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A heavy equipment payload drops from a Yokota Air Base C-130H Hercules over the Republic of Korea during Exercise Max Thunder on Friday, April 18, 2014. 

Raymond Geoffroy/U.S. Air Force

A heavy equipment payload drops from a Yokota Air Base C-130H Hercules over the Republic of Korea during Exercise Max Thunder on Friday, April 18, 2014. Raymond Geoffroy/U.S. Air Force (Raymond Geoffroy/U.S. Air Force)

A heavy equipment payload drops from a Yokota Air Base C-130H Hercules over the Republic of Korea during Exercise Max Thunder on Friday, April 18, 2014. 

Raymond Geoffroy/U.S. Air Force

A heavy equipment payload drops from a Yokota Air Base C-130H Hercules over the Republic of Korea during Exercise Max Thunder on Friday, April 18, 2014. Raymond Geoffroy/U.S. Air Force (Raymond Geoffroy/U.S. Air Force)

Danna and Max Shurn wait for Capt. Stephen Shurn, 15th Special Operations navigator, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, on Monday, April 21, 2014. Airmen from the 15th SOS and 9th Special Operations Squadron returned from a deployment.

Danna and Max Shurn wait for Capt. Stephen Shurn, 15th Special Operations navigator, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, on Monday, April 21, 2014. Airmen from the 15th SOS and 9th Special Operations Squadron returned from a deployment. (Christopher Callaway/U.S. Air Force)

A 56th Rescue Squadron pararescue team straps in a  mock crash scene victim before hoisting the patient up into an HH-60G Pave Hawk during a combat search and rescue exercise at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, on Thursday, April 17, 2014. The rescue mission scenario included pararescue and security forces teams recovering a victim injured by an improvised explosive device.

A 56th Rescue Squadron pararescue team straps in a mock crash scene victim before hoisting the patient up into an HH-60G Pave Hawk during a combat search and rescue exercise at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, on Thursday, April 17, 2014. The rescue mission scenario included pararescue and security forces teams recovering a victim injured by an improvised explosive device. (Emerson Nuñez/U.S. Air Force)

An F-16 Fighting Falcon refuels over the Florida panhandle, on Wednesday, April 16, 2014, during a training exercise. A McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas., KC-135 Stratotanker crew assisted F-22 Raptors from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, and F-16s from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, during their mission.

An F-16 Fighting Falcon refuels over the Florida panhandle, on Wednesday, April 16, 2014, during a training exercise. A McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas., KC-135 Stratotanker crew assisted F-22 Raptors from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, and F-16s from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, during their mission. (David Bernal Del Agua/U.S. Air Force)

Volunteers from the 823rd RED HORSE Squadron help build a house for a wounded warrior in Destin, Florida, on Friday, April 18, 2014. The house is being built for Master Sgt. Joe Deslauries, Air Force Special Operations Command Explosive Ordinance Disposal program manager, who lost both legs above the knee and left arm at the elbow, during a combat mission in Afghanistan.

Volunteers from the 823rd RED HORSE Squadron help build a house for a wounded warrior in Destin, Florida, on Friday, April 18, 2014. The house is being built for Master Sgt. Joe Deslauries, Air Force Special Operations Command Explosive Ordinance Disposal program manager, who lost both legs above the knee and left arm at the elbow, during a combat mission in Afghanistan. (Christopher Callaway/U.S. Air Force)

Airman 1st Class Brittain Crolley, 4th Fighter Wing Public Affairs photojournalist, tees off during the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program golf tournament, on Thursday, April 17, 2014, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The tournament was one of six events held in conjunction with Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Airman 1st Class Brittain Crolley, 4th Fighter Wing Public Affairs photojournalist, tees off during the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program golf tournament, on Thursday, April 17, 2014, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The tournament was one of six events held in conjunction with Sexual Assault Awareness Month. (Aaron J. Jenne/U.S. Air Force)

Our staff-selected photos of the week of the Air Force in action.

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