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GBU-54

Tech Sgt. Darrin Sather performs a supervisory post load on a guided bomb unit-54 loaded on an F-16 Fighting Falcon Sept. 30, 2010, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The GBU-54 is the Air Force's newest 500-pound precision weapon, equipped with a special targeting system that uses a combination of Global Position System and laser guidance to accurately engage and destroy moving targets. Sergeant Sather is a weapons expeditor assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz)

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An/ASQ-236 Radar Pod

The AN/ASQ-236 Radar Pod contains synthetic aperture radar that provides detailed maps for surveillance, coordinate generation and bomb impact assessment purposes. It will be operational on the F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Pararescueman train to help save lives

An HH-60G Pave Hawk hovers over pararescuemen and Brig. Gen. Jack L. Briggs, the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, during a training mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 24, 2010. The training mission provided a glimpse of what the 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron brings to the fight and the capabilities it provides to combat commanders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz)

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Prime Beef

Senior Airman Jonathan Carmona secures square tubing to a metal frame Sept. 23, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Airman Carmona is a structural journeyman assigned to the 777th Expeditionary Prime Beef Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm)

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Minotaur IV

Officials launched a Minotaur IV rocket Sept. 25, 2010, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Minotaur IV launched the Space-Based Space Surveillance satellite, a first-of-its-kind satellite that can detect and track orbiting space objects from space. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Lee)

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C-17 refuels over the Pacific

A C-17 Globemaster III takes on fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker Sept. 18, 2010, over the Pacific Ocean during a Total Force partnership mission to Andersen Air Base, Guam. The C-17 is assigned to the 15th Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and the KC-135 is from a Hawaii Air National Guard's 204th Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

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C-17 refuels over the Pacific

Senior Master Sgt. Dicky Hunt transfers fuel through the KC-135 Stratotanker's boom to a C-17 Globemaster III during a refueling mission Sept. 18, 2010, over the Pacific Ocean. They performed a refueling mission with a C-17 bound for Andersen Air Base, Guam. Sergeant Hunt is a boom operator with the 96th Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

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C-17 refuels over the Pacific

A C-17 Globemaster III approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker Sept. 18, 2010, over the Pacific Ocean during a Total Force partnership mission. The C-17 is assigned to the 15th Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii and the KC-135 is from a Hawaii Air National Guard's 204th Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

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C-17 refuels over the Pacific

Lt. Col. Gene Feller goes through a pre-flight inspection with members of the maintenance crew before a Total Force refueling mission Sept. 18, 2010, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Colonel Feller is a pilot with the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

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C-17 refuels over the Pacific

A KC-135 Stratotanker lowers the boom for a C-17 Globemaster III Sept. 18, 2010, over the Pacific Ocean during a Total Force partnership mission. The C-17 is assigned to the 15th Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and the KC-135 is from a Hawaii Air National Guard's 204th Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

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C-17 refuels over the Pacific

A C-17 Globemaster III gets ready to receive fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker Sept. 18, 2010, over the Pacific Ocean during a Total Force partnership mission to Andersen Air Base, Guam. The C-17 is assigned to the 15th Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and the KC-135 is from a Hawaii Air National Guard's 204th Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

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Andersen AFB Hosts Valiant Shield 2010

Members of the 36th Logistics Readiness Squadron and Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 perform a hotpit refuel on an F/A 18 Delta Hornet during Valiant Shield 2010 Sept. 14, 2010, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Valiant Shield is an integrated joint training and interoperability exercise among U.S. military forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Julian North)

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Andersen AFB Hosts Valiant Shield 2010

An F-22 Raptor is refueled during Valiant Shield 2010 Sept. 14, 2010, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Julian North)

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German partnership

Members of the Air Ground Operation Squadron pose in front of a Pilatus PC-9 aircraft Sept. 20, 2010, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The PC-9 is one of ten aircraft owned by a local German company that has been awarded a one-year contract to fly the PC-9, which is capable of doing nearly everything joint terminal attack controller instructors need for training certification. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Desiree Esposito)

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New York National Guard members participate in South African air show

Members of the 106th Rescue Wing unload an HH-60 Pavehawk from a C-17 Globemaster III Sept. 18, 2010, at Air Force Base Ysterplaat, South Africa, for the Africa Aerospace and Defence 2010 exhibition. The New York National Guard sent an OH-58 Kiowa Scout and an HH-60 Pavehawk to participate in the exhibition. The event runs from Sept. 21 through 25. (U.S. Army photo/Staff Sgt. Inman Frank)

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New York National Guard members participate in South African air show

New York Army National Guard Soldier unload an OH-58 Kiowa Sept.17, 2010, at Cape Town International Airport, South Africa, from a C-5 Galaxy. (U.S. Army photo/Chief Warrant Officer 3 Aaron Teichner)

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Hurricane hunters on Igor

Master Sgt. Vince Burden annotates the serial number of a dropsonde onboard a WC-130J Hercules over the Atlantic Ocean, while collecting data on Hurricane Igor Sept. 17, 2010, in the Caribbean. The dropsonde is a GPS instrument equipped with a high frequency radio and other sensing devices that measures weather data and relays it back to the aircraft. Sergeant Burden is a loadmaster with the Air Force Reserve Command's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller)

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Hurricane hunters on Igor

Airmen prepare a WC-130J Hercules for a mission to collect data on Hurricane Igor Sept. 17, 2010, on St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Known as the "Hurricane Hunters," the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron mission is to provide surveillance of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the central Pacific Ocean for the National Hurricane Center in Miami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller)

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Hurricane hunters on Igor

Airmen prepare for a mission to collect data on Hurricane Igor Sept. 17, 2010, on St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Known as the "Hurricane Hunters," the Air Force Reserve Command's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is the only operational unit in the Air Force flying weather reconnaissance on a routine basis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller)

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Hurricane hunters on Igor

The radar image of Hurricane Igor's eyewall onboard a WC-130J Hercules keeps Airmen from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron busy over the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 17, 2010. Known as the "Hurricane Hunters," the 53rd WRS mission is to provide surveillance of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the central Pacific Ocean for the National Hurricane Center in Miami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller)

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