Keeping the A-10 fit to fight
Senior Airman Justin Lovejoy inspects the fuselage of an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, while Staff Sgt. Isaac Ibarra inspects the wing during a thru-flight inspection. Up on one of the two engines, Staff Sgt. Shawn Mercier pulls an oil sample. The crew chiefs, assigned to the 81st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, are deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Tom Bivens)