Airman 1st Class Kyle Ranville, a weapons loader assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, prepares to de-arm an F-16 Fighting Falcon at the end of runway after it landed from flying a mission May 31, 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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