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Munitions assembly and loading during Operation Snowbird at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base

Tech. Sgt. Wayne White uses a range map and radio in order to communicate with pilots and coordinate an airstrike Feb. 25, 2014 at the Barry Goldwater Air Force Range, Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field, Ariz. Airmen from the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron took advantage of Gila Bend's expansive bomb range to call in airstrikes from aircraft including A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and F-16C Fighting Falcons. White is a tactical air control party Airman. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Airman 1st Class Shane Karp)

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Travis Airmen train to save lives

Airmen and firefighters assess the scene of a simulated bombing during an emergency response exercise Jan. 30, 2014, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The emergency responders are assigned to the 60th Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ken Wright)

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Chief Master Sgt. of Air Guard briefs active duty Chief Master Sgts on role of Air National Guard

Chief Master Sgt. James Hotaling, Command Chief Master Sgt. of the Air National Guard, speaks with newly promoted Chief Master Sgts in the active duty Air Force about the role of the Air National Guard,Joint Base Bolling-Anacostia, Washington, D.C., Feb. 6, 2014. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Eichaker)

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Italian, American Airmen build partnerships at Ghedi

Italian Air Force Colonel Andrea Di Pietro, commander of 6th STORMO, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. James Soles, commander of the 704th Munitions Support Squadron, unveil a plaque near the U.S., Italian and NATO flagpoles outside during a rededication ceremony at Ghedi Air Base, Italy, Jan. 31, 2014. Both the 704th MUNSS and 6th STORMO carried out the rededication to honor the 50th anniversary of the Italian-American partnership at the air base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden)

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Italian, American Airmen build partnerships at Ghedi

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to 704th Munitions Support Squadron and Italian Air Force Airmen assigned to 6th STORMO salute the Italian and U.S. flags during a ceremony in a hangar at Ghedi Air Base, Italy, Jan. 31, 2014. The ceremony paid tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Italian-American partnership established at Ghedi Air Base in December 1963. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden)

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Joint Readiness Training Center

Lt. Col. Gerald Fortuna (right) performs a simulated exploratory laparotomy surgery while in flight aboard a C-17 Globemaster III during a field exercise Jan. 17, 2014, at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La. Service members at JRTC 14-03 are educated in combat patient care and aeromedical evacuation in a simulated combat environment. Fortuna is a trauma surgeon with the 86th Medical Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew Smith)

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Joint Readiness Training Center

Senior Airman Douglas Prewitt marshals a C-17 Globemaster III to Geronimo landing zone Jan. 16, 2014, during a field exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La. Service members at JRTC 14-03 practice combat patient care and aeromedical evacuations in a simulated combat environment. Prewitt is assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew Smith)

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Competition tests 177th Fighter Wing load crews' skills

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Desmond Charles from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing disassembles a GBU-12 Paveway II mounted on an F-16C Fighting Falcon during the annual load crew competition on Jan. 9 at Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J. Charles is an aircraft armament systems specialist assigned to the 177th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

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Staff Sgt. Jesse Tucker checks the temperature of a connex freezer at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Dec. 17, 2013. The connex freezer is used to keep food products at the appropriate temperature and prevent it from s. Tucker is a 379th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron member deployed from Hurlburt Field, Fla., and a Navarre, Fla., native. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Hannah Landeros)

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LOX servicing

Airman 1st Class Christopher Garrison performs liquid oxygen, or LOX, servicing Nov. 6, 2013, at Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J. LOX is primarily used as aviator breathing oxygen. Garrison is an F-16C Fighting Falcon crew chief assigned to the 177th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht)

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Deployed maintainers return damaged aircraft to combat operations

Airmen forward deployed from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing assist in a crash damage reclamation and demilitarization project of a C-130J Super Hercules July 3, 2013, at a forward operating base in Afghanistan. The team recovered 250 components totaling more than $20 million.

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Deployed maintainers return damaged aircraft to combat operations

Airmen forward deployed from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing assist in a crash damage reclamation and demilitarization project of a C-130J Super Hercules July 1, 2013, at a forward operating base in Afghanistan. The team recovered 250 components totaling more than $20 million.

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Senior Airman Allen Stoddard, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron, blows a small sea of fire retardant foam that was unintentionally released in an aircraft hangar at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 24, 2013. The non-hazardous foam is similar to dish soap, which eventually dissolved into liquid, which was helped by high winds. The 60th Air Mobility Wing fire fighters helped control the dispersion by using powerful fans and covering drains. No people or aircraft were harmed in the incident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ken Wright)

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A 22-aircraft "freedom launch" took place Sept. 11, 2013, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Seven C-17 Globemaster IIIs, 11 KC-10 Extenders and four C-5B Galaxies from the 60th Air Mobility Wing lined up in what is historically referred to as an "elephant walk,” then launched consecutively over 36 minutes to take part in Air Mobility Command missions. The first plane in the lineup, a C-17, launched at 8:46 a.m., the same time terrorists crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City 12 years earlier. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ken Wright)

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A U.S. Air Force Reserve C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., takes off from McClellan Field near Sacramento Aug 29, 2013 to help fight the massive Rim Fire in California's Sierra Nevada. The aircraft is carrying the self-contained MAFFS aerial firefighting system owned by the Forest Service.

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Red Flag-Alaska 13-3

F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft prepare to refuel during Red Flag-Alaska 13-3 over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex Aug. 19, 2013. Red Flag-Alaska is a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. The F-16s are assigned to the 100th Fighter Squadron, Alabama Air National Guard. (DOD photo/Staff Sgt. Miguel Lara III)

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