Operation Iraqi Freedom
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Senior Airman Jon McNairy, from the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's Crash Recovery, Wheel/Tire shop uses a machine to break the bead on an F-16 wheel/tire assembly. Airmen from the crash recovery, wheel/tire shop repair about 30 tires a week. Airman McNairy is deployed here from the 35th Maintenance Squadron, Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/MSgt. Bryan Ripple)