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SOUTHWEST ASIA - Airmen quickly remove the final pins from a U-2 Dragonlady before a flight Oct. 4, 2009. The sortie was Capt. Peter J. Gryn's first combat mission. The U-2 is the primary source of high altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Captain Gryn is deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif.Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. J.G. Buzanowski
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Northrop and EADS Unveil First Euro Hawk UAV
Euro Hawk(r), the first international version of the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system, was unveiled in a ceremony Oct. 8 in Palmdale, Calif., solidifying Northrop Grumman's first transatlantic cooperation with Germany and EADS Defence & Security.Source: Northrop Grumman
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Team Andersen Air Show '09 "Air Power over the Marianas"
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds world renown Delta Formation flies by the audience attending the Team Andersen Air Show '09 "Airpower over the Marianas" here on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Oct. 7. The U.S. Air Force's aerial demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, were one of four aerial demonstration teams to perform for the audience.U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Bush
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F-22A Raptors depart Kadena
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Ten F-22A Raptors assigned to the 94th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron completed a deployment to Kadena and departed, with tanker support from various Pacific locations, for their home station at Langley Air Force Base, Va, Oct.1. While at Kadena, the aircraft conducted training in order to fulfill U.S.security obligations in the region and to accomplish essential Air Force training requirements.
U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Lakisha A. Croley
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Crew chief performs a preflight inspection on an A-10 Thunderbolt II
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Airman Jill Hallandsworth, 442nd Fighter Wing crew chief, performs a preflight inspection on an A-10 Thunderbolt II prior to takeoff, Sept. 25. Crew chiefs with the 442nd FW maintain a vast fleet of 27 A-10 aircraft, keeping each jet prepared for any mission at a moment's notice.U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenny Holston
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A U-2 aircraft taxis to a parking spot
SOUTHWEST ASIA -Maj. Patrick Hudson, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, taxis a U-2 aircraft to a parking spot Aug. 24. Major Hudson completed his 1000th hour of flight in the U-2 aircraft.U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Charles Larkin Sr
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509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs prepare a B-2 Spirit for flight
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs prepare a B-2 Spirit for flight, Aug. 24, 2009. Twenty B-2 Spirit aircrafts are assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing. The B-2's primary mission is to attack time-critical targets early in a conflict to minimize an enemy's war-making potential.U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenny Holston
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F-15E Strike Eagles taxi in at Joint Base Balad, Iraq
F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, taxi in from an Operation Iraqi Freedom mission at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The F-15E's were diverted to Iraq due to severe weather over Qatar. The F-15E's are deployed from Seymour Johnson AFB, NC.U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tony R. Tolley
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F-35 Successful in First Probe-and-Drogue Aerial Refueling
A short takeoff/vertical landing variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II takes on fuel from a KC-130J tanker near Fort Worth on Aug. 13. The fuel transfer marked the first time an F-35 has used the Navy- and Marines-style probe-and-drogue refueling system.Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Liz Kaszynski
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A U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft prepares to land
A chase car drives along side as a U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft prepares to land Jul. 30 at an air base in Southwest Asia. Because of unusual low-altitude handling characteristics and limited forward visibility, a second U-2 pilot normally "chases" each landing, assisting the pilot by providing radio inputs for altitude and runway alignment.U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephen Linch
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