Man against machine
Man against machine
Alert team
Alert team
Writing on the wall
The doctor is in
It's a strap
End of the line
Deployed Airmen experience local tradition
Tae Bo in Iraq
Tae Bo in Iraq
A full tank
Golden Drum
Golden Drum
Golden Drum
IQUIQUE, Chile -- A New Mexico Air National Guardsman signals an F-16 Fighting Falcon to stop after a Salitre 2004 exercise mission. Salitre 2004 is a multinational air combat training exercise taking place through Oct. 8 here at Los Condores Air Base. Air forces from Chile, Argentina and Brazil are joining more than 100 U.S. Airmen for the exercise. Participants are here to sharpen air-combat skills, exchange air operations and tactics, and promote closer relationships among American nations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Lohr) Download Full ImageIQUIQUE, Chile -- Staff Sgt. Benny Trevino guides an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot after a Salitre 2004 sortie with Brazilian F-5s. Salitre 2004 is a multinational air combat training exercise taking place through Oct. 8 here at Los Condores Air Base. Air forces from Chile, Argentina and Brazil are joining more than 100 U.S. Airmen for the exercise. Participants are here to sharpen air-combat skills, exchange air operations and tactics, and promote closer relationships among American nations. Sergeant Trevino is with the New Mexico Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Lohr) Download Full ImageGREAT PLAINS OF NORTH DAKOTA -- First Lt. Nancy Satterfield inspects the indicator lights ensuring they will turn on if there is a system malfunction here. She is assigned to the 742nd Missile Squadron at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Danny Monahan) Download Full ImageGREAT PLAINS OF NORTH DAKOTA -- Sixty feet underground, 1st Lt. Nancy Satterfield and 2nd Lt. Eric Doctor refer to one of many manuals used for checking equipment at their control station here. The missileers spend 24 hours underground during a shift. They are assigned to the 742nd Missile Squadron at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Danny Monahan) Download Full ImageU.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- An Air Force Academy cadet helps unveil the service core values during a ceremony here Sept. 29. The core values replaced the poetic reference "Bring me men ..." after Air Force leaders decided the words were out of step with the current culture, as well as offensive to many people. Secretary of the Air Force Dr. James G. Roche and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper attended the unveiling. (Photo by Ken Wright) Download Full ImageU.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Secretary of the Air Force Dr. James G. Roche speaks to cadets here during a seminar Sept. 28. The Leaders in Flight Today seminar is an eight-hour meeting that helps the cadets better understand others and themselves. Secretary Roche talked to cadets about different leadership styles, the significance of command and how it teaches you how to understand yourself. (Photo by Ken Wright) Download Full ImageMANAS AIR BASE, Kyrgyz Republic -- Staff Sgt. Rafick Khan tightens a cargo strap securing 55-gallon barrels to a pallet. He is the noncommissioned officer in charge of the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron's air terminal operations center. Sergeant Kahn is deployed here from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. In less than two weeks, the center's 24-person team moved 3,323 passengers and 133 tons of cargo on 143 missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chuck Marsh) Download Full ImageSOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airmen 1st Class Peter Estrellado (left) and Kevin Facteau maintain the arresting cable of an active runway at a forward-deployed location. Both Airmen are assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing and are deployed from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Vann Miller) Download Full ImageGWANGJU AIR BASE, South Korea -- Col. Dave Watson (center) and South Korean air force Brig. Gen. Young Woo Kwon participate in a traditional ceremony honoring ancestors from the past, during a Chu Sok holiday celebration here Sept. 28. They are dressed in traditional South Korean clothing worn during holidays. Colonel Watson is the 3rd Air Expeditionary Group commander, and General Kwon is the 1st Fighter Wing commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James Arrowood) Download Full ImageKIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Billy Blanks leads a Tae Bo training session for people stationed here Sept. 28. Blanks was touring different bases throughout Iraq signing autographs and performing Tae Bo sessions for troops deployed here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Adrian Cadiz) Download Full ImageKIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Billy Blanks leads a Tae Bo training session for people stationed here Sept. 28. Blanks was touring different bases throughout Iraq signing autographs and performing Tae Bo sessions for troops deployed here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Adrian Cadiz) Download Full ImageAVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- Senior Airman Maria Boneham helps refuel an F-16 Fighting Falcon while competing for the Golden Drum award here Sept. 27. Airman Boneham is a crew chief assigned to the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Desiree Hayden) Download Full ImageAVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- Airman 1st Class Joey Delatorre refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon while competing for the Golden Drum award here Sept. 27. Airman Delatorre is a crew chief assigned to the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Desiree Hayden) Download Full ImageAVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- Airman 1st Class Joey Delatorre refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon while competing for the Golden Drum award here Sept. 27. Airman Delatorre is a crew chief assigned to the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Desiree Hayden) Download Full ImageAVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- Staff Sgt. Damon Lee refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon while competing for the Golden Drum award here Sept. 27. Sergeant Lee is a crew chief assigned to the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Desiree Hayden) Download Full Image | 
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