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)

Snow won’t stop A-10’s

Staff Sgt. Miranda Downs, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, wipes snow off of an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 13, 2013. Downs is part of a team from 455th EAMXS that removed snow from the aircraft in preparation for its close air support mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chris Willis)

Snow won’t stop A-10’s

Staff Sgt. Miranda Downs, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, wipes snow off of an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 13, 2013. Downs is part of a team from 455th EAMXS that removed snow from the aircraft in preparation for its close air support mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chris Willis)

Snow won’t stop A-10’s

Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron clear snow around an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 13, 2013. Maintenance Airmen removed snow from the aircraft and flightline to minimize the possibility of damage prior to taxi and takeoff. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chris Willis)

Snow won’t stop A-10’s

An A-10 Thunderbolt II taxis from its parking spot in preparation for takeoff at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 17, 2013. The A-10 is part of a squadron deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., to fly missions in support of American and coalition forces in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chris Willis)

The Warthogs at BAF

Two aircraft maintainers assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform a post-mission inspection on an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 27, 2012. The A-10 is part of a squadron of “Warthogs” that recently arrived from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Az., to fly missions in support of American and coalition forces here in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chris Willis)

The Warthogs at BAF

A-10 Thunderbolt II’s taxi to their parking spots after a close air support mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 27, 2012. The A-10 is part of a squadron of “Warthogs” that recently arrived from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Az., to fly missions in support of American and coalition forces here in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chris Willis)