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December 29, 2009
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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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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.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.

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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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.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.

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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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.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.

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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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.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.

Prompted for Takeoff

Two U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt aircraft from the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxi down the runway at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 27, 2009.
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Two U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt aircraft from the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxi down the runway at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 27, 2009. Two U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt aircraft from the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxi down the runway at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 27, 2009.

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