Before-Taxi checks
Maj. Les Bradfield, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot with the 303rd Fighter Squadron, looks to his aircraft crew chief, Senior Airman Andrea Sumner, prior to launching his aircraft on a local training flight Dec. 7, 2008. The 303rd FS is part of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an Air Force Reserve Command unit based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tom Talbert)