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U.S. Air Force Combat Controllers and U.S. Army Pathfinders land in a field and are conducting Drop Zone surveys for future air drop sites on January 24, 2010 in Port au Prince, Haiti during Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock) (Released)
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From left: Senior Airman Chase Litvan, Staff Sgt. Josh Arias and Staff Sgt. Will Doherty, U.S. Air Force combat controllers from the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, Fort Bragg, N.C. conduct air traffic control operations on the edge of the Geronimo Landing Zone at Fort Polk, La. during Joint Readiness Training Center rotation 13-09, Aug. 20, 2013. Combat Controllers are special operations forces and certified FAA air traffic controllers whose mission is to deploy, undetected, into combat and hostile environments to establish assault zones or airfields, while simultaneously conducting air traffic control, fire support, command and control, direct action, counter-terrorism, foreign internal defense, humanitarian assistance, and special reconnaissance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)(Released)
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A U.S. Air Force Combat Controller prepares to radio back to the Special Tactics Operation Center on January 24, 2010 in Port au Prince, Haiti during Operation Unified Response. U.S. Air Force Combat Controllers and U.S. Army Pathfinders are conducting Drop Zone surveys for future air drop sites. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock) (Released)
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U.S. Air Force Combat Controllers and U.S. Army Pathfinders land in a field conducting Drop Zone surveys for future air drop sites in a U.S. Navy HH-60 on January 24, 2010 in Port au Prince, Haiti during Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock) (Released)
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A U.S. Air Force Combat Controller radios back to the Special Tactics Operation Center on January 24, 2010 in Port au Prince, Haiti during Operation Unified Response. U.S. Air Force Combat Controllers and U.S. Army Pathfinders are conducting Drop Zone surveys for future air drop sites. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock) (Released)
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U.S. Air Force Maj. Henry Schantz, an Air Combat Command F-22 Demonstration Team pilot, showcases the aircraft's combination of stealth and maneuverability Feb. 2, 2011, during an annual ACC certification at Langely Air Force Base, Va. Along with the sleek aerodynamic design, the F-22 engine produces more thrust than other current fighter engine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Racheal Watson)
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In this file photo, F-35A Lightning II aircraft receive fuel from a KC-10 Extender from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., July 13, 2015, during a flight from England to the U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Madelyn Brown) ** FILE **
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In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, a C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, conducts combat airlift operations for U.S. and Coalition forces in Iraq and Syria on April 13, 2018. The drama of U.S. and allied missiles strikes on Syria has obscured the fact that the U.S.-led campaign to eliminate the Islamic State from Syria has stalled. This is an illustration of the many-layered complexities of the Syrian conflict. (Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook, U.S. Air Force via AP)
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GAU-22/A Gatling gun - Maj. Charles Trickey, a 461st Flight Test Squadron F-35 Lightning II experimental test pilot, successfully fires a four-barrel 25 mm GAU-22/A Gatling gun while in flight Oct. 30, 2015, over China Lake Weapon Range, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Chad Bellay)
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In this photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express, launches from Space Launch Complex-4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. The SpaceX rocket carrying 64 small satellites, marks the first time the same Falcon 9 rocket has been used in three space missions. (Michael Peterson/U.S. Air Force via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)
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In this September 2, 2018 photo, provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army Gen. Scott Miller, commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, delivers remarks during the Resolute Support mission change of command ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan officials said Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018 that three top Kandahar province officials have been killed by their own guards in an attack at a security meeting that also wounded two U.S. troops. A Taliban spokesman who claimed responsibility for the attack tells The Associated Press that Miller, was the target. NATO officials say Miller escaped unharmed. (U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Sharida Jackson, via AP)
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The U.S. Air Force relieved the commander of its iconic Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team on Nov. 20, 2017, due to "lost confidence." (Image: U.S. Air Force)
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The U.S. Air Force will display a repainted F-15A Eagle to honor victims of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas. The tribute will be on display Nov 11-12 at the Aviation Nation Air and Space Expo. (Image: U.S. Air Force)
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FILE - In this 1965 file photo, a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber takes off from Guam for a strike against the Viet Cong in Vietnam, 2,200 miles away, during the Vietnam War. The small U.S. territory of Guam has become a focal point after North Korea's army threatened to use ballistic missiles to create an "enveloping fire" around the island. The exclamation came after President Donald Trump warned Pyongyang of "fire and fury like the world has never seen" on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. (U.S. Air Force via AP, File)
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Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers joined up with Japanese and South Korean fighter jets for a 10-hour "solidarity" mission over Japan on Monday. The Pacific Air Forces Twitter account is using #ironclad. (U.S. Air Force)
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In this March 18, 1953, file photo, bombs drop from a U.S. Air Force 3rd bomber wing B26 light bomber somewhere in North Korea. North Koreans claim 400,000 bombs were dropped on Pyongyang alone, roughly one bomb for every resident at the time, and that only two modern buildings in the capital were left standing. All told, the U.S. dropped 635,000 tons of bombs on Korea during the war, most of it in the North, including with 32,500 tons of napalm. (U.S. Air Force via AP, File)
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In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, who was then-U.S. Air Forces Central Command commander, walks with Lt. Col. Joy Boston, 455th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron commander at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Oct. 5, 2016. U.S. military phone calls with Russia have increased as the two countries work to avoid aircraft mishaps in the increasingly crowded skies over Syria, a senior American Air Force commander said May 24, 2017. Harrigian, who is in charge of U.S. air operations in the Middle East, also told Pentagon reporters that the U.S. has been setting up temporary "deconfliction" zones around Syria. (Korey Fratini/U.S. Air Force via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows the WC-135W Constant Phoenix aircraft during flight. A pair of Chinese fighter jets conducted an "unprofessional" intercept of an American radiation-sniffing surveillance plane over the East China Sea, the U.S. Air Force said Friday, May 19, 2017, the latest in a series of such incidents that have raised U.S. concerns in an already tense region. (U.S. Air Force via AP)
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This undated combination of photos shows the U.S. Air Force WC-135W Constant Phoenix aircraft during flight, left, and two Chinese SU-30 fighter jets taking off. A pair of Chinese fighter jets conducted an "unprofessional" intercept of an American radiation-sniffing surveillance plane over the East China Sea, the U.S. Air Force said Friday, May 19, 2017, the latest in a series of such incidents that have raised U.S. concerns in an already tense region. (U.S. Air Force and Xinhua via AP)
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In this image taken with a slow shutter speed and provided by the U.S. Air Force, an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test just after midnight, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The U.S. has about 450 of the missiles and they are routinely tested. But the latest tests come amid rising tensions with North Korea, which has tested its own nuclear missiles including some designed to reach the United States. (2nd Lt. William Collette/U.S. Air Force via AP)
