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Security Forces

Senior Airman Ricardo Collie, a 721st Security Forces member, patrols the north gate of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex at Cheyenne Air Force Station, Colorado. Collie is one of many security layers to enter more than a mile inside a Colorado mountain to a complex of steel buildings that sit in caves. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee)

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Command and Control Center

Two large screens light up the alternate command and control center in the Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado. On the left, airplane icons blot out most of the national map on the NORAD/NORTHCOM Battle Cab Traffic Situation Display and to the right is another screen that shows the Washington, D.C., area, called the Special Flight Restrictions Area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee)

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4-rifle team

Airman 1st Class Larry Brown buttons his uniform before his qualification test for the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team's 4-rifle team at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Md. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

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Airman 1st Class Larry Brown

Airman 1st Class Larry Brown practices after failing to qualify for the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team's 4-rifle team at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Md. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

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Airman 1st Class Larry Brown

Airman 1st Class Larry Brown stands at attention at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

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Staff Sgt. Alexander Wilson

Staff Sgt. Alexander Wilson, drill team NCO in charge of training, throws a rifle during a U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team's 4-rifle team qualification test for Airman 1st Class Larry Brown at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Md. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

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U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team

U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team members look on as Airman 1st Class Larry Brown, in blue, attempts to qualify for the drill team's 4-rifle team at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Md. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

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Eliner Otto

Elinor Otto was one of the original Rosie the Riveters, the thousands of women who took on jobs for men who went overseas during World War II. She worked on airplanes for almost 50 years until she was laid off in 2014 at the age of 95 from the Boeing Company plant in Long Beach, California (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee)

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Elinor Otto

Elinor Otto holds her rivet gun that she used for the majority of her career to put pieces of military aircraft together. She worked on airplanes for almost 50 years until she was laid off in 2014 at the age of 95 from the Boeing Company plant in Long Beach, California. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee)

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Rosie the Riveter

Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States. It represented the many women who worked in the factories and shipyards during World War II. Millions of women were encouraged to work in the industry and take over jobs previously done by men. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee)

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Elinor Otto was one of the original Rosie the Riveters

Elinor Otto was one of the original Rosie the Riveters who replaced men who went overseas during World War II. She worked for Ryan Aeronautical Corporation in San Diego for 14 years until she was laid off. Almost a year later, Otto moved to Long Beach to work for Douglas Aircraft Company, which merged with McDonnell Aircraft and later with Boeing. She was laid off again in 2014 at the age of 95 from Boeing shortly before completing a total of 50 years working on aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee)

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Elinor Otto

Throughout her career, Elinor Otto worked on airplanes for almost 50 years until she laid off in 2014. By the end of 2014, when the Air Force ended its relationship with the Boeing Long Beach plant, Otto had worked on every Boeing C-17 Globemaster III they had. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee)

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Elinor Otto

Elinor Otto reads a memory book that was presented to her by Boeing, recognizing the teams that worked on the C-17 Globemaster III. During her long career, Otto worked on every C-17 Boeing had. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee)

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Capt. Smitty Harris

Capt. Smitty Harris

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Capt. Smitty Harris

Capt. Smitty Harris

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South Vietnam

South Vietnam: A USAF F-100 of the 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron leaves the target area after dropping napalm on a suspected Viet Cong target, March 1966. U.S. Air Force Photo.

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South Vietnam

Secret War: Green Hornets, Dust Devils and Blackbirds On alert at Ban Don, South Vietnam, in July 1970. From locations along the borders with Cambodia and Laos, the US Air Force helicopters covertly inserted reconnaissance teams, which included local peoples like the Hmong, along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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North Vietnam

North Vietnam: Rolling Thunder F-105 crews played a key role in ROLLING THUNDER. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Rolling Thunder

North Vietnam: Rolling Thunder By 1968, typical USAF combat rescue packages included strike aircraft, aerial refuelers and rescue helicopters. (U.S. Air Force photo

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AC-130U Gunship aircraft

An AC-130U Gunship aircraft from the 4th Special Operation Squadron jettisons flares over an area near Hurlburt Field, Fla., on Aug. 20, 2008. The flares are used as a countermeasure to heat-seeking missiles that can track aircraft during real-world missions. (Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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