Katie Robinson

Katie Robinson pushes herself as she runs laps at the Academy Indoor Track during the Wound Warrior Games Training Camp held in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 17, 2013. Robinson resides in Detroit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Desiree Palacios)

Katie Robinson: Warrior Games 2013

Katie Robinson waits for her coach to blow the whistle before swimming a lap at the Academy Indoor Pool during the Wound Warrior Games Training Camp held in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 17, 2013. Robinson resides in Detroit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Desiree Palacios)

General Memorialized

Maj. Gen. Joseph Brown IV, and his wife, Sue, were memorialized during a ceremony on May 1, 2013. They were both killed when their small private plane crashed near Williamsburg, Va.

Teamwork aboard JSTARS

Maj. Joseph, a senior director for the 116th Operations Group, watches over, Captains Dan and Nate, as they monitor moving target indicators over the Florida coastline during a training exercise for the Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System, on Feb. 13, 2013. JSTARS has the ability to track movement with it's radar system. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Senior Airman Andrew Lee)

Sexual Assault Awareness

Minot Air Force Base partnered with the Gracie Academy to certify 100 men and women of the U.S. Air Force in the Gracie Women Empowered program, April 15 to 19, 2013. In an effort to bring awareness to the criminal act of sexual assaults, increase self confidence in potential victims and provide predator awareness strategies, the Gracie Jiu Jitsu family created the Gracie Women Empowered program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kristoffer Kaubisch)

Sexual Assault Awareness

Minot Air Force Base partnered with the Gracie Academy to certify 100 men and women of the U.S. Air Force in the Gracie Women Empowered program, April 15 to 19, 2013. In an effort to bring awareness to the criminal act of sexual assaults, increase self confidence in potential victims and provide predator awareness strategies, the Gracie Jiu Jitsu family created the Gracie Women Empowered program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Aaron Allmon)

New under secretary of the Air Force

Mr. Timothy Beyland, (left), the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, delivers the oath of office to Mr. Eric Fanning installing him as the new Under Secretary of the Air Force at a ceremony at the Pentagon on April 29, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael J. Pausic)

New under secretary of the Air Force

Mr. Eric Fanning was sworn in April 29, 2013, as the next under secretary of the Air Force during a Pentagon ceremony. (Courtesy image)

Taking to the air

An Air Mobility Command C-130 Hercules deployed from the Texas Air National Guard lifts off April 21, 2013, from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia. The C-130 Hercules primarily performs the tactical portion of the airlift mission. The aircraft is capable of operating from rough, dirt strips and is the prime transport for airdropping troops and equipment into hostile areas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. George Thompson)

From the ground up

Air Force civil engineers and Army combat heavy engineers lay mortar on structural blocks April 19, 2013, at the construction site of Louisiana Primary School at Orange Walk in Belize. Civil engineers from the U.S. and Belize are constructing various structures throughout Belize as part of an exercise called New Horizons. Building these facilities will support further education for the children of the country and provide valuable training for the U.S. and Belizean service members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Tony Tolley)

Reaching out

Staff Sgt. Sherwin Carino guides a boom into an aerial refueling receptacle of another KC-135 Stratotanker, April 18, 2013, over Arizona. The KC-135 can transfer 5,000 pounds of fuel per minute. Carino is a 349th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator. (U.S Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katrina M. Brisbin)

The last of the legends

Former Staff Sgt. David Thatcher (center) cuts the ceremonial ribbon during the Doolittle Raider Exhibit opening April 17, 2013, at Northwest Florida State College, in Fort Walton Beach. Thatcher was a Doolittle Raider Crew 7 engineer-gunner. The opening was a part of the Raiders’ final reunion tour. There are currently four living Raiders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Carlin Leslie)

Fixing a smile

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Trent Payne administers anesthesia to a Belizean girl April 16, 2013, at the Independence Primary School in Belize. Medical professionals from the U.S. and Canada are providing free medical treatment at multiple medical readiness training exercises throughout Belize as part of an exercise known as New Horizons. The medical readiness training exercises provide humanitarian assistance and medical care to people in several communities, while helping improve the skills of U.S. and Canadian military medical forces. Payne is a dentist assigned to Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Tony Tolley)

A different perspective

Senior Airman Adrian Alvarez and Airman 1st Class Steven Adler scan their areas of responsibility during a training exercise April 16, 2013, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Training exercises ensure security forces members are able to accomplish all aspects of the mission. Alvarez and Adler are response force members assigned to the 509th Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nick Wilson)

The wait is over

Senior Airman Dominick Thompson hugs his wife, Lisa, April 11, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., after returning from his unit's first six-month deployment to Southwest Asia. The group was welcomed by a cheering crowd of family and friends. Thompson is assigned to the 560th Red Horse Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)

Ride the lightning

Capt. Brad Matherne views the flightline inside an F-35A Lightning II before a training mission April 4, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron will design the tactics for the F-35A and determine how to integrate the F-35A with other aircraft in the Air Force inventory. Matherne is a pilot assigned to the 422nd TES. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman)

Tech. Sgt. Christofer Curtis

Tech. Sgt. Christofer Curtis, a CV-22 flight engineer assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron, poses in a CV-22 Osprey on the flightline April 6, 2012, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Curtis returned to active-duty service after recovering from injuries incurred during a CV-22 crash during a deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Gustavo Castillo)

Secretary of the Air Force

Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley

Sequestration

Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer (right) answers a question posed to him by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. (left), during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support. April 18, 2013, in Washington, D.C. During the hearing, Spencer said low readiness levels resulting from two decades of sustained combat operations and further hindered by sequestration will impact the Air Force's ability to adequately perform its mission. Seated at the table with Spencer are from left: U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. John Campbell, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mark Ferguson and Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. John Paxton. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi)

Combat aviation testimony on Capitol Hill

Air Force Lt. Gen. Burton Field looks on while U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Davis answers a question posed to him about combat aviation programs being budgeted for fiscal year 2014 during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee's Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., April 17, 2013. Davis is the Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. He is responsible for research and development, test, production and modernization of Air Force programs. Field is deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and requirements and also serves as the Air Force operations deputy to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. . (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi)

AF Week in Photos

New York National Guard UH-60 Black Hawks prepare to conduct aerial refueling operations with a HC-130J Combat King II during exercise Angel Thunder 2013, April 8, 2013, at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. Angel Thunder is the largest joint service, multinational, interagency combat search and rescue exercise designed to train personnel recovery assets using a variety of scenarios to simulate deployment conditions and contingencies. The HC-130J is assigned to the 79th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tim Chacon)

Angel Thunder 2013

An HC-130J Combat King II conducts an aerial refueling mission during exercise Angel Thunder 2013, April 11, 2013, near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. The HC-130J is assigned to the 79th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Liz Kaszynski)

Angel Thunder 2013

Pararescuemen, Arizona Parks department and local fire and rescue crews participate in a mass causality exercise during Angel Thunder 2013, April 13, 2013, at the Grand Canyon, Ariz. Angel Thunder is the largest joint service, multinational, interagency combat search and rescue exercise designed to train personnel recovery assets using a variety of scenarios to simulate deployment conditions and contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tim Chacon)

Angel Thunder 2013

Pararescuemen, Arizona Parks department and local fire and rescue crews participate in a mass causality exercise during Angel Thunder 2013, April 13, 2013, at the Grand Canyon, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tim Chacon)