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Navy Diver 2nd Class Kiel Milliken, assigned to Commander,

Sailors build an elastomeric bearing for an SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter spindle.

Fleet Readiness Center Southwest

SEAMAN (SN) Jody Bean from Russell, Massachusetts, shows Midshipman 1ST Class (M1) Latoyia Hill the bearing indicator on the ship's helm

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Shane Law, Aircraft Armament Systems Apprentice, 48th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF (Royal Air Force) Lakenheath, England (ENG), prepares a BRU 47 Bomb Rack during a weapons loading training exercise

Seaman Cory Patterson, a native of Perry, Okla., tunes

Staff Sgt. Nathan Burk, 2nd Munitions Squadron Production

Recruits at Recruit Training Command take time to see the helm console aboard RTC Ship 5, named after the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

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US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Anthony Allen and USAF A1C Jerrell Robinson inspects a F-16 Fighting Falcon canopy assembly at the 31st Maintenance Squadron (MXS) Egress Shop on Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy (ITA). The 31st MXS Egress Section is responsible for maintaining, inspecting and testing of F-16 Advanced Concept Ejection Seats (ACES II), and canopies. Tests the system components and performs functional checks of egress subsystems and related egress explosive components. Egress provides F-16 aircrews with the "Last Chance for Life."

Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Caroline Peters (front), USAF, and Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Dwyane Watson, USAF, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), Structural Maintenance Flight, 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, dress the edges of the newly applied "Lets Roll" nose art on the 48th Fighter Wing`s (FW) F-15E Strike Eagle lead aircraft. "Lets Roll," the now famous phrase United Airlines Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer uttered as he and fellow passengers foiled terrorist hijackers, bringing down the aircraft in a Pennsylvania field that fatal morning. The nose art is applied to the 48th FWs lead aircraft as a tribute to the victims and heroes of the September 11th attacks

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Dwyane Watson, USAF, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), Structural Maintenance Flight, 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, applies masking tape to the edges of the "Spirit of 9-11" nose art so it can be sealed to the F-15E Strike Eagle. "Lets Roll," the now famous phrase United Airlines Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer uttered as he and fellow passengers foiled terrorist hijackers, bringing down the aircraft in a Pennsylvania field that fatal morning. The nose art was applied on the 48th Fighter Wing's lead aircraft in remembrance of victims and heroes involved in the September 11th attacks

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Caroline Peters (front), USAF, and Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Dwyane Watson, USAF, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), Structural Maintenance Flight, 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, remove cover paper to reveal the "Lets Roll" nose art on an F-15E Strike Eagle. "Lets Roll," the now famous phrase United Airlines Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer uttered as he and fellow passengers foiled terrorist hijackers, bringing down the aircraft in a Pennsylvania field that fatal morning. The nose art is applied to the 48th FWs lead aircraft as a tribute to the victims and heroes of the September 11th attacks

AIRMAN First Class Thomas Biscoglio from the 421st Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, inspects the intake of an F-16 Fighting Falcon prior to a training mission. Under the intake a LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night) Navigation Pod AN/AAQ-13 (right of nose gear) and a Targeting Pod AN/AAQ-14 (left of nose gear). The F16's were diverted to the Utah Air National Guard base due to an accident at Hill AFB; an F-16C crashed after the nose-gear tire blew during a high-speed takeoff

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Matt Smith (left), and USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Darryl Tucker both assigned to the 555th Fighter Squadron (FW) work to install the Ammunition drum for the M61A1 Vulcan 20mm rotary cannon into the fuselage of an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft during the scheduled 300-flying hour Phase Down for maintenance program at Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy

At the unveiling ceremony on 22 March 2002 at Scott AFB, Illinois, Colonel (COL) Bruce Busler (left), USAF, Commander, 375th Operations Group (OG), COL Darren W. McDew, USAF, Commander, 375th Airlift Wing (AW), and Congressman Jerry Costello (D-IL), prepare to reveal the "Lets Roll" artwork on the nose of a C-21A aircraft in remembrance of all the fallen from September 11, 2001. "Lets Roll," the now famous phrase United Airlines Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer uttered as he and fellow passengers foiled terrorist hijackers, bringing down the aircraft in a Pennsylvania field that fatal morning

