Staff Sgt. Michael Huffman communicates with a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Huffman communicates with a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet during an air strike mission in Ad Dwr, Iraq, on Nov. 10, 2004. Huffman is a Tactical Air Control Party member from Detachment 1, 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron, attached to 1st Battalion, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. Tactical air control party personnel are conducting close air support missions for terrain denial to anti-coalition forces.