Senior Airman Michael Smith, 87th Flying Training Squadron aviation resource manager, speaks with a pilot at the T-38 Talon step-desk on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 4, 2013. As an aviation resource manager, Smith checks the currencies of pilots and assigns them a plane after coordinating with maintenance personnel, ensuring both plane and pilot are qualified to fly. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman John D. Partlow)