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At Selfridge Air National Guard Base (ANGB), Michigan (MI), US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Steve Bate, left and Crew CHIEF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Bernie Obrien, stand-by while a pilot goes his F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter engine start procedures for a mission

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) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Joseph Salisbury, left and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Benji Burgess raise an F-15E Strike Eagle's jet fuel starter into their aircraft during a routine repair. Both Crew Chiefs are with the 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Timothy Lopez, left, an aircrew egress systems craftsman, with the 31st Maintenance Squadron (MXS) and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Christopher "Beau" Mosley, an aircrew egress systems journeyman, install a canopy unto an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter at Aviano Air Base, Italy

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Timothy Lopez, left, an aircrew egress systems craftsman, with the 31st Maintenance Squadron (MXS), steadies a hoisted ejection seat while SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Christopher "Beau" Mosley, an aircrew egress systems journeyman, refers to the Technical Order (TO) manual while they install a canopy unto an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Christopher Johnson, left and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Tim Furtado, a dedicated Crew Chiefs watch an operational and clearance check performed on the main landing gear of an F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 31st Fighter Wing (FW)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Timothy Lopez, left, an aircrew egress systems craftsman, with the 31st Maintenance Squadron (MXS), steadies a hoisted ejection seat while SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Christopher "Beau" Mosley, an aircrew egress systems journeyman, refers to the Technical Order (TO) manual while they install a canopy unto an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) STAFF Sergeant Dan Smith (left) and USAF (SSGT) Rafael Him, both Boom Operator aboard a USAF KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 900th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), completes preflight procedures at their station onboard the aircraft, before departing on a refueling mission in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Steve Salvetti (left), and USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Howard May, crewchiefs from the 28th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), remove a wheel chock and communication cords from a B-1B Lancer in preparation for take off from an undisclosed location during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Steve Bate, left and Crew CHIEF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Bernie Obrien, stand-by while a pilot goes his F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter engine start procedures for a mission

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Selfridge Air Natl Guard Base

State: Michigan (MI)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: 127th Wing

Scene Camera Operator: CIV John S. Swanson, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Steve McElwain, left and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jason Capehart place the landing door edge covers on the landing gear doors of their B-2 Spirit bomber, "The Spirit of Pennsylvania," at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV). B-2 bombers often particapate in Red Flag exercises on the Nellis air ranges

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US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Eric Armentrout, Pilot, 71st Fighter Squadron (FS), 1ST Operation Group (OG), 1ST Fighter Wing (FW), signal to his crew chief during the engine start sequence of his F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft prior to flying a sortie from Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), as part of Operation NOBLE EAGLE, which is direct US military operations in support of homeland defense efforts

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Boom Operators point of view showing a US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit aircraft approaching the refueling boom of a Alaskan Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while conducting refueling operations during Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 02. Northern Edge '02 is an annual joint training exercise held in Alaska designed to exercise joint operations techniques, procedures and enhance interoperability among the services

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