Cold Morning Maintenance
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Senior Airman Daniel Jahnke, 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, completes paperwork while preparing O/A-10 number 970 for a training mission on 21 December 2004 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. O/A-10 Thunderbolt 2 number 238 belonging to the 355th Fighter Squadron, 354th Operations Group, 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska sits outside of the 'Hog Pen" prior to a training mission on 21 December 2004. O/A-10 aircraft are currently flown by the 355th Fighter Squadron at Eielson AFB. The 355th Fighter Squadron’s primary missions include air strike control, close air support, target interdiction, joint air attack team, combat escort, and combat search and rescue. The squadron also supplies several Army battalions with air liaison officers who deploy, train and operate with their assigned ground force. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang)