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A-10 Thunderbolt II post-flight check

An Airman from the 81st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron relays information to an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot May 11, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Within a two week period a total of 12 jets arrived on Kandahar Airfield. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nancy Hooks)

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A-10, ready for action

Capt. Jason Shemchuk exits his plane at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, after flying a mission July 6 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The A-10 is used for close-air support. Captain Shemchuk is assigned to the 81st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Oquendo)

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A-10, ready for action

Two crew chiefs assist an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, after a mission July 6 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The A-10 is used for close-air support. The crew chiefs are assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Oquendo)

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A-10s to the rescue

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Army Spc. Patrick Little shows Capt. Scott the bullet holes the Humvee he was riding in received during a convoy ambush in Afghanistan. Captain Scott and his wingman, Capt. Andrew, were on alert and responded to the call in their A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, breaking up the ambush and allowing the convoy to return home. Speciailst Little is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, and Captains Scott and Andrew, whose last names are withheld for security reasons, are assigned to the 355th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andrew Gates)

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A1C Garner

Airman 1st Class Matthew Garner has his Ranger tab pinned on by his father, Don Garner, and mentor, Staff Sgt. Seth Hunter, April 29, 2011. after completing the intense 61-day U.S. Army Ranger School at Ft. Benning, Ga. Airman Garner was the only Airman to make it through the course for this class and is one of fewer than 300 to make it since the school opened in the 1950s. Airman Garner is assigned to the 823rd Base Defense Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Brigitte N. Brantley-Sisk)

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A1C Garner

Two prior Ranger graduates from the Ranger Training Brigade demonstrate rappelling during a demonstration preceding the official graduation ceremony April 29, 2011, at Fort Benning, Ga. The audience also observed demolitions and hand-to-hand combat demonstrations as a way to understand what the servicemembers went through during the 61-day Ranger training course. Airman Garner is assigned to the 823rd Base Defense Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Brigitte N. Brantley-Sisk)

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A1C Garner

Airman 1st Class Matthew Garner listens to a speech from a Ranger Training Brigade leader April 29, 2011, at Ft. Benning, Ga. The Ranger graduation ceremony was preceded by a Rangers in Action Demonstration and attended by hundreds of friends and families. Airman Garner is assigned to the 823rd Base Defense Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Brigitte N. Brantley-Sisk)

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AAF loadmasters

Master Sgt. Chris Neufeld helps an Afghan air force loadmaster-in-training apply a jack to a C-27 Spartan during an off-load mission at the Afghan air force base Feb. 21, 2011, in Kabul. Sergeant Nuefeld is a NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan C-27 loadmaster adviser with the 538th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Vladimir Potapenko)

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AAF officials graduate first weapons safety NCO

Afghan air force Sgt. Yosufzai Hamayattullah receives a certificate for graduating the two-month basic explosives hazards course March 15, 2011, at an AAF Base in Kabul, Afghanistan. Hamayattullah is the first weapons safety NCO in the AAF. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Vladimir Potapenko)

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AAFES goes where troops are

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Leconte Heard sorts through items for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service shoppette in Air Force "tent city." Ms. Heard is one of 12 American AAFES employees here who volunteered to deploy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Debbie Aragon)

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AAFES goes where troops are

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Allen Heasty (left) and Timothy Adams talk to a customer in the newly air-conditioned Army and Air Force Exchange Service facility here. Mr. Heasty is the AAFES southern Iraq general manager, and Mr. Adams is the main exchange team leader. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Debbie Aragon)

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AAFES has been in every major conflict since World War I

MANAS AIR BASE, Kyrgyzstan -- AAFES volunteer Lidya Hyan shows Senior Airman Veronica Oliver and Staff Sgt. Genesia Angulo a collection of dolls sold by a local vendor here. The store is an AAFES-sponsored vendor that sells local crafts and artwork. It is one of many locally sponsored stores AAFES provides troops at locations around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)

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AAFES pogs

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Army and Air Force Exchange Service's pogs are becoming collectible items for deployed servicemembers. Because of weight, the U.S. Treasury Department does not ship coins to the Middle East; so, AAFES officials chose to make pogs in denominations of 5, 10 and 25 cents. The pogs are about 1 inch in diameter and feature various military-themed graphics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Carrie Bernard)

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AAFES worker uses fitness center daily despite prosthetic leg

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- Terry Mallon uses the dip bar for a workout at the fitness center here. Despite his prosthetic leg, he completes a vigorous workout daily. He is an Army and Air Force Exchange Service security technician. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Wicke)

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AAFES worker uses fitness center daily despite prosthetic leg

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- Juggling is one of many fitness activities Terry Mallon does nearly every day. His prosthetic leg does not slow his pursuit of fitness and sports. He is an Army and Air Force Exchange Service security technician. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Wicke)

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Abandonded site

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Senior Master Sgt. Brian Aguiar and Master Sgt. Brad Kephart move on after investigating a disabled and abandoned Iraqi antiaircraft missile battery near Baghdad, Iraq. The airmen are with the 1st Expeditionary Air Operations Support Squadron and deployed from the 1st Air Operations Support Squadron at Baumholder, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Robert R. Hargreaves Jr.)

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Abel

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- First Lt. Sarah Abel tends to the needs of an injured servicemember aboard a C-130 Hercules. Abel is an ASF clinical nurse from the David Grant Medical Center here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jim Spellman)

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Ablaze

GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Students at the Air Force Fire Academy here train to properly extinguish a helicopter fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jack Braden)

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Aboard the USNS Mercy

Capt. Jennifer Owen examines a patient's eyes aboard the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy while at a stop at Simeulue Island, Indonesia, on July 15. The Mercy is in the third month of a scheduled five-month deployment, conducting humanitarian and civic assistance in South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Captain Owen is one of several Air Force medical professionals on the ship. (U.S. Navy photo/Spc. 2nd Class Timothy F. Sosa)

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Aboard the USNS Mercy

Staff Sgt. Willie Smith examines a patient in the pediatric ward at the Zamboanga Medical Center in the Philippines on Wednesday, May 31, 2006. Sergeant Smith is one of several Air Force medical professionals aboard the U.S. Navy hospital ship, USNS Mercy. The crew is conducting humanitarian and civic assistance in South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. (U.S. Navy photo/Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Timothy Sosa)

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