Bringing The Gas

Tech. Sgt. Kim N. Irizarry, a fuels specialist with the 175th Logistic Readiness Squadron drags a fuel hose to an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Warfield Air National Guard base in Baltimore, Md. The aircraft was being readied for a training sortie Nov. 30. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)

Ready To Bomb

Airman 1st Class Brandon J. Manning loads a BDU-33 practice bomb onto an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Warfield Air National Guard base in Baltimore, Md. The weapon loader with the 175th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was uploading munitions for a training sortie Nov. 30. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)

Generator onboard

Master Sgt. Matt Kerstetter, left, and members of the New York Air National Guard unload an electrical generator from a C-27J Spartan at Stewart Air National Guard Base in New York on Saturday, November 3, 2012. The mission critical equipment is being transported by the Maryland Air National Guard for relief efforts in New York City due to Hurricane Sandy. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)

Generator onboard

Master Sgt. Matt Kerstetter loads an electrical generator onto a waiting C-27J Spartan at the Akron-Canton Airport in Ohio on Saturday, November 3, 2012. The mission critical equipment is being transported by the Maryland Air National Guard for relief efforts in New York City due to Hurricane Sandy. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)

Generator onboard

An electrical generator is towed to a waiting C-27J Spartan at the Akron-Canton Airport in Ohio on Saturday, November 3, 2012. The mission critical equipment is being transported by the Maryland Air National Guard for relief efforts in New York City due to Hurricane Sandy. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)

Bringing it home

Capt. Christopher Meyer holds an American flag as the C-27J taxis to a stop.The Maryland Air National Guard’s 135th Airlift Squadron returned to Warfield Air National Base on June 25, from a deployment to Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom to a crowd of family members and well wishers happy to see them return. The unit's C-27Js were deployed since April. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)