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Aiming high

Second Lt. Nick Frawley practices pole vaulting July 12, 2011, at a track at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Lieutenant Frawley is stationed at Luke Air Force Base, Nev., and will be traveling to Brazil with the Armed Forces track and field team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz)

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A fresh coat of paint

Senior Airman Kyle Miller mixes chemicals to produce a low-observable top coating for a B-2 Spirit July 8, 2011, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Airman Miller is a structural maintenance technician assigned to the 509th Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte)

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Cold as ice

A C-17 Globemaster III from McChord Field, Wash., sits on the ice June 30, 2011, in Antarctica awaiting a patient for a medical evacuation. A crew of 446th Airlift Wing reservists and 62nd Airlift Wing active-duty Airmen flew the mission using night-vision googles. (Courtesy photo/Chief Master Sgt. Jim Masura)

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Pulling his chain

Airman 1st Class Eduardo Flores unravels a chain from a tow truck securing a forklift June 29, 2011, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Airman Flores is a vehicle operator assigned to the 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Melanie Bulow-Gonterman)

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Personnel news

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Shindand Air Base

Members of the 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group construct eight miles of perimeter fence as part of an expansion of Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan. The new expansion is slated to become the new living and work area for more than 3,000 coalition forces and government contractors. The relocation of these members will make room for a new a 1.3-mile NATO training runway, with construction scheduled to begin in early 2012. (Courtesy photo)

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Staying with the Force

Lt. Col. Andy Veres (left), the Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul commander, re-enlists Master Sgt. James Sandifer, the Forward Operating Base Smart mayor, July 7, 2011, on top of Alexander's castle in Qalat City, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras)

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Getting a signal

Airman 1st Class Ashley Taylor checks the signals on a satellite receiver/transmitter July 7, 2011, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Taylor is a mission systems journeyman assigned to the 1st Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joe McFadden)

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Sight-seeing

Senior Airman Derrick Clark makes sight corrections on an M-4 carbine July 9, 2011, during training at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. Clark is assigned to the Air Force Reserve's 94th Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Brad Fallin)

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Supplying the fight

Staff Sgts. Russell Johnson (right) and Stephen Adams watch as fuel barrels are airdropped July 8, 2011, from a C-17 Globemaster III above Afghanistan. The two NCOs are loadmasters assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

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It works like this

Using a medical mannequin, an Army combat medic teaches an Airman to perform a chest needle decompression to treat a chest wound injury July 7, 2011, during a tactical field care exercise at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. Terence Ewings)

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Long way up

Airman 1st Class Jacob Steele climbs a radar system tower July 5, 2011, at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Steele is a ground radar systems apprentice assigned to the 52nd Communications Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nick Wilson)

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Wingman

Staff Sgt. Stephen Leonardi conducts post-flight maintenance on an F-16 Fighting Falcon June 30, 2011, at Royal Air Force Waddington, England. Leonardi is a Thunderbirds crew chief. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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Getting attached

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Lowe attaches an 11,000-lb block to an Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter while Tech. Sgts. Joshua Tully and Joshua Ramos provide safety observation June 28, 2011, during training at the Senator Harry Reid Readiness and Training Center near Stead, Nev. All three NCOs are assigned to the 820th RED HORSE squadron. (U.S Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman)

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Finding the easy way out

Flight crew members and test evaluators prepare a KC-135 Stratotanker for a ground egress scenario June 28, 2011, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The Air Mobility Command-directed test was used to determine the number of passengers one passenger monitor can safely egress, or evacuate, from an aircraft in 90 seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade)

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The Air Force never sleeps

A C-17 Globemaster III sits on the flightline at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., June 26, 2011, during the Joint Operations Access Exercise. JOAX is a two-week exercise to prepare Air Force and Army troops to respond to worldwide crises and contingences. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Asha Harris)

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"Here I gooooooo..."

Air Force Week in Photos for July 08, 2011, feature Airmen around the world. In this photo by A1C Jack Sanders, an Alaska Air National Guard pararescueman performs a high-altitude jump from a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules during a training mission above Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

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Lighting up the sky

Fireworks burst above Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 2, 2011, during Celebrate America. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Ouch!

Staff Sgt. Robbie Whaley gets "attacked" by Chukky, a military working dog, July 1, 2011, during controlled aggression training at an air base in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Liliana Moreno)

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A team effort

Airmen from the Missouri Air National Guard's 139th Airlift Wing in St. Joseph, Mo., pass sandbags down a line June 30, 2011, in an effort to fight rising flood waters near Elwood, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sheldon Thompson)

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