U.S. Senior Airman Christopher Reed, a munitions system

U.S. Senior Airman Christopher Reed, a munitions system technician with the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, checks the lugs on a GBU-28 during a bomb build here Aug. 14, 2014. Reed is an active duty member from Whiteman AFB, Mo., originally from Des Moines, Iowa. A team of 10 munitions systems Airmen from three U.S. bases are responsible for assembling bombs and ammunition that help keep U.S. ground forces safe throughout Afghanistan with A-10 and F-16 Close Air Support missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. This group is comprised of Air National Guardsman from the 177th Fighter Wing, Atlantic City, N.J., and 187th Fighter Wing, Montgomery, Ala., as well as active duty Airmen and reservists from the 442nd Fighter Wing, Whiteman AFB, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Brandon Lingle/Released)