U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Reginald Brown, a phase

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Reginald Brown, a phase crew chief assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, services the shock struts on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, May 23, 2012. Personnel are deployed from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Swamp Fox F-16 pilots, and support personnel began their Air Expeditionary Force deployment early April to take over flying missions for the air tasking order and provide close air support for troops on the ground in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by TSgt. Caycee Cook/Released)