Airman 1st Class Robert Barber, a crew chief assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, shows Captain Jerrod Sonderman, a fighter pilot assigned to the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, the EPU pin has been pulled as he prepares to launch an F-16 Fighting Falcon for a mission May 30, 2012. 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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