A pararescueman fast-ropes from a helicopter on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (Nicholas Emerick/U.S. Air Force)
A pararescueman fast-ropes from a helicopter on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (Nicholas Emerick/U.S. Air Force)
Members of the 28th Security Forces Squadron move at the low-ready position during a shoot, move, communicate training event at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. Airmen and civilian security forces members practiced engaging their targets, communicating and protecting one another on a simulated battlefield. (James L. Miller/U.S. Air Force)
A F-15 Eagle from the 144th Fighter Squadron approaches a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker during an air refuel mission in support of Vigilant Shield 16 on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. (Joshua J. Garcia/U.S. Air Force)
Tech. Sgt. John Dawson, a U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band drum major, poses for a photo with a Georgian boy after a marching band performance in Kvareli, Georgia, on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. Thirty-three bandsmen from the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band traveled to the former Soviet republic for several events, including the First International Military Bands Festival in Tbilisi. (Ryan Crane/U.S. Air Force)
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