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New tail commemorates final Hill AFB F-16


Airmen paint Viper Out commemorative tail

Staff Sgt. Brandon Turner, an aircraft structural maintenance journeyman assigned to the 388th Maintenance Squadron, performs touch up work on the tail of an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Aug. 10, 2017. The aircraft pictured will be the last operational Hill AFB F-16 to leave the base. F-16s have been assigned to the base for 38 years and are being replaced by the F-35A Lightning II. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

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Smoke and the start of a fire retardant containment line dropped by a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft near California’s South Fork Fire, south of Yosemite National Park are visible, Aug. 14, 2017. MAFFS-equipped C-130s and aircrews from the Air Force Reserve are providing support to the U.S. Forest Service fire suppression efforts from Air Tanker Base Fresno, California.
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NAVAL AIR STATION FORT WORTH JOINT RESERVE BASE, Texas - Maj. Brett Comer, 457th Fighter Squadron F-16 pilot, briefs Congressional staffers, (right to left) Christen Kapavik, Caroline Thorman and Joshua Salpeter, Jan. 21 on the F-16 Fighting Falcon combat capability. The Air Force Reserve-led group visited the 301st Fighter Wing and toured its Explosive Ordnance Disposal assets and engine shop on Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas. The tour’s purpose served to inform Capitol Hill defense staffers of the Reserve component’s value and contributions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ms. Julie Briden-Garcia)
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NAVAL AIR STATION FORT WORTH JOINT RESERVE BASE, Texas - Master Sgt. William Warwick, 301st Mission Support Group Explosive Ordnance Disposal team member, briefs 11 Congressional staffers here Jan. 21 on equipment used to handle explosive devices. In addition to EOD, the Capitol Hill defense staffers toured the 301st Fighter Wing’s engine shop and F-16 static display. The visit sought to inform the delegation of the Reserve’s contributions to the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ms. Julie Briden-Garcia)
NAVAL AIR STATION FORT WORTH JOINT RESERVE BASE, Texas - Senior Master Sgt. Willard Brinson, 301st Maintenance Group engine shop, briefs 11 Congressional staffers Jan. 21 on equipment used to rebuild and maintain F-16 engines here. Serving to inform Capitol Hill defense staffers of Air Force Reserve contributions, the delegation visited the 301st Fighter Wing here and toured its Explosive Ordnance Disposal, engine shop and F-16 static display. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ms. Julie Briden-Garcia)
NAVAL AIR STATION FORT WORTH JOINT RESERVE BASE, Texas - Congressional staffer Benjamin Cantrell dons a helmet 457th Fighter Squadron F-16 pilots use as Maj. Brett Comer, 457 FS pilot, explains its features Jan. 21 here. The 11-member Congressional delegation visited the 301st Fighter Wing and toured its Explosive Ordnance Disposal, engine shop and F-16 static display. During the tour, 301st Airmen informed Capitol Hill defense staffers of the Air Force Reserve’s value and contributions to the Air Force and Nation by providing hands-on, unit-level perspective. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ms. Julie Briden-Garcia)
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Instructor Staff Sgt. Steven Smith helps Senior Airman Phil Schneider, a student Joint Terminal Attack Controller, prepare coordinates to call in a simulated air strike during the class’s field training exercise south of Warsaw, Missouri on November 19. Academic portions of the class rely on JTACs playing the role of pilots in hypothetical missions, but the exercise gives students the opportunity to speak with experienced pilots from the 442d Fighter Wing over the radio in realistic scenarios. Warsaw has hosted the exercises since 1993. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Technical Sgt. Emily F. Alley)
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