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photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Wilson<br />

1. Two T-38 Talons sit inside<br />

NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft after<br />

being shipped to Holloman <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong><br />

Base, N.M. They are the first two of<br />

15 T-38s to be shipped to Holloman<br />

for inspection and regeneration<br />

before being flown to Joint Base<br />

Langley-Eustis, Va. The T-38s<br />

return for inspection after every<br />

450 flight hours at their operating<br />

locations.<br />

2. Cadet 1st Class Josh LeMair,<br />

an <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> Wings of Blue<br />

Parachute Competition Team<br />

member, nails an accuracy jump in<br />

the U.S. Parachute Association’s<br />

National Collegiate Parachuting<br />

Championships, held in Eloy, Ariz.<br />

Wings of Blue teams won gold in<br />

four-way open formation skydiving,<br />

two-way vertical formation skydiving,<br />

intermediate and masters sport<br />

accuracy, intermediate and masters<br />

classic accuracy and team classic<br />

accuracy.<br />

3. U.S. <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> Capt. Nick<br />

Morgans, 46th Expeditionary<br />

Rescue Squadron, covers a<br />

simulated casualty to protect<br />

him from flying dirt as an HH-60<br />

Pave Hawk lands during a mass<br />

casualty exercise near Kandahar,<br />

Afghanistan.<br />

4. The Las Vegas skyline serves<br />

as a backdrop for two F-16 Fighting<br />

Falcons parked on the flightline<br />

at Nellis <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> Base, Nev. The<br />

F-16s, deployed from the 480th<br />

Fighter Squadron, participated in<br />

Red Flag 11-2, a combined exercise.<br />

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photo by Niklas Daniel photo by Senior <strong>Air</strong>man Veronica Stamps<br />

www.<strong>AIR</strong>MANonline.af.mil<br />

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photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Harris<br />

photo by Staff Sgt. Raymond Hoy<br />

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