SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. Justin Manning, aerospace ground equipment maintainer assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, uses a Sporlan tester and operating instructions to perform an operations check of a MA3D air conditioner Aug. 23, 2008, at an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia. Sergeant Manning is responsible for maintaining equipment required to support Air Force aircraft while on the tarmac. Sergeant Manning, a native of New Haven, Vt., is deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady)