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Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall addresses the audience as he takes part in the 2024 Black Engineer of the Year dinner and awards ceremony, Baltimore, Md., Feb 16, 2024. The event honored top African American military leaders in science, technology, engineering and math. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andy Morataya)

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U.S. Space Force Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein (right) presents an award to U.S. Space Force Brig. Gen. Jacob Middleton during the 2024 Black Engineer of the Year dinner and awards ceremony, Baltimore, Md., Feb 16, 2024. The event honored top African American military leaders in science, technology, engineering and math. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andy Morataya)

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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin shakes hands with U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Megan Stanislaus at the 2024 Black Engineer of the Year dinner and awards ceremony, Baltimore, Md., Feb 16, 2024. Stanislaus accepted the award in honor of an Airman who could not attend the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andy Morataya)

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Just getting back

U.S. Air Force Maj. Daniel Simpson, 14th Fighter Squadron pilot, prepares to exit an F-16 Viper during Cope North 24 at Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam, Feb. 8, 2024. Exercising elements of agile combat employment enables U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific to operate from locations of varying levels of capacity and support, ensuring Airmen and aircrews are ready to respond across the spectrum of military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cedrique Oldaker)

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Reoptimizing for Great Power Competition

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall leads the panel discussion “Reoptimizing for Great Power Competition: A Senior Leaders Discussion” with Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller Kristyn Jones, performing the duties of the under secretary of the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin and Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman during the Air and Space Forces Association 2024 AFA Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colo., Feb. 12, 2024. AFA is a premier professional development event for the Department of the Air Force with a focus on the critical concerns and challenges of joint warfare in all around the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)

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5th CMSAF interment ceremony

Soldiers with the Fort Sam Houston Caisson Section carry the flag-draped casket of fifth Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Robert D. Gaylor during his interment ceremony, Feb. 10, 2024, at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas. Gaylor spent more than seven decades improving the Air Force through its people. He was an active proponent of professional military education and delivered seminars frequently in person and online until his passing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tristin English)

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Resting Raptor

An F-22 Raptor with the 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, rests on the airfield after receiving fuel from a C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., during exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 2, 2024. BE 24-1 was a first-of-its-kind exercise that provided Airmen, allies, and partners a flexible, combat-representative, multidimensional battlespace to conduct testing tactics development and advanced training in support of national interests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach)

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Impressive lineup

Seven F-35 Lightning IIs wait to take off for a U.S. Air Force Weapons School training mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 31, 2024. The weapons school teaches graduate-level instructor courses that provide advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers and enlisted specialists of the combat and mobility air forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by William R. Lewis)

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Quality of Life Panel

Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Troy E. Black speaks with Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass with before testifying to the House Armed Services Committee Quality of Life Panel on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Jan. 31, 2024. The panel focuses on issues that impact U.S. service members and their families, including compensation, childcare, housing, support programs for spouses of service members and health care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)

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ACE-certified

A C-130H Hercules, assigned to the 120th Airlift Wing, sits on the flightline during Agile Flag 24-1, an Agile Combat Employment exercise, at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 30, 2024. The exercise is Air Combat Command's contributing certifying event for its expeditionary air base Force elements throughout the Air Force Force Generation cycle, ensuring they are ACE-capable forces that meet combatant commanders' needs. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Ivy Thomas)

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Colorful skies ahead

An F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron sits ready on the flightline at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., during Bamboo Eagle 24-1, Jan. 30, 2024. The exercise generated 95 mobility sorties and the movement of 662 passengers and 817,000 pounds of cargo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steven Cardo)

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Seat assembly

Airman 1st Class Savannah Hicks, airlift squadron loadmaster, assembles seats at an undisclosed location in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Jan. 30, 2024. Loadmasters are aviation specialists responsible for ensuring proper cargo loading, securing and weight distribution aboard military and civilian aircraft, playing a critical role in mission success and air transport efficiency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sarah Williams)

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Simulated ops

U.S. Air Force pilots assigned to the 14th Airlift Squadron conduct a simulated operation near Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. during Bamboo Eagle 24-1, Jan. 30, 2024. Bamboo Eagle provides Airmen, allies, and partners a flexible, combat-representative, multidimensional battlespace to conduct testing tactics development and advanced training in support of national interests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mitchell Corley)

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Resting in the shadows

A KC-46A Pegasus from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., sits on the flightline during the Bamboo Eagle 24-1 exercise at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Jan. 29, 2024. Bamboo Eagle 24-1 is an operational implementation of multi-domain combat readiness training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Knox)

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Attention to detail

Staff Sgt. Jordyn Schalk, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Blue team weapons load crew member, ensures a GBU-38 is secure during the unit’s quarterly weapons load competition at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 26, 2024. The fast-paced competition pitted the F-16 Fighting Falcon, Blue team, against the F-15 Eagle, Red team, to assess their knowledge, proficiency, speed and skill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Veasley)

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Tactical halt

Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists and Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from the 27th Special Operations Wing take a tactical halt during an exercise on Melrose Range, N.M., Jan. 23, 2024. The exercise was designed by and for junior Airmen in the 27th SOW's SERE and EOD flights to share field skills and promote joint interoperability, better preparing them as enablers in the continuum of warfare from competition to conflict. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey)

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Corporals Course

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Hunter Knutson, 726th Expeditionary Mission Support Squadron Fly-Away Security Team member, performs physical training exercises during a U.S. Marine Corps Corporals Course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 22, 2024. The course, hosted by the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261, ensured service members' ability to receive their required Professional Military Education during deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Allison Payne)

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U.S. Space Force Maj. Jerra Brown, National Space Defense Center director of force development, U.S. Navy Lt. Matthew Dring, NSDC space planner, and U.S. Army Maj. Mitchell Daugherty, NSDC special technical operations chief and chief of combat operations, look at a computer screen in support of Keen Edge 24 at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., Feb. 8, 2024. Members of the NSDC supported KE24 both at home and in Hawaii. KE24 is designed to increase integrated joint operational capability, refine command and control procedures, and improve interoperability among the participating countries to respond to a variety of crises and contingencies in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S Space Force photo by Tiana Williams)

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DAF senior enlisted advisors discuss Airmen, Guardians in the fight

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne Bass, Gerald Murry, the 14th Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force and Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force John Bentivegna discus the importance of properly empowering, training and equipping the enlisted force to prepare for Great Power Competition during a panel Feb. 14, 2024, at the Air and Space Forces Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William A. O'Brien)

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SecAF Kendall AFA Warfare Symposium Q&A: Reoptimizing for Great Power Competition

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall gives closing thoughts on reoptimizing for Great Power Competition during a fireside chat with Air and Space Forces Association President Bruce Wright at the 2024 Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colo., Feb. 14, 2024. The discussion addressed key takeaways from the reoptimization announcement, how the Department of the Air Force will address resourcing issues and breaking through barriers to streamline change. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)

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