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A Reserve Citizen Airman from the 624th Civil Engineering Squadron gives critical instructions while directing teammates during a live firefighting exercise in Kahului, Maui, Sept. 8, 2024.

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Retired Col. Regina Aune, right, describes to Col. Thomas K. Smith, 433rd Airlift Wing commander, Dec. 19, 2016, how the children were bedded down in the overhead troop compartment of the aircraft, during “Operation Babylift.” Aune was on the first military aircraft to Vietnam to bring the refugees to the United States. “Operation Babylift” was a combined effort between the United States, Canada, Australia and France, to evacuate more than 3,300 refugees from South Vietnam. (U.S. Air Force photo by Minnie Jones)

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