A-10 Thunderbolt II - A million gallons and counting

Airman 1st Class Christopher Leach attaches a fuel hose from a tanker truck to an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on Aug. 5, as crew chief Airman 1st Class Perry Friend watches. Airman Leach has pumped more than 1 million gallons of jet fuel during his four-month air expeditionary force rotation. The 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Petroleum, Lubricants and Oil Flight has delivered almost 6.6 million gallons of fuel to military and civilian aircraft at Bagram since early May. Airman Leach, deployed from Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)