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Barksdale Airmen restore B-17G for 8th Air Force museum

Airmen 1st Class Bronson Bohannon (right) and Avondries Green install rivets on new sheet metal wing flaps April 5, 2010, at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. Airmen Bohannon and Green are 2nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. John Gordinier)

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Operations group validates new capability

An F-15 Eagle takes off prior to a live fire training mission over an Alaskan range April 7, 2010, at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. The air-to-air gun mission consisted of a Cessna Conquest towing an aerial banner 2,000 feet behind it while two F-15 Eagles took turns firing at the banner. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

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Operations group validates new capability

An F-15 Eagle takes off prior to a live fire training mission over an Alaskan range April 7, 2010, at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. The air-to-air gun mission consisted of a Cessna Conquest towing an aerial banner 2,000 feet behind it while two F-15 Eagles took turns firing at the banner. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

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Global Hawk over Canada

Airmen from the 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., prepare to launch an RQ-4 Global Hawk April 8, 2010, on an operational mission. During the flight, the aircraft flew over Canadian airspace for the first time in non-training status. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class David Tracy)

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Global Hawk over Canada

An RQ-4 Global Hawk taxis down the runway at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., April 8, 2010, on an operational mission. During the flight, the aircraft flew over Canadian airspace for the first time in non-training status. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class David Tracy)

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ARIA test

An F-16 Fighting Falcon fitted with radio frequency identification tags pulls in behind an NKC-135 Stratotanker during an aerial flight test April 7, 2010. The mission was to test the Automatic Receiver Aircraft Identification system installed on the NKC-135 test tanker. (U.S. Air Force photo/Chad Bellay)

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ARIA test

An F-16 Fighting Falcon fitted with radio frequency identification tags flies behind an NKC-135 Stratotanker during an aerial flight test April 7, 2010. The mission was to test the Automatic Receiver Aircraft Identification system installed on the NKC-135 test tanker. (U.S. Air Force photo/Chad Bellay)

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Operation Jet Stream

On April 7, 1958, Brig. Gen. William E. Eubank flew a KC-135 Stratotanker on the first around-the world jet flight during "Operation Jet Stream." This feat established three new records - a non-stop speed and time record from Tokyo to Washington, in 13 hours, 45 minutes and an unrefueled jet distance record of 10,288 miles from Tokyo to the Azores (U.S. Air Force photo illustration)

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Testing, testing

An F-16 Fighting Falcon fitted with radio frequency identification tags flies behind a test tanker on an aerial flight test April 7, 2010, over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The mission tested the Automatic Receiver Aircraft Identification system on the tanker. (U.S. Air Force photo/Chad Bellay)

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Off we go

A C-130 Hercules takes off on a support mission April 6, 2010, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The 455th Air Expeditionary Wing provides expeditionary combat and combat support to U.S. and coalition forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

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A B-hive of activity

A B-1B Lancer sits on a flightline while receiving maintenance April 5, 2010 at an air base in Southwest Asia. The B-1 can rapidly deliver massive quantities of precision and non-precision weapons against any adversary. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kasey Zickmund)

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Getting it right

Staff Sgt. Coel Lewis ensures that a fin is properly installed on an Air Intercept Missile-120 before loading it April 2, 2010, on an F-15 Eagle at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Sergeant Lewis is an aircraft armament specialist with the 19th Aircraft Maintenance Unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Cynthia Spalding)

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MC-12 begins mission in southern Afghanistan

An MC-12 Liberty lands after a surveillance mission April 6, 2010 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

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Inspection of a B-1B Lancer

A B-1B Lancer is ready for the next mission on the flightline at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., March 31, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Corey Hook)

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Inspection of a B-1B Lancer

A B-1B Lancer sits on the flightline at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., March 31, 2010. The B-1 can rapidly deliver massive quantities of precision and non-precision weapons against any adversary, anywhere in the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Corey Hook)

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Inspection of a B-1B Lancer

Senior Airman Scott Foust takes a closer look at a B-1B Lancer wing March 31, 2010, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Airman Foust is a crew chief with the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Corey Hook)

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Inspection of a B-1B Lancer

Senior Airman Scott Foust inspects a B-1B Lancer wing for structural damage March 31, 2010, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Crew chiefs send the B-1 into flight and recover every sortie flown. Airman Foust is a crew chief with the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Corey Hook)

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Inspection of a B-1B Lancer

Airman 1st Class Zach Ferris installs a fairing seal on a B-1B Lancer at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., March 31, 2010. Airman Ferris is a crew chief with the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Corey Hook)

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Airmen complete month-long training in 2 continents

Airmen conduct an inspection before clearing the F-15 Eagle for the next stage of checks March 23, 2010 while deployed to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The Airmen are assigned to the 19th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 3rd Maintenance Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young)

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Airmen complete month-long training in 2 continents

Senior Airman Dallion Griffin signals to a 19th Fighter Squadron pilot that pre-checks are complete and that he can taxi out to the runway for takeoff to participate in a training exercise March 23, 2010 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Airman Griffin is an F-15 Eagle crew chief with the 19th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 3rd Maintenance Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young)

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