F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram

An Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon deployed Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., takes off from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Apr. 6, 2013. The mission of the F-16 here is to provide tactical air-to-air and air-to-ground support for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chris Willis)

F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram

An Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon deployed Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., takes off from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Apr. 6, 2013. The mission of the F-16 here is to provide tactical air-to-air and air-to-ground support for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chris Willis)

First Moody A-10s arrive on Bagram

Staff Sgt. Rebecca Gaddy, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, guides an A-10 Thunderbolt II fighter aircraft into its parking place on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 31, 2013. Deployed from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., this aircraft was the first to arrive for the latest deployment rotation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. David Dobrydney)

First Moody A-10s arrive on Bagram

A-10 Thunderbolt II fighter aircraft taxi to their parking spots upon arrival on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 31, 2013. The aircraft are part of a new deployment from Moody Air Force Base, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. David Dobrydney)

Bagram A-10s reach 10,000 combat flight hours

Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron join Brig. Gen. Joseph T. Guastella Jr. (third from left), 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, on the flightline at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 12, 2013. Guastella had just returned from logging the 10,000th combat flight hour for the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron since the unit?s arrival. The 354th EFS, flying the A-10 Thunderbolt II, has been deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., since October 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. David Dobrydney)

Airfield Management oversees many challenges

A C-130 Hercules takes off from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 8, 2013. Bagram is the busiest single-runway airfield in the Department of Defense, with a takeoff or landing every 1.5 minutes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. David Dobrydney)