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130821-F-RH756-007

Maj. Chris Weir, left, and Capt. Greg Lepper, 96th Bomb Squadron B-52H Stratofortress navigators, navigate a B-52 during a Green Flag-East training mission over Fort Polk, La., Aug. 21, 2013. GF-E is a realistic air-land integration combat training exercise meant to replicate deployed warfare conditions.

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General Hostage speaks about air combat forces future goals

Gen. Mike Hostage addresses audience members during his “Combat Forces in the 2020’s” speech at the Air Force Association’s 2013 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 17, 2013, in Washington, D.C. A majority of Hostage’s comments were focused around aircraft, though he stated that the most powerful resource is Airmen. Hostage is the Air Combat Command commander. (U.S Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nesha Humes)

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130904-F-TM170-014

Airmen and civilians got to test out the Air Force's newest refueling tanker, the KC-46, outside the Pentagon during a visit from Boeing's simulator team Sept. 4, 2013. Visitors had the opportunity to fly the simulator and operate the refueling boom.

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KC-46 simulator

Boeing, the lead contractor for the Air Force’s new refueling tanker, brought their simulator to the Pentagon Sept. 4, 2013. During the visit, Airmen were able to learn about the aircraft and fly the KC-46 simulator.

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130827-F-OC707-006

Master Sgt. Karen Griffin informs the jammer drive which way to turn to get the guided-bomb-unit-31 into position to be loaded onto an F-35A Lightning II Aug. 27, 2013, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. This marked the first time Airmen have loaded weapons onto the new joint strike fighter here. Each step and procedure was analyzed to ensure it was correct or needed to be changed. The weapons load procedures perfected by the 33rd Maintenance Group Airmen will be taught to maintenance students in the future. Griffin is assigned to the 33rd MXG. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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130827-F-OC707-005

Master Sgt. Karen Griffin and Tech. Sgt. Russ Fontaine maneuver the guided-bomb-unit-31 into position to be loaded onto an F-35A Lightning II Aug. 27, 2013, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. This marked the first time Airmen have loaded weapons onto the new joint strike fighter here. Each step and procedure was analyzed to ensure it was correct or needed to be changed. The weapons load procedures perfected by the 33rd Maintenance Group Airmen will be taught to maintenance students in the future. Griffin and Fontaine are assigned to the 33rd Maintenance Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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130827-F-OC707-003

Master Sgt. Karen Griffin maneuvers the guided-bomb-unit-12 into position to be loaded onto an F-35A Lightning II Aug. 27, 2013, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. This marked the first time Airmen have loaded weapons onto the new joint strike fighter here. Each step and procedure was analyzed to ensure it was correct or needed to be changed. The weapons load procedures perfected by the 33rd Maintenance Group Airmen will be taught to maintenance students in the future. Griffin is assigned to the 33rd MXG. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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130827-F-OC707-002

Tech. Sgt. Jamal Smith secures a warhead to the front of a guided-bomb-unit 12 before it’s attached to an F-35A Lightning II Aug. 27 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. This marked the first time Airmen have loaded weapons onto the new joint strike fighter here. Each step and procedure was analyzed to ensure it was correct or needed to be changed. The weapons load procedures perfected by the 33rd Maintenance Group Airmen will be taught to maintenance students in the future. Smith is assigned to the 33rd MXG. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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130827-F-OC707-001

Tech Sgt. Russ Fontaine maneuvers the guided-bomb-unit-31 into position to be loaded onto an F-35A Lightning II Aug. 27, 2013, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. This marked the first time Airmen have loaded weapons onto the new joint strike fighter here. Each step and procedure was analyzed to ensure it was correct or needed to be changed. The weapons load procedures perfected by the MXG Airmen will be taught to maintenance students in the future. Fontaine is assigned to the 33rd Maintenance Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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130822-F-JP000-253

A rotational plate is welded together, Aug 22, 2013 at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Two Airmen from MacDill co-engineered a way to centrifugally mount a KC-135 Stratotanker’s nose and main landing wheel on a rotating base, which reduces a wheel’s paint process by 50 percent.

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130813-F-TB066-012

A decal is removed from an F-16 Fighting Falcon Aug. 13, 2013 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Corrosion control technicians create, print and cut all decals that are applied to the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Hines)

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130813-F-TB066-023

Francesco Di Carlo paints the tail end of an F-16 Fighting Falcon Aug. 13, 2013, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Corrosion control focuses on preventative maintenance by sanding down and repainting aircraft through the use of special polyurethane paint, which helps protect the metal from environmental stressors. Di Carlo is a 31st Maintenance Squadron corrosion technician. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Hines)

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130813-F-TB066-015

Staff Sgt. Daniel Palermiti removes paper and tape covering from an F-16 Fighting Falcon Aug. 13, 2013 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. With a new state-of-the-art Corrosion Control Facility on base, aircrafts are serviced in-house for a quarter of the cost that it took to send them to Germany or Belgium for repainting. Palermiti is a 31st Maintenance Squadron corrosion technician. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Hines)

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On top of the ‘Globe’

Tech. Sgt. Andrew Gravett walks along the top of a C-17 Globemaster III while wearing a safety harness as he does a routine maintenance check of the aircraft June 4, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The first C-17 to enter the Air Force’s inventory arrived at Charleston Air Force Base in June 1993. The C-17 is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployment area. Gravett is a crew chief assigned to the 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)

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F-35B

Marine maintainers and an Airman fuels journeyman perform “hot” refueling of an F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter at Eglin Air Force Base Fla., May 22, 2013. Cpl. Julian Morales; Sgt. Robert Coates; Sgt. Sean Fagan and Airman First Class Benjamin Nutt are one of a two-station team of trucks and maintainers that refueled four jets to complete eight sorties in about three hours. Eglin is the heart of F-35 training worldwide for the Air Force, Marines, Navy and international partner operators and maintainers of the Lightning II. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Karen Roganov)

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F-35 Lightining II at Nellis AFB

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II lands Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The aircraft will be assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron and the aircraft will be used for development test support, force development evaluation and supporting operational test aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Couillard)

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F-35 Lightining II at Nellis AFB

One of two Lockheed Martin F-35 Lighting IIs lands Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The aircraft, assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, has a maximum speed of more than Mach 1.6. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christopher Tam)

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F-35 Lightining II at Nellis AFB

Two Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIs fly over Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., prior to landing Wednesday, March 6, 2013. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a single-seat, single-engine, fifth generation, multirole fighter that’s able to perform ground attack, reconnaissance and air defense missions with stealth capability. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Couillard)

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Papa AB, Hungary

Staff Sgt. Justin Van Scheffel and Tech. Sgt. Brian Robisky walk to lunch through the "walking street" in downtown Papa, Hungary. U.S. Airmen have become a common sight in Papa since the air base was selected to host the operational arm of the Strategic Airlift Capability. The initial cadre of the Heavy Airlift Wing arrived to Papa in October 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Papa AB, Hungary

Sitkei Adrienn, a diplomatic clearance specialist with the Hungarian Air Force, boards a C-17 Globemaster III before a Heavy Airlift Wing mission to the Netherlands. HAW is the operational unit of the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) program. SAC is a multinational consortium, designed to fulfill the strategic airlift requirements of the participating nations. It consists of ten NATO nations Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and USA and two Partnership for Peace nations, Sweden and Finland. SACÕs operational unit HAW is a multinational unit and its Airmen come from the participating nations of the SAC program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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