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More than a loadmaster

Tech. Sgt. Troy Bickham loads a dropsonde in the launch chute on a training mission June 6 to St. Croix, V.I. on a WC-130J Hercules from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Sergeant Bickham is a weather reconnaissance loadmaster assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. The training mission prepared the Air Force Reserve Command's "Hurricane Hunters" as they enter Hurricane Season, which began June 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)

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More than a loadmaster

Tech. Sgt. Troy Bickham is a weather reconnaissance loadmaster assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. He is with the Air Force Reserve Command's "Hurricane Hunters" as they prepare for Hurricane Season, which began June 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)

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Hunting for hidden damage

Senior Airman Tyler Koonst applies a magnetic particle bath to a bolt from a main landing wheel in order to search for cracks or defects May 14 at an air base in Southwest Asia. The non-destructive inspection team inspects aircraft parts for defects or damage. Airman Koonst is assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron. He is from Belle Plaine, Minn. and is deployed from the 934th Airlift Wing at Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

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Hunting for hidden damage

Senior Airman Tyler Koonst applies a magnetic particle bath to a bolt from a main landing wheel in order to search for cracks or defects May 14 at an air base in Southwest Asia. The non-destructive inspection team inspects aircraft parts for defects or damage. Airman Koonst is assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron. He is from Belle Plaine, Minn. and is deployed from the 934th Airlift Wing at Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

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Hunting for hidden damage

A spectrometer reads a sample of jet engine oil from a Joint STARS to check for contaminating elements or metal fragments May 14 at an air base in Southwest Asia. Non-destructive inspectors with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron operate the test equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

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Hunting for hidden damage

Staff Sgt. Josette Francis places a sample of jet engine oil into a spectrometer to check for contaminating elements or metal fragments which could cause engine damage May 14 at an air base in Southwest Asia. Sergeant Francis is an inspector with 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's non-destructive inspection, and is deployed from Aviano Air Base, Italy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

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Hunting or hidden damage

Staff Sgt. Josette Francis places a sample of jet engine oil into a spectrometer to check for contaminating elements or metal fragments which could cause engine damage May 14 at an air base in Southwest Asia. The oil sample is being checked as part of the Joint Oil Analysis Program that tests oil samples from various locations in the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility. Sergeant Francis is an inspector with 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's non-destructive inspection, and is deployed from Aviano Air Base, Italy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

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Checking it twice

From the cockpit, Senior Airman Marc Dannemiller checks the voltage on a newly installed engine for an AC-130H Spectre May 13 at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Airman Dannemiller is an aerospace propulsion specialist with the 1st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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Airmen, Soldiers make first jump from Ramstein C-130J

Airmen and Soldiers jump from the tail gate of a new C-130J Super Hercules during the first Ramstein Air Base, Germany, C-130J personnel drop over southern Germany May 4. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenny Holston)

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Airmen, Soldiers make first jump from Ramstein C-130J

An Army partrooper peers out the back of a new C-130J Super Hercules before jumping during the first Ramstein Air Base, Germany, C-130J personnel drop over southern Germany May 4. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenny Holston)

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Airmen, Soldiers make first jump from Ramstein C-130J

Airmen and Army paratroopers prepare for take off on a new C-130J Super Hercules for the first personnel drop from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenny Holston)

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Airmen, Soldiers make first jump from Ramstein C-130J

Airmen and Army paratroopers load into a new C-130J Super Hercules for the first personnel drop from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenny Holston)

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Airmen, Soldiers make first jump from Ramstein C-130J

Airmen and Army paratroopers prepare to load for the first C-130J Super Hercules personnel drop from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenny Holston)

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Airmen, Soldiers make first jump from Ramstein C-130J

Airmen and Army paratroopers load a troop bus in preparation for the first C-130J Super Hercules personnel drop May 4 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenny Holston)

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Nellis Airmen locate missing aircraft

Staff Sgt. Jerry Lennon and Senior Airman David Coval make final adjustments to a litter aboard HH-60G Pave Hawk prior to departing for a rescue mission May 1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Four helicopters and 24 Airmen from the 58th and 66th Rescue Squadrons deployed to assist in the search for a pilot and passenger who were aboard a motorized sailplane that disappeared from radar April 24 in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range near Mammoth Lakes, Calif.Sergeant Lenon and Airman coval are pararescuemen with the 58th Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nadine Y. Barclay)

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Nellis Airmen locate missing aircraft

Senior Airman David Coval prepares to load a litter onto an HH-60G Pave Hawk prior to departing for a rescue mission May 1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Four helicopters and 24 Airmen from the 58th and 66th Rescue Squadrons deployed to assist in the search for a pilot and passenger who were aboard a motorized sailplane that disappeared from radar April 24 in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range near Mammoth Lakes, Calif. Airman Coval is a pararescueman with the 58th Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nadine Y. Barclay)

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Nellis Airmen locate missing aircraft

Airman 1st Class Christopher Mallaire prepares to marshall out an HH-60G Pave Hawk departing for a rescue mission May 1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Four helicopters and 24 Airmen from the 58th and 66th Rescue Squadrons deployed to assist in the search for a pilot and passenger who were aboard a motorized sailplane that disappeared from radar April 24 in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range near Mammoth Lakes, Calif. Airman Mallaire is a crew chief with the 763rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nadine Y. Barclay)

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Nellis Airmen locate missing aircraft

Staff Sgt. Johann Schultz makes final adjustments to his helmet prior to departing for a rescue mission May 1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Four helicopters and 24 Airmen from the 58th and 66th Rescue Squadrons deployed to assist in the search for a pilot and passenger who were aboard a motorized sailplane that disappeared from radar April 24 in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range near Mammoth Lakes, Calif. Sergeant Schultz is an an HH-60G aerial gunner with the 66th Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nadine Y. Barclay)

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Nellis Airmen locate missing aircraft

Staff Sgt. Jerry Lennon and Senior Airman David Coval inspect all equipment for discrepancies aboard HH-60G Pave Hawk prior to departing for a rescue mission May 1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Four helicopters and 24 Airmen from the 58th and 66th Rescue Squadrons deployed to assist in the search for a pilot and passenger who were aboard a motorized sailplane that disappeared from radar April 24 in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range near Mammoth Lakes, Calif.Sergeant Lenon and Airman coval are pararescuemen with the 58th Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nadine Y. Barclay)

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Refuelers keep mission soaring

Capt. Micah Vander Veen (left) and 1st Lt. Jake Houston, assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia, fly a KC-135 Stratotanker on an air refueling mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. They are being filmed by Staff Sgt. Chalanda Roberts from the 1st Combat Camera Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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