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Senior Airman Benjamin Connery checks the leading edge slats on the wing of an A-10 Thunderbolt II Oct. 18 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Airman Connery is a 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron A-10 crew chief and deployed from Moody Air Force Base, Ga. He is from Cashmere, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Senior Airman Benjamin Connery cheers on the pilot of his A-10 Thunderbolt II Oct. 18 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Airman Connery is a 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron A-10 crew chief and deployed from Moody Air Force Base, Ga. He is from Cashmere, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Senior Airman Benjamin Connery closes the crew boarding ladder door and disconnects his headset from the communications port of a A-10 Thunderbolt II Oct. 18 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Both crew chief and pilot stay in constant communication throughout the preflight inspections allowing the crew chief to be the pilot's eyes and ears outside the aircraft. Airman Connery is a 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron A-10 crew chief and deployed from Moody Air Force Base, Ga. He is from Cashmere, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Senior Airman Benjamin Connery walks to the front of an A-10 Thunderbolt II to check the air-refueling door Oct. 18 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Airman Connery is a 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron A-10 crew chief and deployed from Moody Air Force Base, Ga. He is from Cashmere, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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An A-10 Thunderbolt II takes off Oct. 18 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Senior Airman Benjamin Connery waits for the pilot to get set in his cockpit to begin to power-up an A-10 Thunderbolt II Oct. 18 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Airman Connery is a 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron A-10 crew chief and deployed from Moody Air Force Base, Ga. He is from Cashmere, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Maj. Erik Knauff climbs into an A-10 Thunderbolt II Oct. 18 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Major Knauff is a 455th Air Expeditionary Wing flight safety officer and pilot and deployed from Moody Air Force Base, Ga. He is from Perry Hall, Md. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Published Nov. 4, 2008

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