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During the night F-15E Strike Eagles from the 366th Air Expeditionary Wing, 391st Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, are prepared for their second bombing missions in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM into Afghanistan from their base at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 366th AEW is one of the Air Force's "on-call 911" fighter wings, ready to deploy at a moments notice

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Timothy Bliefnick (right) and USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Herbert Raney (cockpit) replace a Heads-Up display electronics unit on a USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft, on the flight line at Zaragoza AB, Spain

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Kent Laughbaum (left), Commander, 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), is assisted by an unidentified Crew CHIEF from the 48th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), as he exits a USAF F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft, on the flight line at Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK). Two new Strike Eagle aircraft were flown over by 494th FS aircrews and will be assigned to the unit

An F-15C Eagle undergoes full phase maintenance and

A 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-10

Captains Eric A. Scheibe, right, and Steven W. Pruitt,

U.S. Air Force Maj. Andrew Thorne, a fighter pilot

U.S. Marines with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th

An Afghan Air Force maintainer removes an aircraft

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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. 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 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)

A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, takes off 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)

A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft takes off 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)

A U.S. Air Force 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules cargo 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)

A U.S. Air Force 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules cargo 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)

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)

A U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Ricardo Santiago, crew chief, marshalls a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft 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 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)

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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)

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)

US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft in Lisbon, Portugal (PRT), undergoing scheduled maintenance checks and refurbishment

SENIOR AIRMAN Doug Patchin, 210th Air Refueling Squadron, with his winter hat, mask and gloves visible, secures a parachute harness. Patchin is part of the 34-member American Team at the first joint Russian and American exercise conducted since World War II. This search and rescue exercise took more than two years of planning

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

A U.S. Air Force 374th Air Wing, C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft and a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft parked on the ramp during Operation Unified Assistance at Utapao Naval Air Station Thailand, on Jan. 21, 2005.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Scott Reed) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Richard "OP" Opedenhoff, right and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Luke Novak, deployed from the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany (DEU), heave a pallet onto a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, in support of peacekeeping efforts in Liberia

U.S. Air Force Reservist MAJ. Erik Thorell, pilot, 440th Airlift Wing, Milwaukee Wisconsin, deployed with the 386th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, scans the horizon in a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, over Iraq, on Oct. 25, 2004, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by CAPT. Aaron Burgstein) (RELEASED)

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)

A Royal Canadian Air Force (RCA) C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft takes off from Volk Field, Wisconsin (WI), in support of Exercise PATRIOT 05. (A3603)

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