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Refuelers keep aircraft flying during exercise

Maj. Benjamin Evans (left) and Capt. Matt Biggs, KC-135 Stratotanker pilots with the 507th Air Refueling Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., set their controls July 20, 2010, in preparation to refuel aircraft participating in the Rim of the Pacific exercise. RIMPAC, the world's largest maritime exercise, is a biennial event which stresses interoperability among the 14 nations participating in the exercise. The tanker is staging out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young)

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Newer F-15s

Students in the F-15 Eagle aircraft maintenance course perform a Safe for Maintenance procedure on an F-15B July 23, 2010, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. Students received hands-on F-15 maintenance training on F-15A and F-15B models and were briefed on the differences between their aircraft and the ones on operational flightlines, the F-15C and F-15D. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Vernon Cunningham)

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Newer F-15s

An F-15D Eagle (front) is parked in a training hangar July 23, 2010, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, to be used for training F-15 aircraft maintenance students on the latest equipment and controls of an F-15 jet. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Vernon Cunningham)

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Newer F-15s

F-15C Eagles are parked on a ramp July 23, 2010, on Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, after being altered to serve as a trainer for the 82nd Training Group and 782nd TRG F-15 courses. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Vernon Cunningham)

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Pave Hawk mission over Iraq

Staff Sgt. Aaron Walton climbs into the helicopter before takeoff July 12, 2010, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Sergeant Walton is a flight engineer assigned to the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin)

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Pave Hawk mission over Iraq

Staff Sgt. Andrew Pena secures his protective gear at his gunner's window during a mission July 12, 2010, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Sergeant Pena is an HH-60G Pave Hawk aerial gunner assigned to the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin)

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Pave Hawk mission over Iraq

Staff Sgt. Andrew Pena (left) and Staff Sgt. Aaron Walton look out their windows, scanning as aerial gunners during a mission July 12, 2010, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Both sergeants are assigned to the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin)

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Pave Hawk mission over Iraq

Staff Sgt. Aaron Walton locks his gunner's belt in place before a flying mission July 12, 2010, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Sergeant Walton is an HH-60G Pave Hawk flight engineer assigned to the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin)

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Pave Hawk mission over Iraq

Capt. Jay Humphrey runs through pre-flight checklist with crew before a mission July 12, 2010, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Captain Humphrey is an HH-60G Pave Hawk pilot assigned to the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin)

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Pave Hawk mission over Iraq

Staff Sgt. Andrew Pena scans his sector as a gunner during a mission July 12, 2010, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Sergeant Pena is an HH-60G Pave Hawk aerial gunner assigned to the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin)

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C-130J at Farnborough 2010

Spectators view a C-130J Super Hercules from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, at the 2010 Farnborough International Air Show July 20, 2010, in Farnborough, England. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather M. Norris)

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C-130J at Farnborough 2010

Capt. Samuel Bartrone escorts a group of spectators into the cargo bay of a C-130J Super Hercules at the 2010 Farnborough International Air Show July 20, 2010, in Farnborough, England. The air show takes place July 19 through 25, with approximately 1,300 exhibitors from private, commercial civil and military sectors. Captain Bartrone is a 37th Airlift Squadron pilot from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather M. Norris)

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C-130J at Farnborough 2010

A C-130J Super Hercules takes off from the Farnborough Aerodrome runway July 19, 2010, in Farnborough, England. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerry Fleshman)

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Balad Airmen move helicopters

A C-17 Globemaster III pulls onto the parking ramp behind Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters waiting for transport July 12, 2010, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. As the drawdown and redeployment of assets continues in Iraq, helicopters from bases in Northern Iraq have made their way to JB Balad to be inspected, prepped and shipped to new operating locations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stacy Fowler)

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Guard members respond to fires

A C-130 Hercules from the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Island ANG Station, Calif., drops water over the treetops during annual training in South Carolina. The unit was the first to transition to the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems 2 system in 2008, and it remains the only unit flying the new system on the C-130 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nicholas Carzis)

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Hickam's total force integration

A lei is placed on an F-22 Raptor during an F-22 arrival ceremony July 9, 2010, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The F-22 is the Air Force's newest fighter aircraft. The ceremony marks the beginning of the partnership between Hawaii Air National Guard and active-duty Air Force members flying the "fifth generation" fighter here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Gustavo Gonzalez)

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Hickam's total force integration

An F-22 Raptor flies over the Pacific Ocean July 2, 2010, on its way to its new home at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Gustavo Gonzalez)

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Hickam's total force integration

An F-22 Raptor soars through the air July 1, 2010, on its way home to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The first two F-22s, the U.S. Air Force's most advanced fighter jet, were dedicated July 9, 2010, at a ceremony here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Gustavo Gonzalez)

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Rim of the Pacific exercise

A B-52 Stratofortress flies over the Pacific Ocean after an air refueling in support of exercise Rim of the Pacific, July 10, 2010. RIMPAC is a biennial, multinational exercise designed to strengthen regional partnerships and improve interoperability. The B-52 is from the 20th Bomb Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kamaile O. Long)

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Rim of the Pacific exercise

Master Sgt. Alvin Kuper completes a pre-flight checklist aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker for an air refueling mission in support of the Rim of the Pacific exercise July 10, 2010, over the Pacific Ocean. Sergeant Kuper is a boom operator assigned to the 465th Air Refueling Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kamaile O. Long)

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