Staff Sgt. Shelby Griscom, a crew chief with the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan raises the USA and flags on the flight line, April 17, 2012, at the start of the deployment. Personnel are deployed from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, , in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Swamp Fox F-16’s, 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.


Staff Sgt. Shelby Griscom, a crew chief with the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan raises the USA and flags on the flight line, April 17, 2012, at the start of the deployment. Personnel are deployed from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, , in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Swamp Fox F-16’s, 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.


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