Kandahar AEF
Master Sgt. Craig W. May, left, secures a GBU-38 as Staff Sgt. Charlie Parker waits to drive the bomb over to an A-10C Thunderbolt II "Warthog," Feb. 2, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. May and Parker are weapons loaders deployed from the Arkansas Air National Guard's 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith, Ark. The 188th deployed approximately 50 Airmen to Afghanistan for a four-month Aerospace Expeditionary Force (AEF) rotation on Jan. 4, 2010. The remainder of the 188th personnel, approximately 250, will begin its portion of the rotation in early March 2010, when the 188th's official rotation begins. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)