Mother’s prayers for protection from above answered by KC-135, A-10

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Maria Breceda, the 161st Air Refueling Wing’s administrative assistant, poses with her son, U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Breceda, an airborne infantryman with the 25th Infantry Division, in front of a KC-135R Stratotanker on the flight line at Goldwater Air National Guard Base, Phoenix, July 10. An aircrew from the 161st ARW conducting an in-flight refueling to A-10 Thunderbolt II’s providing close air support to members of Private Breceda’s battalion during ground combat April 30. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Wes Parrell)