U.S. Air Force Capt. Grady Patterson, the maintenance

U.S. Air Force Capt. Grady Patterson, the maintenance officer in charge assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, helps unload luggage for airmen with the 169th Fighter Wing arriving at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 10, 2012, to begin the second half of the unit's Air and Space Expeditionary Force rotation in Afghanistan. Personnel with the wing, based at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., first arrived at Kandahar in early April to take over flying missions and provide close-air support for troops on the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Caycee Cook/Released)