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Second Place Pictorial 'Alone in the Desert' by Tech. Sgt. Scott Stewart, U.S. Air Force. A U.S. Air Force Forward Air Controller drives his jeep across the barren tank and artillery range battlefield at Fort Irwin, Calif. His is searching for a location to call in awaiting Air Force fighter aircraft, which will attack various tanks and artillery who are simulating an enemy threat.

Second Place Pictorial: 'Alone in the Desert' by Tech. Sgt. Scott Stewart, U.S. Air Force.

Second Place Pictorial 'Alone in the Desert' by Tech. Sgt. Scott Stewart, U.S. Air Force. A U.S. Air Force Forward Air Controller drives his jeep across the barren tank and artillery range battlefield at Fort Irwin, Calif. His is searching for a location to call in awaiting Air Force fighter aircraft, which will attack various tanks and artillery who are simulating an enemy threat.

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