Air Force Academy grad, Arvada native, supports combat air refueling missions in Southwest Asia as KC-10 pilot

First Lt. Jason Brown, KC-10 Extender tanker pilot with the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, flies a KC-10 on an air refueling mission in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in Southwest Asia on April 24, 2010. Lieutenant Brown is deployed from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron, 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and his hometown is Arvada, Colo. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)

Air Force Academy grad, Arvada native, supports combat air refueling missions in Southwest Asia as KC-10 pilot

First Lt. Jason Brown, KC-10 Extender tanker pilot with the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, flies a KC-10 on an air refueling mission in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in Southwest Asia on April 24, 2010. Lieutenant Brown is deployed from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron, 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and his hometown is Arvada, Colo. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)

Air Force Academy grad, Arvada native, supports combat air refueling missions in Southwest Asia as KC-10 pilot

First Lt. Jason Brown, KC-10 Extender tanker pilot with the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, flies a KC-10 on an air refueling mission in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in Southwest Asia on April 24, 2010. Lieutenant Brown is deployed from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron, 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and his hometown is Arvada, Colo. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)

380th AEW messages from the heart

Master Sgt. Nadine Love, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Superintendent Knowledge Ooperations Management, "To my boys and husband, I love being a mother and wife to you. I miss you on this Mother's Day. Know you always hold a special place in y heart. I love you." Sergeant Love is deployed from the 5th Bomb Wing Minot AFB, N.D and is a native of Aberdeen, Md. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jenifer H. Calhoun/Released)

380th AEW messages from the heart

Tech. Sgt. Melvin Jackson, 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Structure's NCO in charge , " To my wife Sheila, I love, and miss you an dhave a happy Mother's Day. Love always, Melvin." Sergeant Jackson is deployed from the 786th CES, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and is a native of Natchez, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jenifer H. Calhoun/Released)

380th AEW messages from the heart

Staff Sgt. Matthew Osborn, 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Structural Craftsman, "To my wife, Tasha: You are the best mother that our children could ask for. Happy Mother's Day! I love you!" Sergeant Osborn is deployed from the 786th CES and is a Native of Coatesville, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jenifer H. Calhoun/Released)