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U-2 Dragon Lady

A U-2 pilot shakes the hands of the team of maintenance civilians before a flight Sept. 16, 2011, at an air base in Southwest Asia. The pilot was flying the last aircraft inspected by a U-2 phase team from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing. The U-2 phase team ensures the jet remains in peak flying order and is not out of the fight too long. Inspections are moving to Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Patrick Mitchell)
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U-2 Dragon Lady

The U-2 phase team from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics poses for a final photo Sept. 16, 2011, after their final phase inspection at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia. The team is made up of crew chiefs and hydraulic, fuels, avionics and electrical experts and has been providing inspections in the deployed location since 2004. Inspections are moving to Beal Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Patrick Mitchell)
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C-182T Arrival

An Afghan Air Force Cessna 182 Turbo is greeted by AAF firefighters at Shindand Air Base September 18, 2011. With undergraduate pilot training slated to begin at Shindand in December, the trainer aircraft will provide a valuable training tool to facilitate formal flight training. Three more C-182T's are expected to arrive in Shindand later this month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith)
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C-182T Arrival

Three Afghan Air Force Cessna 182 Turbos arrive at Shindand Air Base September 18, 2011. With undergraduate pilot training slated to begin at Shindand in December, the trainer aircraft will provide a valuable training tool to facilitate formal flight training. Three more C-182T's are expected to arrive in Shindand later this month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith)
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Iraqi pilots perform final check ride

Air Force instructor pilots assigned to the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron, fly in formation during final check rides for Iraqi pilots over Combat Operation Base Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq, Sept. 5, 2011. The check ride was the final test in order for the Iraqis to become qualified instructor pilots. The training, provided by the U.S., laid the foundation for the Iraqi air force to sustain its own pilot training program. The new Iraqi instructor pilots were trained in the T-6A Texan II. (U.S. Air Force Photo/SrA Tyler Placie)
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Iraqi pilots perform final check ride

An Air Force instructor pilot assigned to the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron, performs a final check ride for an Iraqi pilot over Combat Operation Base Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq, Sept. 5, 2011. The check ride was the final test in order for the Iraqis to become qualified instructor pilots. The training, provided by the U.S., laid the foundation for the Iraqi air force to sustain its own pilot training program. The new Iraqi instructor pilots were trained in the T-6A Texan II. (U.S. Air Force Photo/SrA Tyler Placie)
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Iraqi pilots perform final check ride

Air Force instructor pilots assigned to the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron, perform formation maneuvers during final check rides for Iraqi pilots over Combat Operation Base Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq, Sept. 5, 2011. The check ride was the final test in order for the Iraqis to become qualified instructor pilots. The training, provided by the U.S., laid the foundation for the Iraqi air force to sustain its own pilot training program. The new Iraqi instructor pilots were trained in the T-6A Texan II. (U.S. Air Force Photo/SrA Tyler Placie)
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Iraqi pilots perform final check ride

Air Force instructor pilots assigned to the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron, fly in formation during final check rides for Iraqi pilots over Combat Operation Base Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq, Sept. 5, 2011. The check ride was the final test in order for the Iraqis to become qualified instructor pilots. The training, provided by the U.S., laid the foundation for the Iraqi air force to sustain its own pilot training program. The new Iraqi instructor pilots were trained in the T-6A Texan II. (U.S. Air Force Photo/SrA Tyler Placie)
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Iraqi pilots perform final check ride

Air Force instructor pilots assigned to the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron, perform wing work during final check rides of Iraqi pilots over Combat Operation Base Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq, Sept. 5, 2011. The check ride was the final test in order for the Iraqis to become qualified instructor pilots. The training, provided by the U.S., laid the foundation for the Iraqi air force to sustain its own pilot training program. The new Iraqi instructor pilots were trained in the T-6A Texan II. (U.S. Air Force Photo/SrA Tyler Placie)
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Iraqi pilots perform final check ride

Air Force instructor pilots assigned to the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron, perform wing work during final check rides of Iraqi pilots over Combat Operation Base Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq, Sept. 5, 2011. The check ride was the final test in order for the Iraqis to become qualified instructor pilots. The training, provided by the U.S., laid the foundation for the Iraqi air force to sustain its own pilot training program. The new Iraqi instructor pilots were trained in the T-6A Texan II. (U.S. Air Force Photo/SrA Tyler Placie)
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Iraqi pilots perform final check ride

