Afterburners
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - Airman 1st Class Erik Botzman, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron tactical aircraft maintenance crew chief, checks the tail hook on an F-15E before a combat sortie Jan. 28. Botzman's home unit is the 335th Aircraft Maintenance Unit at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester)