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Falcon readiness

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- Staff Sgts. Daniel Souza (left) and Brian Donovan train on the removal and installation of an F-110 flame sensor on an F-16 Fighting Falcon engine here April 13. Sergeants Souza and Donovan are both avionics students with the 372nd Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Karen Z. Silcott)

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Cable guys

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- (From left to right) Staff Sgt. Steven Norman, Tech. Sgt. Brian Wunderlin and Capt. Graham Bloxom run fiber-optic cable throughout the base here April 16. Captain Bloxom and Sergeants Wunderlin and Norman are all members of the 506th Expeditionary Communications Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Smith)

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Ready to fight

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- Airman Brian Jabolski mans his weapon for simulated battle during exercise Beverly Bulldog 01-04 here March 24. Airman Jabolski is a member of the 51st Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt Bradley C. Church)

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Exercise, exercise

HOHENFELS ARMY AIR FIELD, Germany -- Tech. Sgt. Brian Tharp stabilizes the litter as the "patient," Army Specialist James Fitch, is hoisted into an HH-60G Pave Hawk here March 31. Sergeant Tharp is a pararescue Airman from the 56th Rescue Squadron. Specialist Fitch is from the 236th Medical Company at Landstuhl, Germany. They are participating in a joint combat search and rescue exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Braly)

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Got ya!

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Keel is detained by a Spanish Special Forces member until his identity is confirmed during a Red Flag combat search and rescue exercise here March 23. Staff Sgt. Keelis is a survival evasion resistance and escape instructor with the 22nd Training Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Red Flag is a realistic combat-training exercise involving the armed forces of the United States and its allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brian Ferguson)

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Enlisted graduate AFIT

DAYTON, Ohio -- Secretary of the Air Force Dr. James G. Roche speaks with Chief Master Sgt. Donald Clabaugh (left) and Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Brian Hamilton before the Air Force Institute of Technology graduation ceremony March 23 at the Air Force Museum here. The two noncommissioned officers were among the first enlisted students to obtain AFIT degrees. Eight Air Force and six Marine Corps senior NCOs graduated as part of the Class of 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by Larry Davenport)

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Back home again

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Capt. Brian Gross watches eagerly as his wife, Heather, tries to get their youngest daughter, Abby, to say "daddy" to him for the first time. Daughter Emma (right) tries to grab his attention at the same time. Captain Gross, assigned to the 354th Fighter Squadron here, returned from a four-month deployment to Iraq on March 16. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lanie McNeal)

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Camera repair

RENO, Nev. -- Tech. Sgts. Brian McBeth (left) and Brian Guettler repair a KS-87B film camera in the avionics shop at the Nevada Air National Guard Base here. The camera is used in counterdrug aerial reconnaissance operations. The two sergeants are the last of the KS-87B film camera repairmen in the military. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Erick Studenicka)

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Serving with honor

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Shortly before her promotion to senior airman this month, Laurie Vroman leads an honor guard team in a formal retreat ceremony at a forward-deployed location. Airman Vroman is a security forces journeyman with the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing and is deployed from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Breathing easier

DURHAM, N.C. -- Theresa Merkal recovers at Duke Medical Center after a double lung transplant in December. Mrs. Merkal was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at age 2. She and her husband, 2nd Lt. Brian Merkal, moved to Pope Air Force Base shortly before her transplant under the Humanitarian Reassignment Program. Lieutenant Merkal is assigned to the 43rd Security Forces Squadron. (Courtesy photo)

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Breathing easier

POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- Theresa Merkal, with husband 2nd Lt. Brian Merkal, had only 30-percent lung function before a double lung transplant in December. Mrs. Merkal was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at age 2. The Merkals moved here shortly before her transplant under the Humanitarian Reassignment Program. Lieutenant Merkal is assigned to the 43rd Security Forces Squadron here. (Courtesy photo)

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Small base has big mission

KARSHI-KHANABAD AIRFIELD, Uzbekistan -- Senior Master Sgt. Terry Gazaway (right) prepares to guide Master Sgt. Tom Guerrero as he backs a fuel truck toward a visiting C-17 Globemaster III here. Sergeant Gazaway is a transient alert superintendent and Sergeant Guerrero is a fuels superintendent. Both are assigned to the 416th Expeditionary Operations Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Adopt a Village

JANGADAM VILLAGE, Afghanistan -- An elder here shows Lt. Col. John Bernier and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy Sydnor the village water supply during the delivery of humanitarian supplies Dec. 31. Bernier is the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing flight safety officer, and Sydnor is the 455th AEW command chief. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Adopt a Village

JANGADAM VILLAGE, Afghanistan -- Chief Master Sgt. Timothy Sydnor visits with a child here during the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group's delivery of humanitarian supplies Dec. 31. Sydnor is the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing command chief. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Adopt a Village

JANGADAM VILLAGE, Afghanistan -- Lt. Col. John Bernier meets with village elders here during the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group's delivery of humanitarian supplies Dec. 31. Bernier is the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing flight safety officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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A visit from Santa

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Santa Claus takes a bike ride down the flightline here Dec. 24. The festive old elf spread holiday cheer to airmen deployed here supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Tooting his horn

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Airman 1st Class Carl Eitzen shows Aniya Ingram how a trumpet works during a performance at the child development center here Dec. 19. Eitzen was part of a brass quartet from Air Force Heartland Band of America at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The musicians visited here Dec. 18 and 19 to perform holiday music for airmen and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian S. Orban)

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Christmas visit

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Lt. Col. Les Kodlick shows Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Gerald R. Murray some improvements to the airfield from the control tower here. Murray and Gen. John P. Jumper, Air Force chief of staff, visited the base Dec. 19. Kodlick is the 455th Expeditionary Support Squadron commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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A little tighter

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey -- Airman Brian Thorne maintains a self-generating nitrogen cart here. Thorne is assigned to the 39th Maintenance Squadron's aerospace ground equipment flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dallas Edwards)

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Preflight inspection

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Capt. Brian Wald reviews his preflight checklists before flying a C-17 Globemaster III during a mission-employment exercise here Dec. 10. This is the first year a C-17 has been included in the exercise. Wald is a student in the first C-17 Weapons Instructor Course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Gruenwald)

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