Air Assault

Airmen and Soldiers rappel out of a UH-60 Blackhawk in Wahiawa, Hawaii, May 10. Five Pacific Air Forces 647th Security Forces Squadron Airmen were chosen to participate with 309 Soldiers in an 11-day Army Air Assault course April 30 to May 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Carolyn Herrick)

Air Assault

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jordan Miller rappels out of a UH-60 Blackhawk in Wahiawa, Hawaii, May 10. He and four other Pacific Air Forces 647th Security Forces Squadron Airmen were chosen to participate with 309 Soldiers in an 11-day Army Air Assault course April 30 to May 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Carolyn Herrick)

Bombs away: Airmen work together to build, load munitions

Airmen with the 51st Munitions Squadron and the 25th Aircraft Maintenance Unit recently worked together at building and loading some munitions onto an A-10 here. 51st MUNS built a dozen Mk-82 500-pound, free-fall, general-purpose bombs in order to hone and practice their skills. The Airmen then delivered the munitions to the Draggins Lair where the 25th AMU Airmen loaded an A-10. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson)

Fueling the fight

1st Lt. Shane Malkin pilots a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during RED FLAG-Alaska 11-1, April 28, 2011. The JPARC covers more than 67,000 square miles and enables the military to have the largest air-ground training complex in America. Lieutenant Malking is a KC-135 co-pilot assigned to the 92nd Air Refuelling Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Miguel Lara III)

Fueling the fight

A Royal Netherlands air force F-16A pilot waits as a KC-135 Stratotanker refuels the jet over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during RED FLAG-Alaska 11-1, April 28, 2011. The JPARC covers more than 67,000 square miles and enables the military to have the largest air-ground training complex in America. The F-16A is assigned to Lee Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands and the KC-135 is assigned to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Miguel Lara III)

Fueling the fight

A KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. provides aerial refueling to an F-16A from Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during RED FLAG-Alaska 11-1, April 28, 2011. The JPARC covers more than 67,000 square miles and enables the military to have the largest air-ground training complex in America. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Miguel Lara III)