'Week in Photos' features Airmen around the globe

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SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) --  The "Week In Photos" Web feature on Air Force Link provides visitors with photos that highlight Air Force missions around the world.

Among this week's photos are: 

In Alaska, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot fires the aircraft's 30mm Gatling gun May 29 during Red Flag-Alaska 07-2 over the Pacific Alaska Range Complex. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces and allies, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close-air support and large-force employment training in a simulated combat environment. More than 1,400 military members from the United States, Singapore and Australia sharpen their collective warfighting edge during the exercise, which is under way until June 15.

Celebrating four years at the U.S. Air Force Academy, the 977 graduating members of the Academy's Class of 2007 throw their hats in the air as the Air Force Thunderbirds fly overhead signaling the end of the graduation ceremony.

Family members at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., gathered to welcome home members of the 728th Air Control Squadron from a deployment.  Jeni Zayas welcomes home her husband, Master Sgt. Roberto Zayas, from a deployment to Southwest Asia. The 728th ACS deployed in support of OIF from May to October of 2006, only three months before returning to Iraq in January 2007. It is the unit's fourth tour of duty in Iraq since the start of OIF. 

Photos representing these stories are just three of 10 photos highlighted in the "Week in Photos" section.

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