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Aerial porters unload cargo for all of Iraq

Airmen assigned to the 532nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron Air Mobility Flight load a cargo pallet on to a semi-truck April 20, 2011, at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The flight recently took on a commercial cargo mission and made history by unloading its first Boeing 747 in April. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. R. Michael Longoria)

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Aerial porters unload cargo for all of Iraq

Airman 1st Class James Simpson operates a forklift to move a cargo pallet April 20, 2011, at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The flight recently took on a commercial cargo mission and made history by unloading its first Boeing 747 in April. Airman Simpson is an aerial porter assigned to the 532nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron Air Mobility Flight. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. R. Michael Longoria)

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Aerial porters unload cargo for all of Iraq

Airman 1st Class Arielle Schultz inventories cargo April 20, 2011, at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The flight recently took on a commercial cargo mission and made history by unloading its first Boeing 747 earlier this month. Airman Schultz is an aerial porter assigned to the 532nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron Air Mobility Flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. R. Michael Longoria)

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Rocket launch

A Minotaur I rocket was launched Feb. 6, 2011, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The rocket carried a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

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Technology boost

Five Geospatial Information Interoperability Exploitation Portable go kits, like the one shown here, were presented by Air Forces Northern officials to Civil Air Patrol members Jan. 26, 2011, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. The GIIEPs feature self-contained communications equipment and other hardware that allows for real-time and near-real-time full-motion video, digital imagery and in-flight chat capability with federal, state and local emergency operations centers supporting emergency situations. (Civil Air Patrol photo/Steve Cox)

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Recycling saves money

A large mechanical claw at a commercial shredding facility near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., grabs a load of discarded miniature practice bombs that will be fed into a shredder. The shredded material then will be recycled. To date, more than seven million pounds of range debris metal have been recycled, saving the government millions of dollars. (Courtesy photo)

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Aviano begins AMT

Lorae Gudgel and Senior Airman Rashon Forbes scan a barcode on a weapon for inventory Dec. 17, 2010, as part of the new asset marking and tracking system being implemented at Air Force installations around the world. Each piece of equipment is being marked with a unique bar code that, when scanned, will provide the serial number and equipment information, including what the piece of equipment is, to which base it belongs and to whom it has been issued. Ms. Gudgel is a marking technician with A2B Company. Airman Forbes is a document control technician with the 31st Logistics Readiness Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Darrell Dean)

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Building Partnerships Continues on Ramstein PB

Staff Sgt. Kristopher Parker briefs French air force cadets on particulars of the F6A robot, Nov. 16, 2010 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The cadets visited several locations on base during the tour. Sergeant Parker is with the 886th Civil Engineer Squadron there. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Brea Miller)

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FalconSAT-5 rockets into orbit

A satellite dish at the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska reflects light from a sunset Nov. 19, 2010, prior to liftoff of a rocket carrying the Air Force Academy's FalconSAT-5 at the complex. (U.S. Air Force photo/Col. Marty France)

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New radar systems

Senior Airman Jacob Tucker and Master Sgt. Jae Ewing monitor aircraft Nov. 22, 2010, in the Radar Approach Control facility at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. They are using new Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System equipment recently installed as part of a replacement program under the Air Force Electronic Systems Center and the Federal Aviation Administration. Airman Tucker is an air traffic control journeyman with the 48th Operation Support Squadron, and Sergeant Ewing is the 48th OSS senior watch supervisor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman David Dobrydney)

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ECSS

Lt. Gen. Loren Reno, deputy chief of staff for logistics, installations and mission support, discusses the benefits of the Expeditionary Combat Support System to a group of senior Air Force leaders at the Pentagon Oct. 22, 2010. ECSS is an Air Force Logistics transformation that will provide integrated software, standardized business processes, and transformed personnel roles. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Meade)

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ECSS

Grover Dunn, the Air Force director of transformation, briefs the implementation of the Expeditionary Combat Support System to a group of senior Air Force leaders at the Pentagon Oct. 22, 2010. ECSS is an Air Force Logistics transformation that will provide integrated software, standardized business processes, and transformed personnel roles. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Meade)

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Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance

The Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance facility at Detachment 2, in Diego Garcia, British Indian OceanTerritory is one of three operational sites worldwide. The facility tracks known manmade deep space objects in orbit around Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Air Force Research Laboratory officials launch new age in testing

Air Force Research Laboratory workers make necessary adjustments before lifting the Upper Stage Engine Technology turbo pump with a crane to attach it to AFRL's 2A rocket test stand. The USET turbo pump produces about 4,000 horsepower and will propel the upper stage portion of a rocket into space once the lower stage booster is detached. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kenji Thuloweit)

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Air Force Research Laboratory officials launch new age in testing

The Upper Stage Engine Technology turbo pump sits in a "test skid" container, which has more than 135 connectors that will be used to collect data once testing is started. Liquid hydrogen will be fed through the pump to see how it performs once attached to the test stand. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kenji Thuloweit)

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Air Force Research Laboratory officials launch new age in testing

Air Force Research Laboratory workers use a crane to remove a newly delivered Upper Stage Engine Technology turbo pump from its shipping crate. The USET turbo pump will be connected to AFRL's 2A rocket test stand where it will undergo a series of tests using liquid hydrogen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kenji Thuloweit)

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Space control squadron team marks 5 years of continuous deployment

Airmen of the 16th and 380th Space Control Squadrons use Rapid Attack Identification Detection Reporting System Deployable Ground Segment Zero antennas to detect interference on mission critical satellite communication links in Southwest Asia. Members of the 16th and 380th Space Control Squadrons achieved a milestone recently when their deployed mission, Operation Silent Sentry, surpassed five years of continuous deployed operations. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Century old brick homes still strong.

Original base housing is still used after 100 years. The historic homes have had their interiors renovated over the years and are the homes for junior enlisted to commanders at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming on April 6, 2010. The storm clouds dropped a light snowfall that evening. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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Winds of Energy

The biggest and newest (left) of two types wind turbines at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming faces the wind coming across the high plains and push against the clouds that later dropped light snow on the base and surrounding city of Cheyenne on April 6, 2010. The larger wind turbine was completed and online early in 2009 and is rated at 2 mega watts of electrical energy that goes directly into the base power grid. The other two smaller wind turbines produces a combined output of 1.3MW. From most points on the base the wind turbines can be seen. At its base the blades make a low whoosh sound. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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Winds of Energy

Two of the three wind turbines at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming faces the wind coming across the high plains and push against the clouds that later dropped a few inches of snow on the base and surrounding city of Cheyenne on April 6, 2010. The larger wind turbine (right) was completed and online early in 2009 and is rated at 2 mega watts of electrical energy that goes directly into the base power grid. The other two produces a combined output of 1.3MW. From most points on the base the wind turbines can be seen. At its base the blades make a low whoosh sound. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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