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  1. An U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry, an airborne early warning and control system, receives fuel during an in-flight refueling mission from a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, April 30, 2013. Airmen from the 340th EARS refuel a variety of coalition aircraft throughout the entire area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.) Download Full Image Airmen from the 3rd and 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadrons perform a hot pit refuel with an F-22 here May 1. Hot pit refueling is a procedure performed in order to rapidly refuel the aircraft and allow it to complete a second sortie in a short amount of time. During a hot pit refuel the pilot will stay in the cockpit with the jet running while the maintenance crews perform safety checks and refuel the aircraft allowing it to return to flight in less than 30 minutes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Dana Rosso) Download Full Image ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England - F-15E Strike Eagles from the 494th Fighter Squadron taxi after returning to RAF Lakenheath April 28, 2013. Airmen and aircraft from the 494th FS were deployed to Southwest Asia for eight months. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephen Linch) Download Full Image A B-1 bomber takes off from the flightline as part of a local training mission at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., March 15, 2012. The 28th Bomb Wing resumed flying local training missions on a very limited basis, May 1, 2013, and will continue this limited program through the end of the fiscal year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hrair H. Palyan/Released) Download Full Image WHEELUS AB, Libya - Two teams of specialists clear and load an F-100 aircraft with weapons. Team members (left to right) are A1C Charles Aldridge, A3C Robert Bates, A1C Darwin Anderson and SSgt. Jesse Crowe. Download Full Image WHEELUS AB, Libya - SSgt. Raliegh Evans, 348th Munitions Maintenance Squadron, loads a rocket into the pod of an F-100 aircraft preparing for a mission over El Uotia range. Download Full Image WHEELUS AB, Libya - While A2C John Edwards, the aircraft crew chief, checks the fuel gauges of a North American F-100 Super Sabre aircraft before going on a mission. SSgt. L. Linville takes notes on a check list. Both are assigned to the 48th Organizational Maintenance Squadron. Download Full Image Twelve C-130Js from the 317th Airlift Group (AG), Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, taxi down the runway prior to participating in a joint force integration exercise April 25, 2013, at Dyess AFB. This first-of-its-kind exercise combined Dyess B-1s and C-130Js, Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and F/A-18 Hornets from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, working together to clear and take an enemy-controlled airfield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Charles Rivezzo/Released) Download Full Image U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Meek, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) with the 66th Weapons Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., communicates with aircraft during a joint force integration exercise April 25, 2013, at Winston Field Airport in Snyder, Texas. Air Force B-1Bs from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets from Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, provided close air support using information provided by JTACs on the ground during a simulated airfield seizure. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Peter Thompson/Released) Download Full Image U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Meek, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) with the 66th Weapons Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., coordinates with 12 C-130Js from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, during a joint force integration exercise April 25, 2013, at Winston Field Airport in Snyder, Texas. JTACs provided critical information during a simulated airfield seizure to strengthen training, safety and efficiency of working with multiple aircraft of different capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Peter Thompson/Released) Download Full Image Army Wives actor Joshua Henry sits in the cockpit of a C-17 Globemaster III during a tour of the aircraft April 26, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston –Air Base, S.C. Army Wives tells the story of four women and one man who are brought together by their common bond - they all have military spouses. The series is based on the book "Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives" by Tanya Biank and is produced by ABC Television Studio and The Mark Gordon Company. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan) Download Full Image (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Navy Personnel Command/Released) Download Full Image
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  3. T-6A Texan II aircraft flying in formation (Photos by Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen) Download Full Image
  4. An F-16 Fighting Falcon prepare for take-off at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., April 15, 2013. The 20th Fighter Wing provides mission-ready Airmen at all times. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tabatha Zarrella/Released) Download Full Image A 55th Fighter Squadron’s F-16 Fighting Falcon lifts into the air at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., April 15, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Jeffers/Released) Download Full Image SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – An F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft from the 480th Fighter Squadron takes off April 12, 2013. The 480th FS is deploying for approximately six months to provide air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathanael Callon/Released) Download Full Image The Thunderbird Diamond formation performs the Bottom-Up Pass during an air show performance in Titusville, Fla., March 25, 2013.The commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. Mike Hostage III, has officially selected the officers who will be joining the United States Air Force Thunderbirds for the 2014 demonstration season. (U.S. Air Force photo byTech. Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez/Released) Download Full Image [VV]55291921[/VV]
