Controllers keep combat sorties cruising
Tech. Sgt. Thomas Miller clears an aircraft for takeoff as Senior Airman Kevin Krippner surveys the flightline at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Aug. 13, 2013. Miller is the 379th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron air traffic control watch supervisor deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., and hails from Olathe, Kan. Krippner is a 379th EOSS air traffic controller deployed from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., and a Winchester, Va., native. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Bahja J. Jones)