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U.S. Air Force 718th Maintenance Squadron crew chief TECH. SGT. Andrew Kyle, marshalls a KC-135 Stratotanker refueler aircraft during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 12, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 718th Maintenance Squadron crew chief TECH. SGT. Andrew Kyle, marshalls a KC-135 Stratotanker refueler aircraft during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 12, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 718th Maintenance Squadron crew chief TECH. SGT. Andrew Kyle (front) and SENIOR AIRMAN Robert Pilkington (back), conduct a preflight check on a KC-135 Stratotanker refueler aircraft during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 12, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 718th Maintenance Squadron crew chief SENIOR AIRMAN Robert Pilkington, conducts a pre-flight check on a KC-135 Stratotanker refueler aircraft during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 12, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force 909th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker refueler aircraft, with a drogue refueling pod attached, sits on the flightline during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 12, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force personnel prepare a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, for an air drop during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 11, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 718th Maintenance Squadron crew chief SENIOR AIRMAN Robert Pilkington, inspects the refueling drogue on a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 12, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force personnel prepare a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, for an air drop during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 11, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, 36th Airlift Squadron, and KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, 909th Air Refueling Squadron, parked on the flightline during exercise Keen Sword 2005, at Yokota, Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 10, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 718th Maintenance Squadron crew chief TECH. SGT. Andrew Kyle, takes refuge underneath a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during pouring rain during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 12, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

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Base: Yokota Air Base

Country: Japan (JPN)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis

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U.S. Air Force personnel prepare a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, for an air drop during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 11, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Navy Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 3rd Class Kyle Kurzendoerfer, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28, performs a tail rotor check on a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter at Naval Station Norfolk., Nov. 8, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Vincent J. Street) (Released)

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Troy Drasher assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea makes final adjustments on the TER-9A Triple Ejector Rack mounted under the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The rack is loaded with MK-82 500-pound general-purpose bombs. The image is from the June 2000, AIRMAN Magazine article "A Year to Remember"

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft, 67th Fighter Squadron, takes off during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Hyakuri Japanese Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 16, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

A US Air Force (USAF) MC-130P Combat Shadow, 17th Special Operation Squadron (SOS), 353rd Special Operations Group (SOG), Kadena Air Base (AB), Japan, takes off for an airdrop mission from Clark Airfield, Philippines, during exercise PISTON BALANCE 03-5. The joint exercise designed to improve the interoperability and tactical proficiency of the armed forces between the US and the Philippines

A replica of a Japanese Val Type 99 bomber aircraft flies during a re-enactment of World War II battles. The event is being staged by the Confederate Air Force, a private historical organization that restores and preserves World War II-era aircraft. The re-enactment is part of the Air Force Association's Gathering of Eagles '86, an international aerospace event celebrating the anniversaries of the Strategic Air Command, Tactical Air Command and the independent Air Force Association

U.S. Air Force 33rd Rescue Squadron crew chief SENIOR AIRMAN William Soares, watches an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter lift off during Operation Unified Assistance relief operations for tsunami victims in Dambula, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 18, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft, takes off during exercise Keen Sword 2005, at Yokota, Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 10, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

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U.S. Navy Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Chris Oursler (right) receives a post from above using a safety line from Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Jacob Voth aboard the Nimitz Class Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) on Jan. 30, 2007, while installing a safety rope railing on the upper levels of the fantail during carrier qualifications somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Apprentice Kyle W. Steckler) (Released)

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Jason Tremmel, Weapons Loader, 25th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Osan Air Base, Korea, inspects the tail fins attached to Mark-82 bombs during a quarterly proficiency evaluation on Aug. 27, 2004. Training is conducted to ensure that weapons Airmen meet safety and time requirements when loading weapons on an aircraft. (US Air Force photo by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 18th Maintenance Group personnel, and Japan Air Self-Defense Force troops, conduct a Mutual Turn-around Familiarization training, in support of exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Hyakuri Japanese Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 16, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

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