Airmen from the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, work together to change a brake assembly on a C-130J Hercules Aug. 2. The Airmen are currently deployed from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm)
Senior Airman Joshua Johnston, a 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron communications and navigation mission systems journeyman, reviews technical orders while troubleshooting a faulty component in a C-130J July 30 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Airman Johnston is deployed from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm)
Senior Airman Alex Gilio, a 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, prepares a liquid oxygen cart to service a C-130J Hercules July 29 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Airman Gilio is deployed from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm)
Staff Sgt. Jason Miller, a 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, torques down bolts on a C-130J Hercules brake assembly Aug, 2, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Sergeant Miller, who’s responsible for maintaining the aircraft, is currently deployed from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm)
Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Thompson, a 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron propulsion systems craftsman, applies a liquid polymer to a C-130J Hercules propeller Aug. 2, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Sergeant Thompson, deployed from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., sanded the propeller to the proper contour once the polymer had set. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm)
Airman 1st Class Evan Morter, a 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, greases ball bearings from a C-130J Hercules wheel assembly Aug. 2, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Airman Morter is preparing to replace the wheel. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm)
Staff Sgt. Riaaz Hosein, a 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft hydraulic systems craftsman, applies an anti-seize compound to the bolt of a C-130J Hercules brake assembly Aug. 2, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Sergeant Hosein is currently deployed from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm)
Senior Airman David Ortega, a 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron integrated flight control system journeyman, tightens a bolt on a C-130J Hercules electronic instrument box July 30, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Airman Ortega is deployed from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm)
Staff Sgt. Jason Miller and Senior Airman Joshua Payne, both 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs, install a brake assembly on a C-130J Hercules Aug. 2, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Sergeant Miller and Airman Payne are currently deployed from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm)
Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Thompson, a 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron propulsion systems craftsman, applies a liquid polymer to a C-130J Hercules propeller Aug. 2, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Sergeant Thompson sanded the propeller to the proper contour once the polymer had set. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm)
Senior Airman William Heptig, a 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, marshals a C-130J Hercules as it prepares to take off July 28, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Airman Heptig is deployed from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm)