Air traffic controllers perform dual mission, put fighters on target
ALI BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. John Gladney tests a light gun used to control aircraft if radio communication fails. Sergeant Gladney is an air traffic tower watch supervisor with the 407th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron and is deployed from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Maurice Hessel)