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Afghanistan airdrop

A C-17 Globemaster III is being loaded with 40 bundles for a Joint Precision Airdrop Delivery System of humanitarian supplies April 13 at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, for a drop zone in Afghanistan. Aircrew Airmen and the C-17 are deployed to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway)

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Afghanistan airdrop

Senior Airman Matt Johnson loads one of 40 bundles on a C-17 Globemaster III for a Joint Precision Airdrop Delivery System of humanitarian supplies to a drop zone April 13 in Afghanistan. Airman Johnson is from the 17th Airlift Squadron from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., and is deployed to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway)

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Afghanistan airdrop

Forty bundles of humanitarian supplies are dropped from a C-17 Globemaster III using the Joint Precision Airdrop Delivery System to a drop zone April 13 in Afghanistan. The C-17 aircrew is from the 17th Airlift Squadron from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway)

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Afghanistan airdrop

Forty bundles of humanitarian supplies are dropped from a C-17 Globemaster III using the Joint Precision Airdrop Delivery System to a drop zone April 13 in Afghanistan. The C-17 aircrew is from the 17th Airlift Squadron from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway)

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Afghanistan airdrop

Tech. Sgt. Michael Gillan inspects the bundles for the container deliver system on a C-17 Globemaster III for a Joint Precision Airdrop Delivery System of 40 bundles of humanitarian supplies to a drop zone April 13 in Afghanistan. Sergeant Gillan is a loadmaster from the 17th Airlift Squadron from Charleston Air Force Base S.C., and is deployed to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway)

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April 14 airpower summary: F-15s destroy enemy combatants

An F-15E Strike Eagle conducts a mission over Afghanistan. The F-15 frequently performs shows of force to deter enemy activities and protect coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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Look through here...

Boys from the village of Bezmer, Bulgaria watch Staff Sgt. Jason David shoot footage outside Bezmer Air Base where U.S. and Bulgarian forces participate in Thracian Spring 2008, an annual bilateral training exercise. Sergeant David is deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)

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Out of harm's way

Tech. Sgt. Ken Bullock prepares litters to receive patients on board a C-130J Hercules April 2 over Iraq. He was part of a five-stop combat aeromedical evacuation mission. Crew members on- and off-loaded 19 patients, most of whom were ambulatory, to get them to medical care either in Southwest Asia or in Germany via Kuwait. Sergeant Bullock is a 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron second medical technician and an Air National Guard member deployed here from the 183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron in Jackson, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Carolyn Viss)

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Air Force engineers are outside the wire every day

Capt. Kenneth McGinnis discusses foundation specifications for a schoolbook repository with the project's main contractor Haji Fada at the Khenj District Center April 1 in Afghanistan. The $220,000 building is expected to be complete in January 2009 and furthers one of the key tenets of the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team mission -- governance. The captain is a PRT engineer. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jillian Torango)

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Out of harm's way

Capt. Robert Pewitt instructs Army medics where to place a litter patient who needed to be medically evacuated on a C-130 Hercules April 2 from Balad Air Base, Iraq. Captain Pewitt is a 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron medical crew director and member of the Tennessee Air National Guard deployed from the 118th Airlift Wing in Nashville, Tenn. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Carolyn Viss)

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Out of harm's way

Capt. Lisa Causey cares for a litter patient on board a C-130 Hercules April 2 in Southwest Asia. She and four other medics and the C-130 aircrew made a 15-hour flight to four cities in Iraq and one air base in the Middle East. They airlifted 19 patients, 16 of whom were ambulatory, to the Persian Gulf, where most of the patients were transferred to a C-17 Globemaster III headed for Germany. Captain Causey is a 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron second flight nurse. She is an Air National Guard member deployed from the 183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from Jackson, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Carolyn Viss)

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Air Force engineers are outside the wire every day

Capt. Jason Aftanas takes an initial look at a foundation for a schoolbook repository and dictates information to Capt. Kenneth McGinnis at a site near the Khenj District Center April 1 in Afghanistan. The captains are Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team engineers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jillian Torango)

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Air Force engineers are outside the wire every day

Capts. Jason Aftanas and Kenneth McGinnis prepare to set stones for the foundation of the Khenj District's Justice Center during a ceremony April 1 in Panjshir, Afghanistan. The captains placed the commemorative stones beside those laid by the District's Chief Justice Mohammad Yousef Qata. The $220,000 building is expected to be complete in January 2009 and furthers one of the key tenets of the PRT mission -- governance. The captains are Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team engineers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jillian Torango)

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Air Force engineers work outside the wire every day

Capt. Jason Aftanas inspects a brick for the wall of a tashnab (bathroom) at the Pukh High School construction site April 1 in Panjshir, Afghanistan. The school will be a two-story, 16-room reinforced concrete structure that will accommodate up to 3,000 students. Captain Aftanas is a Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team engineer. Air Force engineers are outside the wire every day conducting site assessments, quality control missions and preparing the province to respond to natural disasters. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jillian Torango)

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April 8 airpower summary: C-17s transport supplies

Air Force Capt.Travis Elliot takes off in a C-17 Globemaster III from Nairobi, Kenya after transporting 20 Navy Seabees, two water well drilling rigs and more than 100,000 pounds of equipment as part of a humanitarian well drilling mission enabling critical water supplies to regions in severe drought conditions. Capt. Elliot is an aircraft commander assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and is deployed from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christina M. Styer)

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Program benefits American, Bulgarian maintainers

Staff Sgt. Robert Jackson and Bulgarian air force Master Sgt. Vladimir Kolev discuss the differences and similarities in maintainance procedures for their planes April 2 at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria. As part of a familiarization program, a few Airmen from each country's service were allowed to tour and learn about each other's aircraft. Sergeant Jackson is deployed here as part of Operation Noble Endeavor. Sergeant Jackson, an F-15 Eagle crew chief, is deployed for Operation Noble Endeavor. Sergeant Kolev is a MiG-29 crew chief. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jill LaVoie)

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Program benefits American, Bulgarian maintainers

Bulgarian air force Master Sgt. Vladimir Kolev briefs Staff Sgt. Robert Jackson on MiG-29 maintenance procedures April 2 at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria. As part of a familiarization program, a few U.S. Air Force Airmen were allowed to tour a MiG-29 and watch Bulgarian airmen perform a depot inspection. Sergeant Jackson, an F-15 Eagle crew chief, is deployed for Operation Noble Endeavor. Sergeant Kolev is a MiG-29 crew chief. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jill LaVoie)

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Program benefits American, Bulgarian maintainers

Staff Sgt. Robert Jackson explains the process of purchasing fuel in a NATO country in order to refuel an F-15 Eagle to a group of Bulgarian air force crew chiefs April 2 at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria. Sergeant Jackson is an F-15 crew chief participating in a familiarization program while deployed for Operation Noble Endeavor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jill LaVoie)

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Just hanging around

A C-130 Hercules delivers U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army and Bulgarian special forces paratroopers to a drop zone near Bezmer Aviation Base, Bulgaria, during Exercise Thracian Spring 2008. The Airmen and Soldiers will conduct several day and night static line jumps in the bilateral exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)

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You go first, I can wait

A Bulgarian air force SU-26 yields to a C-130 Hercules landing at Bezmer Aviation Base, Bulgaria, following a tactical sortie conducted during Exercise Thracian Spring 2008. Aircraft and people from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, are participating in the annual bilateral training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)

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