Joint Terminal Air Controllers from the 148th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. take cover as a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter from the Illinois Army National Guard flies away during Operation Northern Strike 2014 near Grayling, Mich., Aug. 9, 2014. (Scott Thompson/Courtesy of the Air National Guard)

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

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