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Air Force Reserve Command

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Tech. Sgt. Roderic Ventresca, left, and Staff Sgt. Mitch Rice, load 30mm bullets into an A-10 Thunderbolt II here June 14, 2006, using an ammunition loading assembly. The reservists are deployed here from the 442nd Fighter Wing, based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

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Keeping A-10s armed and ready in Afghanistan

Published June 17, 2006