  5. An HC-130J Combat King II conducts an aerial refueling mission during exercise Angel Thunder 2013, April 11, 2013, near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. The HC-130J is assigned to the 79th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Liz Kaszynski) Download Full Image An HC-130J Combat King II conducts an aerial refueling with two UH-60 Black Hawks during exercise Angel Thunder 2013, April 11, 2013, near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. The HC-130J is the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. The HC-130J is assigned to the 79th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB, and the Black Hawks are assigned to the 41st Rescue Squadron at Moody AFB, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tim Chacon) Download Full Image New York National Guard UH-60 Black Hawks prepare to conduct aerial refueling operations with a HC-130J Combat King II during exercise Angel Thunder 2013, April 8, 2013, at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. Angel Thunder is the largest joint service, multinational, interagency combat search and rescue exercise designed to train personnel recovery assets using a variety of scenarios to simulate deployment conditions and contingencies. The HC-130J is assigned to the 79th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tim Chacon) Download Full Image Pararescuemen prepare to conduct swiftwater rescue training during exercise Angel Thunder 2013, April 10, 2013 near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. During the exercise, personnel recovery forces will train through the full spectrum of personnel recovery capabilities with ground recovery personnel, air assets, special forces teams and federal agents. The pararescuemen are assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tim Chacon) Download Full Image An F-4 Phantom, tail number 68-0599, departs from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., April 17, 2013. The aircraft was the last F-4 regenerated by AMARG in support of Air Combat Command’s full-scale aerial target program. (Courtesy photo/Released) Download Full Image
  6. SPECIAL: TACTICAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME (TLP)
  7. Pararescuemen assigned to the 102nd Rescue Squadron simulate recovering a downed F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot during training March 25, 2013, at F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton, New York. Pararescuemen are the only Defense Department elite combat forces specifically organized, trained, equipped and postured to conduct full spectrum personnel recovery to include conventional and unconventional combat rescue operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher S. Muncy) Download Full Image A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., resumes combat operations after receiving a refuel from a KC-10 Extender, deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., over an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia April 1, 2013. The Falcon is conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christina M. Styer/Released) Download Full Image A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., resumes combat operations after receiving a refuel from a KC-10 Extender, deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., over an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia April 1, 2013. The Falcon is conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christina M. Styer/Released) Download Full Image A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., pulls into position to accept fuel from a KC-10 Extender, deployed from Travis AFB, Calif., over an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia April 1, 2013. Both aircraft are conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christina M. Styer/Released) Download Full Image A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., receives fuel from a KC-10 Extender, deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., over an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia April 1, 2013. Both aircraft are conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christina M. Styer/Released) Download Full Image A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle deployed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England receives fuel from a KC-10 Extender, deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., over an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia April 1, 2013. Both aircraft are conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christina M. Styer/Released) Download Full Image A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle deployed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England pulls into position to accept fuel from a KC-10 Extender, deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., over an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia April 1, 2013. Both aircraft are conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christina M. Styer/Released) Download Full Image F-22 Raptors sit on the flight line during Polar Force 13-3 Exercise on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson April 3. The exercise is designed to validate the wings' ability to integrate, mobilize, and prepare assigned personnel, aircraft and equipment for their wartime mission and to employ forces and weapons systems to perform tasked missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Tammie J. Ramsouer) Download Full Image The 40th Flight Test Squadron completed another first in February when an A-10 Thunderbolt II fired a guided rocket that impacted only inches away from its intended target. The 2.75 diameter, 35-pound, laser-guided rocket is known as the fixed-wing Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II. Before the Thunderbolt test, the rocket had proved effective in Afghanistan combat operations when fired from Marine helicopters. (Courtesy illustration) Download Full Image Capt. Joseph Waddell, 458th Airlift Squadron pilot, goes over his pre-flight check-lists for the C-21 air craft during pre-flight inspections Mar. 22 at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The pre-flight inspections helps the pilot make sure all the lights, alarm systems and gauges work before taking off. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Tristin English) Download Full Image Staff Sgts Ryan Armstrong (left) Acquarius Omambac and Tech. Sgt. Lee Marshall (right), maintainers with the 442nd Fighter Wing, make adjustments to a weapon on an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 20. The 442nd A-10s traveled from Whiteman AFB for the week-long, air-to-ground weapons system evaluation program called Combat Hammer. Combat Hammer, run by the 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron, is used to evaluate the effectiveness and suitability of combat air force weapon systems. The air-to-air and air-to-ground WSEP evaluations are accomplished during tactical deliveries of fighter, bomber and unmanned aircraft system precision guided munitions, on realistic targets with air-to-air and surface-to-air defenses. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.) Download Full Image An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot from the 442nd Fighter Wing readies his aircraft before a sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 20. The 442nd A-10s traveled from Whiteman AFB for the week-long, air-to-ground weapons system evaluation program called Combat Hammer. Combat Hammer, run by the 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron, is used to evaluate the effectiveness and suitability of combat air force weapon systems. The air-to-air and air-to-ground WSEP evaluations are accomplished during tactical deliveries of fighter, bomber and unmanned aircraft system precision guided munitions, on realistic targets with air-to-air and surface-to-air defenses. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.) Download Full Image
