Japanese locals view various U.S. and Japanese static
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The Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s Blue Impulse performs
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The Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s Blue Impulse performs
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s Blue Impulse performs aerial demonstrations during the 41st Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 5, ... More
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s Blue Impulse performs
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Evolve Aerosports descends after executing a Squirrel-Suit
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Master Sgt. Patrick Denson, 340th Expeditionary Air
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Master Sgt. Patrick Denson, 340th Expeditionary Air
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An E-3 Sentry, also known as airborne warning and control
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Two Spanish Navy Harriers fly over the water after
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U.S. Air Force aircrew assigned to the 340th Expeditionary
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Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, opened its
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Capt. Carson Hardesty, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling
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Marine Corps Aerial Refueler Squadron 252, a KC-130J
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A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135
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A U.S. Air Force F-16 assigned to the 14th Fighter
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180717-F-FS041-0395 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM,
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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Zyrie Gravilis Palmer,
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Three KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the
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Tech. Sgt. Matthew Ziegelbein, 340th Expeditionary
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A RC-135 Rivet Joint, assigned to the 763rd Expeditionary
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Two Spanish Navy Harriers fly beside a U.S. Marine
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U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Eagles receive fuel from
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Two MH-53E Super Stallion helicopters assigned to Marine
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A U.S. Air Force pilot, left, a U.S. Air Force flight
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A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II approaches a U.S.
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A U.S. Air Force boom operator assigned to the 28th
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A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Super Hornet refuels
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A U.S. Marine with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ryan Thayer looks over
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A 108th Wing KC-135 Stratotanker with the New Jersey
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rebekah McCormack looks
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A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to Joint Base
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An E-3 AWACS conducting a surveillance and reconnaissance
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A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft from the 6th
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An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 23rd Fighter Group,
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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies over Afghanistan
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A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to Joint Base
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A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th
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Staff Sgt. Amanda Helton, 1st Combat Camera Squadron
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The Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s Blue Impulse performs
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s Blue Impulse performs aerial demonstrations during the 41st Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 5, ... More
A U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Charles Howard, a KC-135
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A F-15E Strike Eagle from Bagram Air Field receives
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Maj. Kevin Smith, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling
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A F-15E Strike Eagle from Bagram Air Field receives
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A F-15E Strike Eagle from Bagram Air Field receives
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A F-16 Fighting Falcon, from the 555th Expeditionary
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An F/A-18D Hornet with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack
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VMGR-252, HMH-464 go offshore to conduct aerial refueling training
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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Gustavus Smith, left, and 1st
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A British Typhoon fighter flies over Iraq, Dec. 22,
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Samantha Shelton, 351st Air
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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon approaches a
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A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling
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For the first time in Eglin's air space, U.S. Air Force
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A CH-53E Super Stallion idles before take-off at Marine
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Japanese locals tour the Zero Hangar during the 41st
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U.S. Marines, Sailors, and Royal Canadian Airmen conduct
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An F/A-18F Super Hornet, right, attached to the "Blacklions"
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Japanese locals view various U.S. and Japanese static
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A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender moves in to be refueled
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Two F/A-18s from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232,
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A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter
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An F-35A Lightning II from the 388th Fighter Wing,
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