U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Adam Hinojosa, left, and Staff Sgt. Robert Corso, load 1,150, 30 mm rounds of ammunition into an A-10C Thunderbolt II with the assistance of armament equipment during an ammo upload into the aircraft at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 8, 2011. Hinojosa and Corso are weapons crew members deployed from the 74th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Moody Air Force Base, Ga.

 

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Adam Hinojosa, left, Staff Sgt. Renaldo Richardson, middle and Staff Sgt. Robert Corso, right, prepares to load 1,150, 30 mm rounds into an A-10C Thunderbolt II with the assistance from armament equipment during an ammo upload at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 8, 2011. Hinojosa, Richardson and Corso are weapons crew members deployed from the 74th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Moody Air Force Base, Ga.

 

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Adam Hinojosa, left, Staff Sgt. Robert Corso, middle, and Staff Sgt. Renaldo Richardson, right, move armament equipment towards an A-10C Thunderbolt II to load 1,150, 30 millimeter rounds into the aircraft during an ammo upload at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 8, 2011. Hinojosa, Corso and Richardson are weapons crew members deployed from the 74th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Moody Air Force Base, Ga.

 

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Renaldo Richardson monitors the loading of 1,150, 30 mm rounds into an A-10C Thunderbolt II by armament equipment during an ammo upload at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 8, 2011. Richardson is a weapons team chief deployed from the 74th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Moody Air Force Base, Ga.

 

An A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot, taxing towards the runway, watches U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Adam Hinojosa prepare to load 30 mm rounds into another A-10 aircraft with the use of armament equipment at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 8, 2011. Hinojosa is a weapons crew member deployed from the 74th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Moody Air Force Base, Ga.

 

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Renaldo Richardson monitors the loading of 1,150, 30 mm rounds into an A-10C Thunderbolt II by armament equipment during an ammo upload at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 8, 2011. Richardson is a weapons team chief deployed from the 74th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Moody Air Force Base, Ga.

A U.S. Air Force air crew member provides final inspections on two A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft before they taxi out to the runway for takeoff at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 8, 2011.