Lancer to prepare it for a mission Dec. 21. Staff Sgt. Brandon Neitz, left, and Tech. Sgt. James Sheldon, right, attach the bomb to the conventional rotary launcher inside the bomb bay of the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Douglas......
Courtesy Photo | Defense Imagery Management Operations Center | 12.21.2007
Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Neitz and Tech. Sgt. James Sheldon load 2,000 pound bombs on an Air Force B-1B Lancer in preparation for a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The B-1B can rapidly deliver massive quantities of precision and non-precision weapons onto specific targets. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Douglas Olsen)...
Courtesy Photo | United States Air Forces Central | 12.21.2007
An Air Force Weapons Load Crew with the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at a Southwest Asia air base, loads two-thousand pound bombs onto a B-1B Lancer to prepare it for a mission. Airman 1st Class Daniel Morton swings a bomb into position on the ram jammer operated by Airman David Pownell. The B-1B conducts missions as part of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air......