A-10 Operational Check
TSgt. Ashanti Curtis, 127th Maintenance Squadron, sits in the cockpit of an A-10 Thunderbolt II as he performs an operational check of the aircraft in conjunction with another maintenance Airman working on the ground, outside of the aircraft, at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Sept. 27, 2012. Operational checks are routine tasks performed by maintenance personnel. The aircraft was being prepped for a local training mission. (Air National Guard photo by John S. Swanson).