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Pilot for a day
February 8, 2016
Michael Oliver, Pilot for a Day participant, receives an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft safety briefing from a 113th Operation Support Squadron, aircrew flight technician at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Feb. 5, 2016. Oliver, diagnosed with Erdheim-Chester Disease, a disease with no known cure, experienced what it is like to be a pilot for a day along with friends and family. The day included touring an assortment of aircraft including an F-16 Fighting Falcon, KC-135 Stratotanker and a UH-1N Huey helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Nuckolls/Released)
Click the Purple Globe
February 5, 2016
The AtHoc network warning system is another way for base personnel to receive information. AtHoc is the purple icon in the lower right-hand corner of your desktop computer. (Courtesy photo)
Healthy Smiles
February 5, 2016
During a National Children's Dental Health Month event at the Child Development Center, members from the 779th Dental Squadron spoke with children about proper brushing techniques, effects of too much sugar and healthy foods. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer/Released)
Honoring Heritage
January 29, 2016
Members of the United States Air Force Honor Guard drill team spin their M1 Garand rifles at Oak Ridge High School, Orlando, Fla. Jan. 21, 2016. The Drill Team performed in front of hundreds of students and afterward held a training session with the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer/Released)
Airmen keep flightline snow free
January 27, 2016
An 11th Civil Engineer Squadron snow removal vehicle plows snow on the Joint Base Andrews, Md. flightline, Jan. 24, 2016. The 11th CES snow removal team works nonstop from the first snowfall until the flightline is cleared. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Nuckolls/Released)
New commander takes reins of 459 ARW
January 15, 2016
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- Maj. Gen. John C. Flournoy Jr. (left), 4th Air Force commander, passes the 459th Air Refueling Wing guidon to Col. David A. Owens (right) during the change of command ceremony here Jan. 10. Owens took command of the 459 ARW from Col. Thomas “TK” Smith Jr. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kristin Kurtz)
Workshop trains NCR voting representatives
January 14, 2016
Kenneth Warford, Federal Voting Assistance Program deputy director, Policy and project compliance and training facilitator, briefs attendees during a Voting Assistance Workshop at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Jan. 12, 2016. The workshop, run by the Federal Voting Assistance Program, trained more than 50 Department of Defense members on providing assistance to service members and their families during the voting process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Nuckolls/Released)
Let's get combative
January 11, 2016
Senior Airman David Hoch, 11th Security Forces Squadron response force leader, applies an arm bar on a classmate during the Basic Combatives Course at Fort Belvoir, Jan. 8, 2016. Students learn more than 30 techniques during the week-long course (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mariah Haddenham/Released)
Installation VAP helps members vote
January 8, 2016
Military members have the ability to vote in local, state and federal elections using absentee ballots. Registering to vote and receiving an absentee ballot can be done by visiting the Federal Voting Assistance Program website or by speaking with an installation voting assistance officer. For more information, visit fvap.org (U.S. Air Force graphic by Airman 1st Class Ryan Sparks/Released) (This graphic was created using Adobe Photoshop. This image was created by combining multiple photos to create the text.)
OSI eulogizes Fallen Heroes from its 'darkest day'
January 7, 2016
The four Air Force Office of Special Investigations Special Agents and two Security Forces Defenders who were killed by a suicide bomber near Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan Dec. 21, are remembered during a memorial service at the United States Marine Memorial Chapel, Quantico, Va., Jan. 7. (U.S Air Force photo by Michael Hastings)
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