Amputee pilot completes third deployment
Major Alan Brown rides a stationary bicycle March 21 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Major Brown is an amputee C-130 Hercules pilot deployed with the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron from the 187th Airlift Squadron of the Wyoming Air National Guard. He lost his leg in a hunting accident 10 years ago, and after seven years he regained his qualifcations to fly. Major Brown works out daily riding the stationary bike using a custom strap developed by the unit's life support crew. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Erik Cardenas)