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BRAC hearings

WASHINGTON -- Air Force Chief Of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper answers questions from members of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission during a hearing Aug. 20 on Capitol Hill. The commission called the hearing to give members of the Defense Department a final opportunity to present testimony before the commission's final deliberations concerning their BRAC recommendations to the president. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi)

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Command post's hidden mission important to base

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Senior Airman Meghan Boyce runs a checklist in the command post here. She is a command post controller with the 506th Air Expeditionary Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. J. LaVoie)

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AF File Photo

ALI BASE, Iraq -- Firefighters from the 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron put out a fire Aug. 15 at a trailer behind the dining facility on the Army side of the installation just hours after they accepted fire protection responsibilities for the entire post. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Chaplain Perry

ALI BASE, Iraq -- (Center) Chaplain (Maj.) Charles Perry prays with (from left) Senior Airman Josh Jacobs, Army 2nd Lt. Scott Nelles and Army Spc. Brian Collins before a contemporary gospel service. Chaplain Perry is the 407th Air Expeditionary Group Protestant chaplain. (Altered U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Melissa Phillips)

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Anderson answers call for help

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Staff Sgt. Bernard Mallada speaks with an elderly Japanese tourist after their plane was diverted here Aug. 19. More than 800 passengers arrived safely and cleared through customs after their commercial flights were diverted because of an emergency that temporarily closed Won Pat International Airport, Guam. Airmen and local custom agents and authorities worked together to process passengers on eight airliners. Sergeant Mallada is assigned to the 36th Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Anderson answers call for help

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Matumoto Seiji departs an aircraft on the flightline here Aug. 19. Mr. Seiji is just one of more than 800 passengers who arrived safely after their commercial flights were diverted here because of an emergency that temporarily closed Won Pat International Airport. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Miranda Moorer)

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Red Flag Exercise

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Members of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C., and the Nellis Base Honor Guard present the national colors of Saudi Arabia and the United States upon the arrival of His Royal Highness Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abd al-Aziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia here recently. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tina Waugh)

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Total force shares capabilities

WASHINGTON -- Michael L. Dominguez testifies before the Base Realignment and Closure commission Aug. 11. Mr. Dominguez told BRAC commissioners the Air Force fleet will become smaller if the service's BRAC recommendations are approved. He also said new aircraft like the F/A-22 Raptor will compensate for the smaller fleet because the Raptor is far more capable than the aircraft it is designed to replace. Mr. Dominguez is the assistant secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. C. Todd Lopez)

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Open water

THULE AIR BASE, Greenland -- John Hansen overlooks the North Star Bay during an "open ship" event on the Sisak IV, a Danish Police cutter from Sisimiut, Greenland. Airmen dove from the cutter's roof, swam in 30-degree water and explored icebergs wearing Danish Police water survival suits. Mr. Hansen is a Danish Police inspector. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Open water

THULE AIR BASE, Greenland -- Lt. Col. Joseph Dennis pulls Capt. Brint Woodruff out of the Arctic Ocean and onto the deck of the Sisak IV during a demonstration of Danish Police water survival suits. Airmen dove from the Sisak IV's roof, swam in 30-degree water and explored icebergs during the "open ship" event. Colonel Dennis is the 821st Air Base Group deputy commander and Captain Woodruff is the 821st Security Forces commander. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Open water

THULE AIR BASE, Greenland -- Airmen explore an iceberg in 30-degree water during a demonstration of Danish Police water survival suits. The team dove into the Arctic Ocean during an "open ship" event aboard the Sisak IV, a cutter from Sisimiut, Greenland. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Myers visits deployed Airmen

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers receives a second bracelet from Staff Sgt. Jobette Rosati after the conclusion of a United Service Organizations celebrity tour performance at a forward-deployed location Aug. 16. Sergeant Rosati gave General Myers a green bracelet that she made out of a parachute cord when she was deployed four years ago, which to date, he still keeps on his desk. Sergeant Rosati is assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron and is deployed from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Carlos Diaz)

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Fire battle

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey -- Fire blows out of a special aircraft fire trainer's fuselage while two firefighters work to combat the flames. (U.S. Air Force photo by Shannon Draper)

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Deployed firefighters modern day dragon slayers

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Matthew Metzger determines what type of simulated hazardous materials has been spilled during an exercise. He is assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron and is deployed from Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Chaplain serves Airmen, Soldiers at remote posts

IRAQ -- Chaplain (Capt.) Chad Zielinski mulls over his upcoming sermon for Sunday mass during the drive from Ali Base to Camp Cedar. Chaplain Zielinski is the only military Catholic chaplain in southeast Iraq, and he travels to Scania, a three- to four-hour drive from Ali Base, to serve the religious needs of Catholic parishioners there. He is the 407th Air Expeditionary Group Catholic chaplain at Ali Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jamie Shultz)

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Chaplain serves Airmen, Soldiers at remote posts

CAMP CEDAR, Iraq -- Chaplain (Capt.) Chad Zielinski conducts the Eucharist with a Soldier here. Chaplain Zielinski holds 10 masses weekly here, at nearby Ali Base and Scania. He is the 407th Air Expeditionary Group Catholic chaplain at Ali Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jamie Shultz)

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KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq - Airman 1st Class Jason Klingman repairs a leak in an air conditioning unit. The heating ventilation and air conditioning Airmen here keep a cool breeze blowing on Airmen and equipment during Iraqi summers with temperatures topping 120 degrees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. J. LaVoie)

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Battlelab turns ideas into innovation

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - Retired Master Sgt. Chuck Doig, formerly of the Air Intelligence Agency psychological operations division, signs a display model of the PDU-5/B leaflet bomb. Sergeant Doig submitted an idea to the Air Force Information Warfare Battlelab to convert a Rockeye cluster bomb canister into a new leaflet delivery system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ted Guerrero)

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Piece of Rhein-Main history gets new home

RHEIN-MAIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Workers with a local glass studio remove the Berlin Airlift Memorial Window from the base chapel Aug. 2. The memorial honors the U.S. servicemembers who lost their lives during the Berlin Airlift in 1948 to 49. Following restoration work, the window will find a new home in nearby Ramstein Air Base's passenger terminal as the "Gateway to Europe" transitions from Rhein-Main to Ramstein in 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Eric Donner)

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Young hero

POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- Col. Darren McDew replaces a patch on the jumpsuit 8-year-old Jonathan Cruz is wearing with his nametag. Jonathan is a survivor of non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and was given a tour of the base, treated to an A-10 Thunderbolt II simulator and received numerous awards and gifts. Colonel McDew is the 43rd Airlift Wing commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stacia Zachary)

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