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U.S. Air Force Col. John Gonzales, 407th Air Expeditionary Group commander, addresses the 407th AEG, coalition partners, and U.S. Marines during the 407th Expeditionary Communications Squadron change of command ceremony on July 11, 2017 in Southwest Asia. This ceremony signified the transfer of command between the outgoing commander Lt. Col. Dean Benson and the incoming commander Maj. Charlie Grover to the 407th AEG. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Andy M. Kin)


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U.S. Air Force Col. John Gonzales, 407th Air Expeditionary Group commander, addresses the 407th AEG, coalition partners, and U.S. Marines during the 407th Expeditionary Communications Squadron change of command ceremony on July 11, 2017 in Southwest Asia. This ceremony signified the transfer of command between the outgoing commander Lt. Col. Dean Benson and the incoming commander Maj. Charlie Grover to the 407th AEG. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Andy M. Kin)

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Col. Christopher K. Fuller, 332nd Expeditionary Mission Support Group commander, left, passes the guidon to Maj. Lydia A. Bradley-Tyler, during the 332nd Expeditionary Force Support Squadron assumption of command ceremony July 13, 2017, in Southwest Asia. The passing of a guidon symbolizes a unit’s transfer of command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Damon Kasberg)
An unmanned aircraft system hovers in the air during a live-demonstration at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 30, 2017. The 455th ESFS teamed up with a researcher from the Air Force Research Lab to teach Airmen how to pilot drones and use them to train coalition partners on how to react to them on the battlefield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)
First Lieutenant Ryan Wilkerson is an Air Force Research Lab researcher attached to the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. Wilkerson deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to launch a program teaching defenders how to pilot and use unmanned aircraft systems to train coalition forces to respond to the challenges UAS can present. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)
Airman 1st Class Brandon Cooper is defender with the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. To counter the challenges that unmanned aircraft systems pose on the battlefield, the team is training to pilot and use the drones, so enemy tactics can be replicated and used to train coalition forces on how to react to them. Cooper is deployed out of Joint Base San Antonio, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and is a native of North Carolina. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)
Airman 1st Class Elijah Allen is a defender with the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. To counter the challenges that unmanned aircraft systems pose on the battlefield, the team is training to pilot and use the drones, so enemy tactics can be replicated and used to train coalition forces on how to react to them. Allen is deployed out of Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, and is a native of Hortonville, Wisconsin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)
Senior Airman Christopher Gallman is a defender with the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. To counter the challenges that unmanned aircraft systems pose on the battlefield, the team is training to pilot and use the drones, so enemy tactics can be replicated and used to train coalition forces on how to react to them. Gallman is deployed out of Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and is a native of Elgin, Illinois. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)
Airman 1st Class Brandon Cooper, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, explains the unmanned aircraft systems program to then-Capt. Tyler Hughes, the 455th ESFS commander, during a live-demonstration at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 30, 2017. The 455th ESFS teamed up with a researcher from the Air Force Research Lab to teach Airmen how to pilot drones and use them to train coalition partners on how to react to them on the battlefield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)
Airman 1st Class Elijah Allen, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, pilots an unmanned aircraft system during a live-demonstration at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 30, 2017. UAS pose new challenges on the battlefield, so to counter this, defenders are learning how to pilot drones and employ the same strategies, in training environments, our enemies may use. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)
Senior Airman Justin Steward, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, pilots an unmanned aircraft system during a live-demonstration at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 30, 2017. The 455th ESFS teamed up with a researcher from the Air Force Research Lab to teach Airmen how to pilot drones and use them to train coalition partners on how to react to them on the battlefield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)
Senior Airman Christopher Gallman, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron joint defense operations center, speaks to Col. Bradford Coley, the 455th Expeditionary Mission Support Group commander, about the unmanned aircraft systems program during a live-demonstration at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 30, 2017. The 455th ESFS teamed up with a researcher from the Air Force Research Lab to teach Airmen how to pilot drones and use them to train coalition partners on how to react to them on the battlefield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)
Senior Airman Justin Steward, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, pilots an unmanned aircraft system during a live-demonstration at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 30, 2017. UAS present new challenges to the battlefield, so to counter this, defenders are learning how to pilot drones and employ the same strategies, in training environments, our enemies may use. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)
Senior Airman Sela Goodman, 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron intelligence analyst, stands in front of a mine-resistant ambush protected all-terrain vehicle July 10, 2017, in Southwest Asia. Goodman is one of a few Airmen assigned to the 332nd ESFS as an intelligence analyst. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Damon Kasberg)