B-52 aids ground troops under small arms fire
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Airman 1st Class Marcus Thames moves a joint-direct attack munition that will be loaded on a B-52 Stratofortress. He is a weapons loader with the 40th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron at a forward-deployed location and is from Minot Air Force Base, N.D. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Rich)