Two Royal Air Force CH-47 Chinooks take off from headquarters in Afghanistan.

U. S. Air Force Airman looks through a set of binoculars.

Lieutenant uses binoculars to scan the flightline at Holloman Air Force Base.

A landing craft air cushion approaches the well deck of USS New Orleans.

Firefighters work to extinguish a simulated engine fire at Cannon Air Force Base.

The new heritage tailflash with the checkertail design.

A B-1B Lancer maneuvers over New Mexico during a training mission.

The Tactical Air Command and Control Specialists Competition career field emblem on a beret.

A two ship of B-1B Lancers release chaff and flares while maneuvering over New Mexico.

A C-17 Globemaster III doing an assault landing on a new runway at Allen Army Airfield, Alaska.

Pilot makes final pre-flight checks on an F-15E Strike Eagle.

Self-portrait of an aerial combat photographer.

A U. S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II in flight over New Mexico.

A U. S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II in flight over New Mexico.

Two QF-4E Phantom II drones break over Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.

A U. S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II in flight over New Mexico.

U. S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.

U. S. Air Force QF-4 Phantom II.

German Air Force Tornado aircraft at Holloman Air Force Base.

A LC-130H Hercules of the New York Air National Guard.

F-22 Raptor's parked in the hangar at Holloman Air Force Base.

U. S. Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II at Kirtland Air Force Base.

A U. S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft on the ramp at sunset.

New Jersey Air National Guard F-16C taxiing at Graf Ignatievo Air Base.

The new Headquarters Air Force badge.