Top cover: Airpower integral to ground force's success
Capt. Vanessa Mahan pauses after returning from a mission Sept. 15 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Captain Mahan is a F-15E Strike Eagle weapons systems officer deployed to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing in Afghanistan from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. She is from St. John, Ind. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Keith Brown)