Green Flag West 11-2

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Senior Airman Edwin Watkins, a crew chief with the 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron communicates with Lt. Col. Jim Clark, 74th Fighter Squadron, commander while conducting pre-flight checks on an A-10 Thunderbolt II before a training mission during the Green Flag West 11-2 exercise at Nellis Dec. 10. Airman Watkins and Lt. Col. Clark are from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., and are deployed to Nellis in support of Green Flag-West. Green Flag-West provides a realistic air-land integration training environment for forces preparing to support worldwide combat operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

Green Flag West 11-2

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Lt. Col. Jim Clark, 74th Fighter Squadron, commander from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., reviews a pre-flight check list in the cockpit of an A-10 Thunderbolt II before a training mission during the Green Flag West 11-2 exercise at Nellis Dec. 10. Green Flag-West provides a realistic air-land integration training environment for forces preparing to support worldwide combat operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

Green Flag West 11-2

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Senior Airman Edwin Watkins, a crew chief with the 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., looks over the landing gear of an A-10 Thunderbolt II before a training mission during the Green Flag West 11-2 exercise at Nellis Dec. 10. Green Flag-West provides a realistic air-land integration training environment for forces preparing to support worldwide combat operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

Green Flag West 11-2

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Senior Airman Edwin Watkins, a crew chief with the 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., conducts pre-flight checks on an A-10 Thunderbolt II before a training mission during the Green Flag West 11-2 exercise at Nellis Dec. 10. Green Flag-West provides a realistic air-land integration training environment for forces preparing to support worldwide combat operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

Green Flag West 11-2

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Staff Sgt. Robert Cooper, a crew chief with the 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., waits to marshal out an A-10 Thunderbolt II during Green Flag West 11-2 exercise at Nellis Dec. 6. Green Flag-West provides a realistic air-land integration training environment for forces preparing to support worldwide combat operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brett Clashman)

Green Flag West 11-2

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Capt. Drew Voss, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot with the 74th Fighter Squadron from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., conducts pre-flight checks during the Green Flag West 11-2 exercise at Nellis Dec. 6. Green Flag-West provides a realistic air-land integration training environment for forces preparing to support worldwide combat operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brett Clashman)