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LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Col. Hank Reed, 56th Fighter Wing vice commander, participates in a water-survival refresher at the Luke AFB pool in Arizona. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe)

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LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Console operators contracted from the Operations Support Group instruct pilots in the flight simulators at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tracie Forte)

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LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Members of the 309th Aircraft Maintenance Unit carefully handle 500-pound MK-82 bombs as part of their monthly qualification training at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe)

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LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Senior Airman Kee Lockhart, 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit, works on an F-16 Fighting Falcon to get it functional and airborne for the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. Luke AFB’s mission is to “train the world's greatest F-16 fighter pilots and maintainers, while deploying mission ready warfighters.” It has trained more than 16,000 pilots and 8,500 crew chiefs since 1994. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe)

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LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – A 56th Fighter Wing F-16 waits for clearance to taxi on the runway at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The base is home to the 56th Fighter Wing, the largest fighter wing in the world with 165 aircraft, 26 squadrons, four tenant units, and nearly 8,000 military and civilian personnel. Luke AFB has trained over 16,000 pilots and 8,500 crew chiefs since 1994. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe)

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LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – A crew chief with the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit works in the heat of the Arizona desert at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. Luke AFB, the only active-duty F-16 training wing in the Air Force, flies about 30,000 sorties annually in temperatures that frequently top triple digits. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe)

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MAXWELL-GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kelly O'Reilly, a flight engineer from B Company, 1st Battalion, 223rd Aviation Regiment at Fort Rucker, Ala., explains to Maxwell Air Force Base Airmen how to conduct safe sling load operations. A three man CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew from Fort Rucker conducted a joint military helicopter training exercise at Maxwell on in January 2009. As the host unit for Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, the 42nd Air Base Wing's mission is critical to national security; it provides the foundation for success for Air University, the intellectual and leadership center of the Air Force; the 908th Airlift Wing; the 754th Electronic Systems Group; and more than 30 tenant units. (U.S. Air Force photo/Melanie Rodgers Cox)

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MAXWELL-GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Staff Sgt. Erik Stant, Air University, directs a CH-47 Chinook helicopter as it picks up a "sling load" during a joint military exercise Jan. 15, 2009 on landing zone Alpha at Maxwell Air Force Base. As the host unit for Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, the 42nd Air Base Wing's mission is critical to national security; it provides the foundation for success for Air University, the intellectual and leadership center of the Air Force; the 908th Airlift Wing; the 754th Electronic Systems Group; and more than 30 tenant units. (U.S. Air Force photo/Melanie Rodgers Cox)

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MAXWELL-GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Airmen of the exercise evaluation team, “Blue Thunder,” discuss proper unexploded ordnance reporting procedures during an emergency response exercise on Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Ala., in February 2009. As the host unit for Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, the 42nd Air Base Wing's mission is critical to national security; it provides the foundation for success for Air University, the intellectual and leadership center of the Air Force; the 908th Airlift Wing; the 754th Electronic Systems Group; and more than 30 tenant units. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jamie Pitcher)

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MAXWELL-GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Master Sgt. Veronica Ross, 42nd Medical Group, NCOIC Public Health non-commissioned officer in charge, shows Airman 1st Class Christopher Musshafen a snake specimen from the base lake as they discuss animal bites in March 2009. As the host unit for Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, the 42nd Air Base Wing's mission is critical to national security; it provides the foundation for success for Air University, the intellectual and leadership center of the Air Force; the 908th Airlift Wing; the 754th Electronic Systems Group; and more than 30 tenant units. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jamie Pitcher)

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MAXWELL-GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Airmen of the exercise evaluation team, “Blue Thunder,” clean rifles used during an emergency response exercise on Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Ala., in February 2009. As the host unit for Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, the 42nd Air Base Wing's mission is critical to national security; it provides the foundation for success for Air University, the intellectual and leadership center of the Air Force; the 908th Airlift Wing; the 754th Electronic Systems Group; and more than 30 tenant units. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jamie Pitcher)

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MAXWELL-GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Sergeant Major Abdul Malik, Command Sergeant Major of the Afghan National Army Air Corps, listens to questions from U.S. Air Force Airmen attending First Term Airmen Center and Airman Leadership School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., in July 2009. The sergeant major visited the base as part of a fact-finding mission to help build up training and evaluation programs, and professional development for the Afghan Corps. (U.S. Air Force photo/Melanie Rodgers Cox)

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MAXWELL-GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Senior Airman Chris Deutsch, patrolman for the 42nd Security Forces Squadron, follows along in his syllabus while Tech Sgt. Victor Miles, Airman Leadership School instructor, speaks about stress management with his class of 14 students at Airman Leadership School at Maxwell AFB, Ala., in July 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jamie Pitcher)

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MAXWELL-GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Chaplain Candidate course attendee 2nd Lt. Chadwick Potts takes advantage of a break to work on one of the many Air Force forms to which he and his class were introduced at Maxwell AFB's Chaplain Service Institute in July 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Melanie Rodgers Cox)

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MAXWELL-GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Master Sgt. Mauree Powell, First Sergeant Academy instructor, coaches a master sergeant in the course at Maxwell AFB, Ala., in March 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Donna L. Burnett)

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MAXWELL-GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – The first Canadian student to attend the U.S. Air Force First Sergeant Academy stands in formation with his class at Maxwell AFB, in April 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jamie Pitcher)

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Air Force Junior ROTC Cadet Rosa Lopez from Texas shows off her team's handmade glider during the Air Force Junior ROTC Aerospace and Technology Honor Camp in July 2008 at Albuquerque, N.M. More than 450 cadets from Junior ROTC units worldwide participated in a total of eight camps with 54 students each - half at Albuquerque, and half at Norman, Okla., and Tinker Air Force Base. There were more than 100,000 cadets in the Air Force Junior ROTC program worldwide in 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Lake)

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MAXWELL-GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Tech. Sgt. Emilia Martin, Officer Training School instructor for the Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development, trains students from Commissioned Officer Training Class 09-05 on proper saluting at the Officer Training School parade grounds at Maxwell AFB, Ala., in July 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jamie Pitcher)

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MAXWELL-GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Officer Trainees Travis Manter, left, Kenneth Ellington, Michael Casey and Brian Hess of Basic Officer Training Class 09-06 assess their next move during their flight's challenge at the Leadership Reaction Course in July 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Melanie Rodgers Cox)

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MAXWELL-GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Tech Sgt. Shane Peak, Officer Training School instructor for the Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development, trains students from Commissioned Officer Training Class 09-05 on proper saluting during the early morning hours at the Officer Training School on Maxwell AFB, Ala., in July 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jamie Pitcher)

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