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Lt. Gen. Steven L. Kwast, Commander, Air Education and Training Command

Lt. Gen. Steven L. Kwast, Commander, Air Education and Training Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, is photographed at AETC Headquarters, July 18, 2018. He is responsible for the recruiting, training and education of Air Force personnel. The command operates more than 1,400 trainer, fighter and mobility aircraft, 23 wings, 10 bases and five geographically separated groups. It trains more than 293,000 students per year with approximately 60,000 active duty, Reserve, Guard, civilian and contractor personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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Air Force Historical Research Agency

The Air Force Historical Research Agency keeps a repository on the unit's emblem history, including original and re-designed emblems and the paperwork approving the artwork. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Perry Aston)
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T-38 Talons fly over Randolph Air Force Base

Four T-38 Talons fly over Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. The T-38 completed its first flight 50 years ago April 10, 1959. In five decades of service, more than 75,000 pilots have flown in a T-38 while earning their wings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Reed)
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Sam Shearin looks through World War II unit lineage documents

Sam Shearin, a researcher with the Air Force Historical Research Agency looks through World War II unit lineage documents, June 7, 2018, at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Ala. There are more than 70 million pages devoted to the history of the service, and represents the world's largest and most valuable organized collection of documents on US military aviation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Perry Aston)
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General of the Air Force, Henry H. Arnold

General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold was a pioneer airman who was taught to fly by the Wright Brothers, and commander of Army Air Forces in victory over Germany and Japan in World War II. He established the Army Air Forces (AAF) Historical Division in 1942, when he assembled nine prominent historians from Yale, Princeton, Columbia, the University of Chicago, and Harvard and asked them how the Air Force should organize and run its history program. Following their recommendations, Arnold put trained historians in every unit to record history “while it is hot.” (U.S. Air Force photo)
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X-15 in flight attached to B-52 mother ship

X-15 in flight attached to B-52 mother ship, with T-38 chase plane in 1961. (Photo NASA)
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T-38 chase planes follow Space Shuttle Columbia

Two T-38 chase planes follow Space Shuttle Columbia as it lands at Northrop Strip in White Sands, New Mexico, ending its mission STS-3. (Photo NASA)
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Thunderbirds T-38A "Talon" aircraft

Thunderbirds T-38A "Talon" aircraft fly in formation in this autographed picture dateing back to 1977. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Children in West Berlin watch U.S. Air Force transport planes

Children in West Berlin watch U.S. Air Force transport planes land at Templehof Airport during the Berlin Airlift in 1948. During the height of the operation, an aircraft landed every thirty seconds in West Berlin. The USAF delivered 1,783,573 tons and the RAF 541,937, on a total of 278,228 flights from June, 1948 to May, 1949. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Lt. Gail Halvorsen greets children of West Berlin

Lt. Gail Halvorsen, �The Candy Bomber," greets children of isolated West Berlin sometime during 1948-49 after dropping candy bars from the air on tiny parachutes. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Lt. Gail Halvorsen greets children of West Berlin

Lt. Gail Halvorsen, �The Candy Bomber," greets children of isolated West Berlin sometime during 1948-49 after dropping candy bars from the air on tiny parachutes. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Gail. S. Halvorsen

Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Gail. S. Halvorsen holds a candy bar parachute similar the ones he dropped during the Berlin Airlift in front of C-54 Skymaster like the one he flew during WWII at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Arizona. During the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949, then Lt. Gail S. Halvorsen dropped candy attached to parachutes made from handkerchiefs to German youngsters watching the airlift operations from outside the fence of the Tempelhof Airport in West Berlin. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bennie J. Davis III)
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Air Force Lt. Col. Yadira Greeson

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Yadira Greeson, an air battle manager and Joint Interagency Task Force South air component coordination element liaison officer, looks out the window of an E-8 Joint STARS aircraft flying off the coast of Florida, July 14, 2018. The air component aircraft find and track sea targets potentially involved in illicit trafficking or threat networks until the U.S. Coast Guard and law enforcement can interdict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos)
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E-3 Sentry takes off in support of Joint Interagency Task Force South

A U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry takes off in support of Joint Interagency Task Force South at Naval Air Station Key West Boca Chica Field, Fla., July 14, 2018. The air component aircraft find and track sea targets potentially involved in illicit trafficking or threat networks until the U.S. Coast Guard and law enforcement can interdict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos)
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Lt. Col. Yadira Greeson explains the process of tracking illicit traffickers

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Yadira Greeson, Joint Interagency Task Force South air component coordination element liaison officer, explains the process of tracking illicit traffickers at the JIATF-S joint operations center at Naval Air Station Key West, Fla., July 13, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos)
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Non-compliant vessel pursuit simulation

Crew members aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Charles Sexton's (WPC-1108) deployable response boat simulate a non-compliant vessel pursuit off the Florida coast, July 12, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos)
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Flying Opportunities

A U.S. Marine Corps Capt. discusses flying opportunities with U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Yadira Greeson, Joint Interagency Task Force South air component coordination element liaison officer, at Naval Air Station Key West, Fla., July 11, 2018. The air component consists of HC-130J Combat King II, E-8 JSTARS, E-3 AWACS, RQ-4 Global Hawk, B-52 Stratofortress and B-1B Lancer aircraft which find and track sea targets potentially involved in illicit trafficking or threat networks until the U.S. Coast Guard and law enforcement can interdict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos)
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Armorer airmen of the 474th Fighter Bomber Wing

Armorer airmen of the 474th Fighter Bomber Wing enjoy downtime between missions during the Korean War. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Airman gather together for "mail call"

Airman gather together for "mail call" on the flight line during the Korean War. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Bill Lyons tells a story about his days flying the P-51 Mustang

Student Pilots with the 47th Fighter Squadron, 1st Lt. Stephen Crump, top left, 1st Lt. Christopher Bryan, 1st Lt. Julian Rooks and 2nd Lt. Tanner Riddles, far right, listen to Bill Lyons, 94, tell a story about his days flying the P-51 Mustang, behind him, over Europe during WWII on the flight line at the Heritage Flight Training Course at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Ariz., Mar 6, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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