9/27/2012 - Senior Airman Kris Tomes, a pararescue jumper with the 308th Rescue Squadron, does a free-fall dive from a Canadian CC-115 Buffalo aircraft over Comox, Canada, as part of training with Canadian search-and-rescue personnel. The 308th RQS, part of the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., participates in three exercises each year with Canadian search-and-rescue personnel. (Staff Sgt. Anna-Marie Wyant)
9/27/2012 - Staff Sgt. James Godar, assigned to the 433rd Training Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, conducts an open ranks inspection on a Junior ROTC student during Drill Leadership Camp at Middle Georgia College in Cochran, Ga.
(Master Sgt. Chance Babin)
9/27/2012 - Team Travis practices the combat capability of safely and swiftly launching a large number of aircraft in a matter of minutes. The mass launch's close-interval procession of 12 taxiing aircraft is called an "elephant walk," a World War II Army Air Corps term evoking a parade of pachyderms. The launch of six KC-10A Extenders, three C-17 Globemaster IIIs and three C-5 Galaxies provided essential training across the spectrum of mobility capabilities, including flight operations, operations support, aircraft maintenance, fuels and air traffic control. (Lt. Col. Robert Couse-Baker)
9/27/2012 - Camden Rubin, son of Tech. Sgt. Camille Rubin of the 94th Communications Squadron, takes his turn in the C-130 flight simulator during Bring Your Kids to Work Day at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. (Don Peek)
9/27/2012 - Robert Jacobs, a firefighter assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., rappels down the base radar tower. He is testing new harnesses used for rescue operations.
9/27/2012 - Staff Sgt. Hector Gonzalez, a fire team leader with the 927th Security Forces Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., prepares to lay down covering fire for his teammate behind him. Gonzalez and other members of the 927th SFS were participants in a training course that taught them how to accurately engage targets while moving as a team and squad. The training used non-lethal rounds for safety purposes. (Staff Sgt. Shawn Rhodes)
9/27/2012 - During Arctic Thunder Open House 2012 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, an F-22 takes off and flies past the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. (Tech. Sgt Dana Rosso)
9/27/2012 - Senior Airman Jennie Estrella, 452nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, participates in ability to survive and operate training at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. The ATSO training prepared Airmen for an upcoming operational readiness exercise. (Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith)
9/27/2012 - Senior Airman Antonio Ortega (left), Master Sgt. Nelson Rodriguez (center) and Senior Airman Christian Marrero-Santana load a GBU-54 bomb onto an F-16 during the 482nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s quarterly Load Crew Competition at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The winning load crews for each quarter will compete against each other at the end of the year for Homestead’s Best Load Crew of the Year title.
