Caption:
Senior Airman Benjamin Connery closes the crew boarding ladder door and
disconnects his headset from the communications port of a A-10
Thunderbolt II Oct. 18 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Both crew chief
and pilot stay in constant communication throughout the preflight
inspections allowing the crew chief to be the pilot's eyes and ears
outside the aircraft. Airman Connery is a 455th Expeditionary Aircraft
Maintenance Squadron A-10 crew chief and deployed from Moody Air Force
Base, Ga. He is from Cashmere, Wash. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff
Sgt. Samuel Morse (RELEASED)
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