Senior Airman Caleb Mason, Tactical Air Control Party member, controls two A-10 Thunderbolts during close air support training at Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2012. Mason is also a radio operator, maintainer, and driver, where he is trained and metored by Joint Terminal Attack Controllers in an operational deployed environment before going to the JTAC qualification course. JTAC members provide ground forces with air superiority by controlling overhead aircraft that are able to deliver multiple weapons systems, as well as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. JTACs and radio operators, maintainers, and drivers train and operate alongside their Army counterparts in order to prepare them for kinetic situations while outside-the-wire. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)
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