Winter comes to Manas
Senior Airman Ryan Saunders blasts the snow and ice off a KC-135 Stratotanker Nov. 21 at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, prior to the aircraft's next mission. This was the first snow of the season at Manas, home of the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing. The KC-135, deployed here from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., provides aerial refueling to aircraft flying over Afghanistan. Airman Saunders is deployed from the 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Fairchild AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Mitch Gettle)