Filler Up

Master Sgt. Tony Thalachira, a crew chief with the 175th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, fuels an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Warfield Air National Guard base in Baltimore, Md. The aircraft was being readied for a training sortie Nov. 30. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)

Generator onboard

Members of the New York Air National Guard unload an electrical generator from a C-27J Spartan at Stewart Air National Guard Base in New York on Saturday, November 3, 2012. The mission critical equipment is being transported by the Maryland Air National Guard for relief efforts in New York City due to Hurricane Sandy. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)

Load the power

An electrical generator is loaded to a waiting C-27J Spartan at the Akron-Canton Airport in Ohio on Saturday, November 3, 2012. The mission critical equipment is being transported by the Maryland Air National Guard for relief efforts in New York City due to Hurricane Sandy. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)

Generator onboard

An electrical generator is towed to a waiting C-27J Spartan at the Akron-Canton Airport in Ohio on Saturday, November 3, 2012. The mission critical equipment is being transported by the Maryland Air National Guard for relief efforts in New York City due to Hurricane Sandy. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)

Bringing it home

Capt. Christopher Meyer holds an American flag as the C-27J taxis to a stop.The Maryland Air National Guard’s 135th Airlift Squadron returned to Warfield Air National Base on June 25, from a deployment to Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom to a crowd of family members and well wishers happy to see them return. The unit's C-27Js were deployed since April. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)

Bagram Airmen Prepare A-10s for Flight

Airmen from the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing prepare a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II for a mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 27, 2012. The 455th AEW is responsible for providing responsive and precise close-air support to NATO and Afghan ground forces operating in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Raymond Geoffroy)