Inside the Stratofortress
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (AFPN) -- Senior Airman Kevin Banks inspects a fuse panel on a B-52 Stratofortress during routine maintenance. The B-52s join other U.S. and coalition aircraft over Afghanistan, providing close-air support in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Airman Banks is deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La. He is an electrical-environmental journeyman assigned to the 40th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Doug Nicodemus)