First Lt. Joseph Tomczak, 86th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, poses at his desk with a model of the MC-12W aircraft he flew in Afghanistan, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, April 17, 2013. Tomczak was submitted for seven Air Medals and two achievement medals from his deployment to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, from June 2012 to Jan. 2013, where he served with the 4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron as a MC-12W mission pilot and assistant flight commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nathan Maysonet)