Air Force instructor pilots assigned to the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron, fly in formation for final check rides of Iraqi pilots over Combat Operation Base Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq, Sept. 5, 2011. The check ride was the final test in order for the Iraqis to become qualified instructor pilots. The training, provided by the U.S., laid the foundation for the Iraqi air force to sustain its own pilot training program. The new Iraqi instructor pilots were trained in the T-6A Texan II. (U.S. Air Force Photo/SrA Tyler Placie)
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Iraqi pilots perform final check ride

Air Force instructor pilots assigned to the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron, taxi before performing final check rides for Iraqi pilots over Combat Operation Base Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq, Sept. 5, 2011. The check ride was the final test in order for the Iraqis to become qualified instructor pilots. The training, provided by the U.S., laid the foundation for the Iraqi air force to sustain its own pilot training program. The new Iraqi instructor pilots were trained in the T-6A Texan II. (U.S. Air Force Photo/SrA Tyler Placie)
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Iraqi pilots perform final check ride

Air Force instructor pilots assigned to the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron, perform final checks of their T-6A training aircraft before a check ride at Combat Operation Base Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq, Sept. 5, 2011. The check ride was the final test in order for Iraqi pilots to become qualified instructor pilots. The training, provided by the U.S., laid the foundation for the Iraqi air force to sustain its own pilot training program. The new Iraqi instructor pilots were trained in the T-6A Texan II. (U.S. Air Force Photo/SrA Tyler Placie)
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Inspection in deployed location gets jets back in the air sooner

David Hall, a member of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics phase team conducts, a regularly-scheduled deep-dive inspection of a U-2, Sept.1, 2011, at an air base in Southwest Asia. The inspection takes the team of 14 civilians 19 days from start to finish and encompasses 450 special inspection items that are critical to keeping the aircraft flying. Conducting the inspection at the deployed wing returns the aircraft to the mission sooner, officials said. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Patrick Mitchell)
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Inspection in deployed location gets jets back in the air sooner

Members of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics phase team conduct a regularly-scheduled deep-dive inspection of a U-2, Sept.1, 2011, at an air base is Southwest Asia. The inspection takes the team of 14 civilians 19 days from start to finish and encompasses 450 special inspection items that are critical to keeping the aircraft flying. Conducting the inspection at the deployed wing returns the aircraft to the mission sooner, officials said. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Patrick Mitchell)
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Inspection in deployed location gets jets back in the air sooner

Members of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics phase team connect wires during a deep-dive inspection of a U-2 at an air base in Southwest Asia, Sept. 1, 2011. The inspection takes the team of 14 civilians 19 days from start to finish and encompasses 450 special inspection items that are critical to keeping the aircraft flying. Conducting the inspection at the deployed wing returns the aircraft to the mission sooner, officials said. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Patrick Mitchell)
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Inspection in deployed location gets jets back in the air sooner

A member of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics phase team sits inside of a U-2 as he conducts a regularly-scheduled deep-dive inspection of the aircraft Sept. 1, 2011 at an air base in Southwest Asia. The inspection takes the team of 14 civilians 19 days from start to finish and encompasses 450 special inspection items that are critical to keeping the aircraft flying. Conducting the inspection at the deployed wing returns the aircraft to the mission sooner, officials said. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Patrick Mitchell)
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Deployed officer sets all-time record for flying hours in E-3 Sentry

Maj. Jon Williams, a mission crew commander for the 963rd Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron, sits for an interview with Master Sgt. Chance Babin, the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing public affairs specialist Sept. 5, 2011, at an air base in Southwest Asia. Williams reached 10,195 flying hours on the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, Sept. 5, setting the all-time record for hours flown since the aircraft became operational in the Air Force in 1977. Williams is deployed from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Patrick Mitchell)
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Deployed officer sets all-time record for flying hours in E-3 Sentry

Maj. Jon Williams, a mission crew commander for the 963rd Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron, poses after his record-setting flight Sept. 5, 2011, at an air base in Southwest Asia. Williams reached 10,195 flying hours on the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, Sept. 5, setting the all-time record for hours flown since the aircraft became operational in the Air Force in 1977. Williams hails from Colorado but now calls Edmond, Okla., his home. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Patrick Mitchell)
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Deployed officer sets all-time record for flying hours in E-3 Sentry

Maj. Jon Williams, a mission crew commander for the 963rd Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron, talks with members of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing leadership after setting a new Air Force flying record Sept. 5, 2011, at an air base in Southwest Asia. Williams reached 10,195 flying hours on the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, Sept. 5, setting the all-time record for hours flown since the aircraft became operational in the Air Force in 1977. Williams is deployed from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Patrick Mitchell)
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