  8. An F-4G Wild Weasel fighter (foreground) and an F-16 Fighting Falcon are serviced on the flight line prior to departing for Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Fernando Serna) Download Full Image Air view of bombs dropped by U.S. Air Force, exploding on three parallel railroad bridges across Han River, southwest of Seoul, capital of the Republic of Korea. Bridges were bombed early in war to delay advance of invading North Korean troops. (DoD/National Air and Space Museum, #50-9025-306-PS) Download Full Image A North Vietnamese Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is hit by 20 mm shells from a U.S. Air Force Republic F-105D Thunderchief piloted by Major Ralph Kuster Jr. from the 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 388th Tactical Figther Wing, on 3 June 1967. (U.S. Air Force photo) Download Full Image An Air Force F-80 Shooting Star fighter-bomber involved in an air strike over Suan, North Korea, in the largest air strike of the Korean Conflict on May 8, 1952 (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration) Download Full Image U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Patrick Thorpe, aerospace and operational physiologist technician from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., provides instructions to Airmen prior to their high altitude training test inside a high-altitude chamber April 4 at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. This group of Airmen was part of the chamber’s “fini-flight,” which marked the end of more than 50 years the chamber has simulated high altitude conditions for flyers across the U.S. and foreign military. It was built in 1957 out of World War II battleship steel. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger/Released) Download Full Image An A-10 Thunderbolt II sits in a hangar as the sun rises April 9, 2013, on Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The A-10 is equipped with one 30 mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun capable of firing 3,900 rounds per minute to defeat a wide variety of targets including tanks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Micaiah Anthony) Download Full Image The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Diamond formation performs the Echelon Pass in Review maneuver March 13, 2013, during a practice sortie over a range in Nevada. The Thunderbirds are the Air Force’s aerial demonstration team and current operations have been suspended due to budget constraints. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez) Download Full Image A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron refuels a 44th Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagle during a training mission over Okinawa, Japan, April 5, 2013. The 18th Wing regularly conducts flight training to ensure pilots remain proficient and mission ready for the common defense of Japan and the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Maeson L. Elleman) Download Full Image U.S. Air Force Capt. Brad Matherne, 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron pilot, views flightline activity inside an F-35A Lightning II before a training mission April 4, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The 422nd TES will design the tactics for the F-35A. The squadron will also determine how to integrate the F-35A with other aircraft in the Air Force inventory. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman) Download Full Image T-38 formation flight over "Shadow" ramp at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., during POW/MIA day. Download Full Image A French F-1 Mirage prepares to taxi and take off from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 4, 2013. The three French pilots and two Mirages, were here to conduct a familiarization flight and attend a planning and preparation conference at NATO's Headquarters, Allied Air Command, related to the French air force four-month Baltic Air Policing deployment starting in May. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chad Thompson) Download Full Image Lt. Col. Frederic Vieil, an operations officer with NATO's Headquarters, Allied Air Command, runs through F-1 Mirage pre-flight checks with a French pilot before takeoff from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 4, 2013. The three French pilots and two Mirages, were here to conduct a familiarization flight and attend a planning and preparation conference at NATO's Headquarters, Allied Air Command, related to the French air force four-month Baltic Air Policing deployment starting in May. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chad Thompson) Download Full Image The 21st Operations Group assumed the Cobra Dane Radar mission at Eareckson Air Station, Shemya Island, Alaska, April 1. Eareckson AS is located on the western tip of Alaska's Aleutian islands. The radar has the ability to detect objects about 2,000 miles away, and provides data for the Space Surveillance Network and the Ballistic Missile Defense System. Cobra Dane will continue to be operated by a contract workforce, and no military personnel will be assigned to the unit at Eareckson AS. (U.S. Air Force photo) Download Full Image
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    RIP LucasArts

    The source code to the games Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy are now open-source and hosted on SourceForge, have been opened up under the GPLv2. The open-sourcing of these games happened on Wednesday and coincidentally, Disney on the same day shutdown LucasArts that was involved with these two Star Wars games. http://sourceforge.net/projects/jedioutcast/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/jediacademy/
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  11. DoD reviewing F-35 flight recommendation http://www.navytimes.com/news/2013/02/dn-pentagon-reviewing-f35-flight-recommendation-022813/ Lockheed F-35 Flights Permitted to Resume, Pentagon Says http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-01/lockheed-f-35-flights-permitted-to-resume-pentagon-says.html
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