Posted: 01/01/2011
Capt. Kellen Sick (left) and Maj. Aaron Ruona, both with the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, prepare their F-15E Strike Eagle to take off on a combat mission from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 4, 2011. The squadron performs close-air-support missions within the local area and is deployed from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barney)