Mission Spotlight: 724th AMS Airmen keep Aviano moving

Airmen from the 724th Air Mobility Squadron unload luggage from a plane May 15, 2013, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. AMS personnel are responsible for servicing more than 85 aircraft, 3,650 passengers and 1,070 tons of short cargo per month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Ryan Conroy)

Mission Spotlight: 724th AMS Airmen keep Aviano moving

Airman 1st Class Lance Mitchell, 724th Air Military Squadron service agent, screens baggage during a security check May 15, 2013, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The AMS performs aircraft, passenger and baggage services for incoming and outgoing flights. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Matthew Lotz)

Mission Spotlight: 724th AMS Airmen keep Aviano moving

Staff Sgt. Eric Dickerson, 724th Air Mobility Squadron air freight supervisor, unloads a luggage from a plane May 15, 2013, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. AMS personnel are responsible for servicing more than 85 aircraft, 3,650 passengers and 1,070 tons of short cargo per month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Ryan Conroy)

Mission Spotlight: 724th AMS Airmen keep Aviano moving

Staff Sgt. Eric Dickerson, 724th Air Mobility Squadron air freight supervisor, unloads a car seat from a plane May 15, 2013, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. AMS personnel are responsible for servicing more than 85 aircraft, 3,650 passengers and 1,070 tons of short cargo per month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Ryan Conroy)

Explosive ordnance disposal

Airman 1st Class Joshua Hill, 31st Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal apprentice, uses a percussionn-actuated neutralizer, a device that helps disable improvised explosives, May 9, 2013, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Hill is responsible for establishing, operating and maintaining explosive proficiency ranges and identifying, removing and disposing of ordnances. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Airman 1st Class Briana Jones)

Explosive ordnance disposal

Airman 1st Class Joshua Hill, 31st Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal apprentice, uses a percussionn-actuated neutralizer, a device that helps disable improvised explosives during a training exercise, May 9, 2013, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Hill is responsible for establishing, operating and maintaining explosive proficiency ranges and identifying, removing and disposing of ordnances. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Briana Jones)

Explosive ordnance disposal

An explosive ordnance disposal Airman from the 31st Civil Engineer Squadron disarms an improvised explosive device, during a training exercise May 7, 2013, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. EOD technicians train on various techniques for disarming unxeploded ordnance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Briana Jones)

Explosive ordnance disposal

Airman 1st Class Joseph Schmidt, 31st Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal apprentice, investigates a simulated roadside bomb May 7, 2013, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. EOD Airmen instruct base and community members on ordnance recognition and protective measures for improvised explosive devices and conventional ordnance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Briana Jones)

Fabrication Mission Spotlight

Airman 1st Class Richard Greensfelder, 31st Maintenance Squadron metals technology journeyman, welds a piece of metal April 29, 2013, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Metal technicians are responsible for welding and cutting raw material into usable forms to help repair and fabricate aircraft parts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Matthew Lotz)

Fabrication Mission Spotlight

Airman 1st Class Richard Greensfelder, 31st Maintenance Squadron metals technology journeyman, uses a torch to cut a piece of metal April 29, 2013, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Metal technicians are responsible for welding and cutting raw material to usable forms to help repair and fabricate aircraft parts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Ryan Conroy)

Mission Spotlight: 31st Medical Support Squadron Pharmacy Flight

Master Sgt. Rhonda Phillips, 31st Medical Support Squadron pharmacy flight chief, scans a patient's prescription information into a computer April 23, 2012, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The prescriptions are scanned for tracking purposes prior to being transported to the express Script Center located next to the Commissary in Area F. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez)

Mission Spotlight: 31st Medical Support Squadron Pharmacy Flight

Tech Sgt. Leah Lewis, 31st Medical Support Squadron NCO in charge of inpatient pharmacy, records patient information for a prescription April 23, 2012, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The pharmacy flight personnel prepare, verify and dispense medication to all authorized patients. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez)