11/2/2007 - Staff Sgt. Anthony Phillips, 438th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspections technician, observes readings as oil from an A-10C Thunderbolt II burns in a spectrometer. The spectrometer analyzes the burning engine fluid for contaminants that would signify wear and tear to the A-10C’s engines. Sergeant Phillips is deployed from the 123rd Tactical Airlift Wing, Kentucky Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. D. Clare)

11/2/2007 - Staff Sgt. Anthony Phillips, 438th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspections technician, prepares a sample of engine oil from an A-10C Thunderbolt II to be analyzed by a spectrometer here. The spectrometer burns engine fluids to discover contaminants that would signify wear and tear to the A-10C’s engines. Sergeant Phillips is deployed from the 123rd Tactical Airlift Wing, Kentucky Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. D. Clare)

11/2/2007 - A 438th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron spectrometer burns A-10C engine oil measuring for impurities that would signify wear and tear to the aircraft’s engines here. Impurities are carefully measured by parts per million to ensure the aircraft is ready to perform combat missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. D. Clare)