‘Metro’, a pilot assigned to the 104th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, stands next to a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 7, 2012. Flying his A-10 through severe weather and difficult terrain, Metro provided life-saving close air support to ambushed coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan on June 28, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Raymond Geoffroy)