Thunderbolt fuel
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Tech. Sgt. Dan Janssen (left) and Fuel Distribution Supervisor Master Sgt. Kevin Bossaller Crew Chief, drag a hose to refuel an A-10 Thunderbolt II. This was the first A-10 "hot" refuel in Iraq and the first time the R-14 fuel hydrant system was used in the hot-refuel process. Bossaller is an A-10 crew chief and Janssen is the fuel distribution supervisor with the 442nd Fighter Wing, which is deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., to Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)