Out of Retirement
A UH-3H Sea King helicopter flies a search and rescue training mission at Naval air Station Patuxent River, Md. The Navy retired the UH-3H Sea King helicopter Dec. 11, 2009 after more than 50 years in service.
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Bay View
U.S. Sailors watch from hangar bay 2 as Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, moves through the Pacific Ocean to its home port of Bremerton, WA, Dec. 18, 2009.
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Scanning for Issues
U.S. Airmen with the 451st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron conduct a final preflight inspection on an A-10C Thunderbolt aircraft at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 27, 2009.
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Narrow Landbridge
U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Ryall, from 2nd Platoon, Anvil Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, crosses a creek, during a dismounted patrol through a village, in Logar province, Afghanistan.
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