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Staff Sgt. Ryan Letourneau changes out the boom light on a KC-135 Stratotanker Oct. 27 at an air base in Southwest Asia. The KC-135 provides aerial refueling support to Air Force Navy, Marine Corps and allied nation aircraft operating in the Central Command area of responsibility. Sergeant Letourneau is assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. He is a native of Prosser, Wash., and is deployed from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael Boquette)

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Night light

Staff Sgt. Ryan Letourneau adjusts a clamp after changing out the boom light on a KC-135 Stratotanker Oct. 27 at an air base in Southwest Asia. The KC-135 provides aerial refueling support to Air Force Navy, Marine Corps and allied nation aircraft operating in the Central Command area of responsibility. Sergeant Letourneau is assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. He is a native of Prosser, Wash., and is deployed from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael Boquette)

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Multi-skill crew delivers first C-17 ahead of schedule

Jason Clements and Bill Hurst, aircraft mechanics at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., check the main landing gear of the first C-17 Globemaster III to undergo maintenance under the multi-skill system. (U. S. Air Force photo/Sue Sapp)

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Predator maintenance

Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Hatfield (left), an instructor with Field Training Detachment 26 of the California Air National Guard's 163rd Maintenance Group, shows the components of the engine of an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft to Staff Sgts. Carlos Barrera (center) and Alex Bush Oct. 15. The two sergeants are crew chiefs with the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. Airmen with Det. 26 train active duty, Reserve and Air National Guard personnel on Predator maintenance operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Val Gempis)

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Predator maintenance

Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Hatfield (left), an instructor with Field Training Detachment 26 of the California Air National Guard's 163rd Maintenance Group, shows the components of the engine of an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft to Staff Sgt. Carlos Barrera Oct. 15. Sergeant Barrera is a crew chief with the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. Airmen with Det. 26 train active duty, Reserve and Air National Guard personnel on Predator maintenance operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matt Smith)

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Predator maintenance

Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Hatfield (left), an instructor with Field Training Detachment 26 of the California Air National Guard's 163rd Maintenance Group, shows the components of the engine of an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft to Staff Sgts. Carlos Barrera (center) and Alex Bush Oct. 15. The two sergeants are crew chiefs with the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. Airmen with Det. 26 train active duty, Reserve and Air National Guard personnel on Predator maintenance operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matt Smith)

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Predator maintenance

Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Hatfield (left), an instructor with Field Training Detachment 26 of the California Air National Guard's 163rd Maintenance Group, reviews procedures Oct. 15 with Staff Sgt. Carlos Barrera to install an oil pump on the engine of an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft. Sergeant Barrera is a crew chief assigned to the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. Airmen with Det. 26 train active duty, Reserve and Air National Guard personnel on Predator maintenance operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matt Smith)

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Here I go!

Preparing for an upcoming mission, pararescuemen jump out the back of a C-130 Hercules during jump training Sept. 24 over southwestern Germany. They are with the 786th Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kenny Holston)

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F-15E pilots aid troops fighting in Afghanistan

An F-15E Strike Eagle sits on the flightline after returning from a mission Sept. 15 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The F-15E is a dual-role fighter designed to perform air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Keith Brown)

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Hola bomberos

Senior Airman Pete Olfuska completes paperwork for his upcoming flight to Mexico Sept. 19 at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. The C-17 Globemaster III humanitarian mission to Mexico is carrying a firetruck and pallets of rescue equipment to Guadalajara, Mexico. Through the Denton Amendment, three local Washington nonprofit agencies worked with the 446th Airlift Wing for more than a year in order to transport the firetruck and cargo to Mexico. Airman Olfuska is a loadmaster with the 728th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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Hola bomberos

Tech. Sgt. Lance Nelson uses his rearview mirror to watch Senior Airman Pete Olsufka marshall him onto a C-17 Globemaster III Sept. 19 at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. The 728th Airlift Squadron loadmasters are two aircrew members assigned to a humanitarian mission heading to Mexico. Through the Denton Amendment, three local Washington non-profit agencies worked with the 446th Airlift Wing to take a firetruck and pallets of rescue equipment to a small village outside of Guadalajara, Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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Hola bomberos

Loadmasters work together to load a firetruck onto a C-17 Globemaster III Sept. 19 at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. The firetruck and pallets of rescue equipment are headed to a remote village outside of Guadalajara, Mexico. Through the Denton Amendment, three local Washington nonprofit agencies worked with the 446th Airlift Wing for more than a year in order to transport the firetruck and cargo to Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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Check and re-check

Lt. Col. Geoffrey Barnes performs a pre-flight inspection of an MQ-1B Predator Sept. 3 at Ali Base, Iraq. The Predator is a medium-altitude unmanned aircraft system. Colonel Barnes is the commander of Detachment 1, 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Attack Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin)

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U-2 nose art honors fallen Soldier

Airmen surround U-2 crew chief A1C Alexander Zwilling in front of an aircraft featuring chart artwork honoring his late brother, who was killed July 13, 2008, while serving with the Army in Afghanistan.

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U-2 nose art honors fallen Soldier

An Air Force senior master sergeant hugs A1C Alexander Zwilling, whose brother, Army Cpl. Gunnar W. Zwilling, was killed July 13, 2008, in Afghanistan.

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U-2 nose art honors fallen Soldier

A1C Alexander Zwilling hugs a pilot before he flies an Operation Enduring Freedom mission in an aircraft featuring chalk art honoring his late brother, a Soldier who was killed July 13, 2008, in Afghanistan.

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U-2 nose art honors fallen Soldier

A U-2 features chalk art honoring the late brother of crew chief A1C Alexander Zwilling.

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U-2 nose art honors fallen Soldier

A1C Alexander Zwilling (r) and a co-worker salute a pilot before he flies a U-2 featuring chalk art honoring the Airman's brother, a Soldier who was killed July 13, 2008, in Afghanistan.

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Air traffic controlers watch over airfield, support wildfire effort

William Grava looks out the window as a C-130 Hercules taxies to the runway to begin firefighting operations July 5 from the McClellan Airfield in California. Mr. Grava is an air traffic control specialist from the Federal Aviation Administration's Northern California Terminal Radar Control. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Hector Garcia)

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Airmen launch fifth day of California fire support

Ground crew members prepare a Modular Airborne Firefighting System-equipped C-130 Hercules to drop flame retardant in support of the northern California wilderness firefight June 30 at McClellan Airfield, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Steven Burke)

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