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Maj. Shawn Kilbourne, left, and Maj. Matt Portno complete pre-flight checklists aboard an E-3 Sentry at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, in support of Rim of the Pacific 2016 on July 23, 2016. Nearly 150 Airmen from the 513th Air Control Group and 552nd Air Control Wing are deployed to Hawaii until Aug. 4 in support of RIMPAC 2016, the world's largest international maritime exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Caleb Wanzer)


Total force AWACS ops support world's largest naval exercise

Maj. Shawn Kilbourne, left, and Maj. Matt Portno complete pre-flight checklists aboard an E-3 Sentry at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, in support of Rim of the Pacific 2016 on July 23, 2016. Nearly 150 Airmen from the 513th Air Control Group and 552nd Air Control Wing are deployed to Hawaii until Aug. 4 in support of RIMPAC 2016, the world's largest international maritime exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Caleb Wanzer)

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Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, director of the Air National Guard, discusses his top priorities for the Air National Guard during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2017. During the event, Rice, alongside leaders from the active Air Force and Air Force Reserve, discussed issues facing the Air Force with members of Congress. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen)
Lt. Gen. Maryanne Miller, the chief of Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, discusses her top priorities for the Air Force Reserve during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2017. During the event, Miller, alongside leaders from the active Air Force and Air National Guard, discussed issues facing the Air Force with members of Congress. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen)
Maj. Gen. Scott D. West, the director of current operations and deputy chief of staff for operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, discusses his top priorities for the Air Force during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2017. During the event, West, alongside leaders from the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard, discussed issues facing the Air Force with members of Congress. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen)
Airmen from the 945th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron go over their inspection notes for a C-17 Globemaster III prior to its take off from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., for Patriot Wyvern Feb. 11, 2017. Patriot Wyvern is a hands-on, bi-annual event conducted by the 349th Air Mobility Wing designed to hone combat skills and improve organizational interoperability. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Daniel Phelps)
Army Spc. James Williams, an 801st Engineer Company horizontal engineer, awaits the go-ahead for Humvees to be backed into a C-17 Globemaster III prior to its takeoff from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., during Patriot Wyvern Feb. 11, 2017. Patriot Wyvern is a hands-on, bi-annual event conducted by the 349th Air Mobility Wing designed to hone combat skills and improve organizational interoperability. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Daniel Phelps)
Dave Chappelle (right) and Donnell Rawlings, actors and comedians, stand in front of a C-17 Globemaster III Feb. 2, 2017, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Chappelle was in town for his stand-up comedy show when he made the visit to see service members and federal civilians at the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tom Brading)
An E-3 Sentry assigned to the 552nd Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, takes off for a mission March 8, 2016, during Red Flag 16-2. Along with Airmen from the 726th Air Control Squadron out of Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, and Marines from the Marine Air Control Squadron 1, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, 552nd ACW assets provided a large, joint-service command and control footprint for the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chuck Broadway)
A KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing, 91st Air Refueling Squadron, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., flies a training mission over central Florida. The KC-135's principal mission is air refueling while four turbofans, mounted under 35-degree swept wings, power the KC-135 to takeoffs at gross weights up to 322,500 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt Keith Reed)
An MC-130J Commando II with the 17th Special Operations Squadron performs a flyby over Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, July 14, 2016, as part of exercise Rim of the Pacific 2016. More than 40 ships and submarines, 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel from 26 nations are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Jaclyn Pienkowski)
An E-3 Sentry (AWACS), with an upgraded Flight Management System Suite, takes off for a test flight in Kent, Wash., April 20, 2016. The upgrades, being managed by a program office at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., eliminate diminishing manufacturing source issues, ensure compliance with current and future air traffic control requirements, and automate the navigation function, allowing for a reduction in cockpit crew from four to three. (Photo courtesy of Boeing)
An F-22 Raptor and a T-38 Talon from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., F-16 Fighting Falcons from Shaw AFB, S.C. and Eielson AFB, Alaska, and an F-35 Lightning II from Eglin AFB, Fla., sit on the flightline at Tyndall AFB Dec. 17, 2015, during exercise Checkered Flag 16-1. Checkered Flag 16-1 is a large force exercise that simulates employment of a large number of aircraft from a simulated deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sergio A. Gamboa)
An F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., walks down the flightline on Tyndall AFB, Fla., Dec. 10, 2015, during exercise Checkered Flag 16-1. Airmen and aircraft from Shaw AFB came to Tyndall AFB to participate in the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group’s Weapons System Evaluation Program and Checkered Flag 16-1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sergio A. Gamboa)