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Air Force athlete August O'Niell kisses his service dog, Kai, during warmups for the swimming portion of the 2014 Warrior Games at U.S. Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. Athletes from throughout the Department Of Defense, who compete in paralympic style events for their respective military branch.

Air Force athlete August O'Niell kisses his service dog, Kai, during warmups for the swimming portion of the 2014 Warrior Games at U.S. Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. Athletes from throughout the Department Of Defense, who compete in paralympic style events for their respective military branch. (Justyn M. Freeman/U.S. Air Force)

Air Force athlete August O'Niell kisses his service dog, Kai, during warmups for the swimming portion of the 2014 Warrior Games at U.S. Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. Athletes from throughout the Department Of Defense, who compete in paralympic style events for their respective military branch.

Air Force athlete August O'Niell kisses his service dog, Kai, during warmups for the swimming portion of the 2014 Warrior Games at U.S. Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. Athletes from throughout the Department Of Defense, who compete in paralympic style events for their respective military branch. (Justyn M. Freeman/U.S. Air Force)

Military Working Dog Hulk, a three?year-old German Shepherd assigned to the 628th Security Forces Squadron, completes an obstacle course on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The obstacle courses are designed to train and prepare the military working dogs for the various challenges they will face at home or deployed.

Military Working Dog Hulk, a three?year-old German Shepherd assigned to the 628th Security Forces Squadron, completes an obstacle course on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The obstacle courses are designed to train and prepare the military working dogs for the various challenges they will face at home or deployed. (Dennis Sloan/U.S. Air Force)

Staff Sgt. Ryan Fontaine, 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge team coach, provides cover during the tactics event on Camp Guernsey, Wyo., on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Nine teams competed in the security forces portion of the challenge.

Staff Sgt. Ryan Fontaine, 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge team coach, provides cover during the tactics event on Camp Guernsey, Wyo., on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Nine teams competed in the security forces portion of the challenge. ()

Staff Sgt. Phillip Daniels and Senior Airman Mark Dunford, 49th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Protection Flight fire fighters, extinguish a simulated No. 3 engine fire during a capability demonstration of the P-34 Rapid Intervention Vehicle at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., on Sunday, Sept. 21. The RIV is three times more cost-effective than the conventional firefighting vehicles.

Staff Sgt. Phillip Daniels and Senior Airman Mark Dunford, 49th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Protection Flight fire fighters, extinguish a simulated No. 3 engine fire during a capability demonstration of the P-34 Rapid Intervention Vehicle at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., on Sunday, Sept. 21. The RIV is three times more cost-effective than the conventional firefighting vehicles. (Aaron Montoya/U.S. Air Force)

Airmen from the 48th Mission Support Group watch a training exercise from a building constructed as a mock Afghan village during a force-on-force exercise at Stanford Training Area, England, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. More than 130 48th MSG Airmen participated in the training exercises and practiced scenarios they could possibly encounter in a deployed environment.

Airmen from the 48th Mission Support Group watch a training exercise from a building constructed as a mock Afghan village during a force-on-force exercise at Stanford Training Area, England, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. More than 130 48th MSG Airmen participated in the training exercises and practiced scenarios they could possibly encounter in a deployed environment. (Erin O?Shea/U.S. Air Force)

An unarmed AGM-86B Air-Launched Cruise Missile is released from a B-52H Stratofortress on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, over the Utah Test and Training Range during a Nuclear Weapons System Evaluation Program sortie. The launch was conducted by airmen from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La.

An unarmed AGM-86B Air-Launched Cruise Missile is released from a B-52H Stratofortress on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, over the Utah Test and Training Range during a Nuclear Weapons System Evaluation Program sortie. The launch was conducted by airmen from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La. (Roidan Carlson/U.S. Air Force)

An unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. 

Joe Davila/U.S. Air Force

An unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Joe Davila/U.S. Air Force (Joe Davila/U.S. Air Force)

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

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