Nebraksa Guard NCO, Onawa native, manages flight kitchen for Southwest Asia base

Tech. Sgt. Rusty Zortman, facility manager for "Roy?s" flight kitchen of the 380th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron, loads bread into a bin at his facility during operations at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on Jan. 31, 2010. Sergeant Zortman and his staff run a facility next to the flightline operations area of responsibility and daily work to feed hundreds of maintenance and operations Airmen. He is deployed from the Nebraska Air National Guard's 155th Air Refueling Wing at Lincoln and his hometown is Onawa, Iowa. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)

Nebraksa Guard NCO, Onawa native, manages flight kitchen for Southwest Asia base

Tech. Sgt. Rusty Zortman, facility manager for "Roy?s" flight kitchen of the 380th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron, places a tray of food into storage at his facility during operations at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on Jan. 31, 2010. Sergeant Zortman and his staff run a facility next to the flightline operations area of responsibility and daily work to feed hundreds of maintenance and operations Airmen. He is deployed from the Nebraska Air National Guard's 155th Air Refueling Wing at Lincoln and his hometown is Onawa, Iowa. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)

Sunset in Southwest Asia

The sun sets over the camp of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing on Jan. 31, 2010, at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia. The 380th AEW supports Operation Iraqi Freedom, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, and Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)

Firefighter movement in Southwest Asia

Air Force firefighters assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron drive a fire truck during operations at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on Jan. 29, 2010. Deployed firefighters manage all fire protection activities for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)

Art: KC-10 Returns

This is a photo of an oil pastel art piece completed by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol entitled "KC-10 Returns" shows a KC-10 Extender returning from a combat air refueling mission at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia. (Courtesy photo)

Desert sunset over Southwest Asia

The suns sets over the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on Jan. 20, 2010. the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, supports Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. The 380th AEW is comprised of four groups and 12 squadrons and the wing's deployed mission includes air refueling, surveillance and reconnaissance in support of overseas contingency operations in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jenifer H. Calhoun/Released)