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Raptors reign at Red Flag

An F-22 Raptor prepares to leave the flightline at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., for a Red Flag training mission Feb. 4, 2010. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The Raptor is assigned to the 49th Fighter Squadron at Holloman AFB, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Brett Clashman)

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Raptors reign at Red Flag

Airman 1st Class Justin Horne salutes an F-22 Raptor pilot Feb. 4, 2010, during a Red Flag training exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies, and conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range north of Las Vegas. Airman Horne is assigned to the 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Holloman AFB, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Brett Clashman)

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Raptors reign at Red Flag

A three-ship formation of F-22 Raptors flies to the Nevada Test and Training Range Feb. 4, 2010, during Red Flag. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The Raptors are from the 90th Fighter Squadron at Elmendorf Air Base, Alaska, and the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman AFB, N.M. (U.S Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Taylor Worley)

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Rising with the sun

While piloting an F-16 Fighting Falcon, Capt. Craig Phelps takes off into the morning sky Feb. 3, 2010, during an exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jamal D. Sutter)

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Going supersonic

An F-22 Raptor piloted by Maj. David Skalicky flies over Langley Air Force Base, Va., Feb. 3, 2010. Major Skalicky is with the F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Zachary Wolf)

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Ready to go

Maj. Tom Hunt, a pilot from the 67th Fighter Squadron, takes off from Hyakuri Air Base, Japan, Feb. 1, 2010. Almost 100 Kadena Air Base Airmen are operating alongside their Japanese counterparts for the week to enhance the interoperability of the two nation's air forces for the common defense of Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Bryan Bouchard)

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Looking for a 'fight'

F-16 Fighting Falcon "Aggressors" fly over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during Red Flag-Alaska Oct. 8, 2009 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz)

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Night mission

Over Afghanistan, an A-10 Thunderbolt II receives fuel from a KC-10 Extender Oct. 5, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller)

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Preemptory strike

Lighting strikes behind A-10 Thunderbolt IIs on the Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., flightline during an early morning thunderstorm Oct. 20, 2009. The 442nd Fighter Wing maintains a fleet of 27 A-10s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenny Holston)

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Time for fuel

An F-22 Raptor approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker during an aerial refueling mission June 19, 2009, as part of Northern Edge 2009 near Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Morgan Sneed)

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Backbone of homeland defense

An F-15 Eagle flies over NASA's Cape Canaveral in Florida. The U.S. military routinely provides support to NASA shuttle launches, ensuring airspace safety and security for the launch, and landing by enforcing the FAA's temporary flight restriction zones. (Courtesy photo)

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Prowling the Pacific

Two F-22 Raptors fly over the Pacific Ocean during a theater security mission March 9, 2009, as part of a deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The Raptors are deployed from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)

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Going supersonic

An F-22 Raptor executes a supersonic flyby over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis June 22, 2009, during Northern Edge 2009, a joint exercise in Alaska focusing on detecting and tracking units at sea, in the air and on land. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Ronald Dejarnett)

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Taking a victory lap

The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds fly over the Las Vegas Motor Speedway March 1, 2009, during the NASCAR Nextel Cup race. The Thunderbird team is located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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Into the night

Floodlights illuminate an F-16 Fighting Falcon outside a hardened aircraft shelter at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jan. 19, 2010. Flightline operations continue into the night to keep the base's F-16s, pilots and maintenance crews ready to deploy at a moment's notice. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Exercise Amalgam Virgo

F-16 Fighting Falcons, like the one shown here, sit ready to deploy at a moment's notice to respond to possible or real air threats over the United States. Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region officials will be conducting Exercise Amalgam Virgo 10-Miami on Jan. 28, 2010, to test command and control and execution procedures for air defense for Super Bowl XLIV. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. David Neve)

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Airman, Sailors demonstrate airpower at Bahrain International Airshow

The French air force demonstration team, Patrouille de France, starts Bahrain's inaugural airshow with a flyby displaying their national colors Jan. 23, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Angelita Lawrence)

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Getting mean

A pilot from the Maryland Air National Guard in Baltimore leaves the cockpit of his A-10 Thunderbolt II after arriving at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 13, 2010. The transition from the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron to the 104th EFS is near completion after the final six A-10s taxied into their chalks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

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Airpower demonstration

An F-15E Strike Eagle takes off with pilot Maj. Michael Maeder and weapons system officer Capt. John Cox Jan. 10, 2010, from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. The F-15E and crew are from the 4th Fighter Wing Strike Eagle Demonstration Team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Rae Perry)

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Deadly A-10

Airmen from the 51st Maintenance Squadron load munitions onto an A-10 Thunderbolt II during an exercise at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Jan. 11, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephenie Wade)

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