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Ricky Cline (foreground), and USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Hunter McCubbins, both assigned to the 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), Spangdahlem Air Base (AB), Germany, remove screws from a cover panel one a USAF F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft that was recently upgraded as part of the Common Configuration Implementation Program. The six-month, $232,000,000 upgrade was used to enhance the avionics and electronics of the aircraft

A C-130 Hercules from the 731st Airlift Squadron (AS), Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, attached to the 37th AS, Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, along with other aircraft await instructions before take-off. Reserve and active duty C-130's at Ramstein Air Base participate in a mass tactical exercise that will air drop in excess 140 tons of cargo and over 520 US Army Combat Paratroopers from Vinceza, Italy

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Matthew Palmer, USAF, 31st Maintenance Squadron (MXS), Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy, puts a sealant on the new Air Force approved "Lets Roll!" nose art. Wing Commander, Brigadier General (BGEN) Donald J. Hoffmans, F-16 Fighting Falcon, was the first aircraft to have to new nose art applied. Let's Roll!' onto a C-130 Hercules at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. "Lets Roll," the now famous phrase United Airlines Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer uttered as he and fellow passengers foiled terrorist hijackers, bringing down the aircraft in a Pennsylvania field that fatal morning

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Base: Aviano Air Base

State: Pordenone

Country: Italy (ITA)

Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Charlein C. Sheets, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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label_outline Explore Passenger Todd Beamer, Pennsylvania Field, Fellow Passengers

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Sayward Pierce, Passenger Service Agent, 723 Air Mobility Squadron (AMS), Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, works the customer service counter at the Air Mobility Command (AMC) passenger terminal. (Duplicate image, see also DFSD0412472 or search 021211F1851U004)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Charles Gillaspie, 55th Maintenance Squadron (MXS), Munitions Flight, punches out a military specifications label for live ammunition during a pallet build up in preparation for the 2004 Offutt Air Force Base (AFB) Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE). Over the next two weeks, the 55th Wing is conducting an ORE in preparation for an upcoming Air Combat Command (ACC) inspection in March

Chief Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) Romulo Domasing is pinned by fellow chief petty officers.

Nine-hundred-gallon water buckets are loaded onto Alaska

SENIOR AIRMAN Falcon of the 90th AMS assists in loading TECH. SGT. Patty Dupree, a volunteer from the 90th MXS during the search and recoveries exercise, into an emergency medical unit after she arrived by helicopter. The Inspector General Team tested the ability of the base to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robberies, terrorism, and communication problems

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Danita Marcum (right) a Self-Defense Class Instructor, assigned to the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), is assisted by USAF TSGT David Hail, 31st Maintenance Squadron (MXS), as she demonstrates the proper technique for disabling a would-be assailant during a Self-Defense class held in recognition of Women's History Month, at Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy. TSGT Marcum holds a Fourth Degree Belt in Tang Soodo and a 6th Degree Black Belt in Tai Kwan Do

Suffolk County, England. "Excalibur" nose art on a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft, serial number 62-3528, assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing, Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall. The artist is STAFF Sergeant Charles Hatton, assigned to the 100th Aircraft Generation Squadron

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Mark Hamilton, Non Destructive Inspection (NDI) Craftsman Technician, 31st Maintenance Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, removes oil test sample tabs. NDI is responsible for early engine wear detection to accomplish missions in a more cost effective way

Communications Control Center Operations Controller, SENIOR AIRMAN Brian Mayernik, USAF, (left), and the Shift Supervisor STAFF Sergeant Brian Molloy, USAF, both with the 86th Communications Group go over recall procedures in the Communications Control Center during Threatcon Charlie. Ramstein Air Base, Germany went into the higher state of vigilance after terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon, when hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, on the morning of 11 September 2001

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 51st Maintenance Squadron uses a tow tractor to evacuate an A/OA-10/A Thunderbolt II aircraft during simulated fire inside a hangar during Exercise Beverly Midnight 04-07 at Osan Air Base, Korea on Dec. 14, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Bradley C. Church) (Released)

As the American flag flies at half-mast, members of the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, UK, lower their heads during a three-minute period of silence. The event is in memory of the victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon. Hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, killing themselves, the passengers and thousands on the ground

Air Force CHIEF of STAFF GEN Larry D. Welch, left, and his wife talk with BGEN Edward N. Giddings, Commander, Air Force District of Washington, and his wife following their arrival at Andrews

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