Staff Sgt. James A. Mellon removes hoses from an RC-135 Rivet Joint March 12 at a Southwest Asia air base. Aircraft hoses are used to keep the inside of the aircraft cool. Sergeant Mellon, assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, is deployed from Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Johnny L. Saldivar)