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5th CMSAF interment ceremony

Soldiers with the Fort Sam Houston Caisson Section carry the flag-draped casket of fifth Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Robert D. Gaylor during his interment ceremony, Feb. 10, 2024, at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas. Gaylor spent more than seven decades improving the Air Force through its people. He was an active proponent of professional military education and delivered seminars frequently in person and online until his passing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tristin English)

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Resting Raptor

An F-22 Raptor with the 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, rests on the airfield after receiving fuel from a C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., during exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 2, 2024. BE 24-1 was a first-of-its-kind exercise that provided Airmen, allies, and partners a flexible, combat-representative, multidimensional battlespace to conduct testing tactics development and advanced training in support of national interests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach)

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Impressive lineup

Seven F-35 Lightning IIs wait to take off for a U.S. Air Force Weapons School training mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 31, 2024. The weapons school teaches graduate-level instructor courses that provide advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers and enlisted specialists of the combat and mobility air forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by William R. Lewis)

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Quality of Life Panel

Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Troy E. Black speaks with Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass with before testifying to the House Armed Services Committee Quality of Life Panel on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Jan. 31, 2024. The panel focuses on issues that impact U.S. service members and their families, including compensation, childcare, housing, support programs for spouses of service members and health care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)

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ACE-certified

A C-130H Hercules, assigned to the 120th Airlift Wing, sits on the flightline during Agile Flag 24-1, an Agile Combat Employment exercise, at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 30, 2024. The exercise is Air Combat Command's contributing certifying event for its expeditionary air base Force elements throughout the Air Force Force Generation cycle, ensuring they are ACE-capable forces that meet combatant commanders' needs. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Ivy Thomas)

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Colorful skies ahead

An F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron sits ready on the flightline at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., during Bamboo Eagle 24-1, Jan. 30, 2024. The exercise generated 95 mobility sorties and the movement of 662 passengers and 817,000 pounds of cargo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steven Cardo)

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Seat assembly

Airman 1st Class Savannah Hicks, airlift squadron loadmaster, assembles seats at an undisclosed location in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Jan. 30, 2024. Loadmasters are aviation specialists responsible for ensuring proper cargo loading, securing and weight distribution aboard military and civilian aircraft, playing a critical role in mission success and air transport efficiency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sarah Williams)

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Simulated ops

U.S. Air Force pilots assigned to the 14th Airlift Squadron conduct a simulated operation near Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. during Bamboo Eagle 24-1, Jan. 30, 2024. Bamboo Eagle provides Airmen, allies, and partners a flexible, combat-representative, multidimensional battlespace to conduct testing tactics development and advanced training in support of national interests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mitchell Corley)

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Resting in the shadows

A KC-46A Pegasus from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., sits on the flightline during the Bamboo Eagle 24-1 exercise at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Jan. 29, 2024. Bamboo Eagle 24-1 is an operational implementation of multi-domain combat readiness training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Knox)

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Attention to detail

Staff Sgt. Jordyn Schalk, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Blue team weapons load crew member, ensures a GBU-38 is secure during the unit’s quarterly weapons load competition at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 26, 2024. The fast-paced competition pitted the F-16 Fighting Falcon, Blue team, against the F-15 Eagle, Red team, to assess their knowledge, proficiency, speed and skill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Veasley)

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Tactical halt

Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists and Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from the 27th Special Operations Wing take a tactical halt during an exercise on Melrose Range, N.M., Jan. 23, 2024. The exercise was designed by and for junior Airmen in the 27th SOW's SERE and EOD flights to share field skills and promote joint interoperability, better preparing them as enablers in the continuum of warfare from competition to conflict. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey)

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Corporals Course

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Hunter Knutson, 726th Expeditionary Mission Support Squadron Fly-Away Security Team member, performs physical training exercises during a U.S. Marine Corps Corporals Course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 22, 2024. The course, hosted by the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261, ensured service members' ability to receive their required Professional Military Education during deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Allison Payne)

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Pilot training innovation: First successful remote simulator training

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Wesley Mills, 47th Student Squadron student pilot, practices in the instrument flight trainer (IFT) while Robert Wayne, 12th Readiness Training Squadron remote instructor, talks to him in his headset during the first-ever remote training flight with an undergraduate student pilot at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 22, 2024. During remote training flights, instructors will watch through a video feed, allowing oversight of what the student is doing, as well as what the instruments read. The 47th Flying Training Wing is introducing this new program allowing student pilots to receive instructions from a remote simulator instructor, creating more training opportunities for students. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Larsen)

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Pilot training innovation: First successful remote simulator training

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Wesley Mills, 47th Student Squadron student pilot, practices in the instrument flight trainer (IFT) while Robert Wayne, 12th Readiness Training Squadron remote instructor, talks to him in his headset at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 22, 2024. The 47th Flying Training Wing plans to add four IFTs to be used in remote instructor training. The 47th Flying Training Wing is introducing this new program allowing student pilots to receive instructions from a remote simulator instructor, creating more training opportunities for students. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Larsen)

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Pilot training innovation: First successful remote simulator training

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Wesley Mills (left), 47th Student Squadron student pilot, goes through a pre-flight brief with Robert Wayne (right), 12th Readiness Training Squadron remote instructor, via teleconference for the first-ever remote training flight with an undergraduate student pilot at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 22, 2024. For this program, pre-flight briefings for the remote instructor program are carried out over Microsoft Teams, allowing communication and screen sharing for the brief to be carried out efficiently. The 47th Flying Training Wing is introducing this new program allowing student pilots to receive instructions from a remote simulator instructor, creating more training opportunities for students. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Larsen)

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Pilot training innovation: First successful remote simulator training

Robert Wayne, 12th Training Squadron sim instructor, gives a remote pre-flight brief from Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph connecting 2nd Lt. Wesley Mills, 47th Student Squadron student pilot, at Laughlin Air Force Base January 22, 2024. The remote simulator instruction program seeks to address the civilian sim instructor shortage while also freeing up active-duty instructor pilots to allow them to focus on aircraft flying duties. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sean Worrell)

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Load ‘er up!

Airmen assigned to the 9th Airlift Squadron and Lockheed Martin crew members load a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite onto a C-5M Super Galaxy at Buckley Space Force Base, Colo., Jan. 22, 2024. GOES-U will be able to monitor severe weather, identify volcanic eruptions, measure land and sea surface temperatures and provide early alerts to emergency responders during wildfires and observe solar flares that could impact telecommunication on and around Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marco A. Gomez)

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Free falling

A member of the U.S. Air Force’s 31st Rescue Squadron jumps out of an MC-130J Commando II assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Wing over Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 19, 2024. Pararescuemen are trained, equipped and postured to conduct full spectrum personnel recovery operations in both peacetime and combat environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tylir Meyer)

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Lightning formation

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 309th Fighter Squadron and F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 61st Fighter Squadron fly in formation Jan. 19, 2024, over Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. Flying operations at Luke AFB contribute to advancing training, producing mission command-focused U.S., allied and partner Airmen to meet warfighter needs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Katelynn Jackson)

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Hot pit refuel

A U.S. Air Force 80th Fighter Generation Squadron crew chief marshals an F-16 Fighting Falcon for hot pit refueling at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, Jan. 17, 2024. Hot pit refueling is a technique used to eliminate downtime, increase reliability and enhance agility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karla Parra)

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