MONGOLIA SPACE DEBRIS MISSION

Tech. Sgt. Ronald Dunn, 729th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, guides a Mongolian driver who is backing the truck toward an Air Force Reserve C-17 Globemaster III in Mongolia, Aug. 26. Dunn was part of a crew from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., who were assigned to a mission to retrieve space debris that fell to earth last summer. The parts were identified as expended rocket parts from an Air Force missile launched into space nearly a decade ago. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Linda Welz)

MONGOLIA SPACE DEBRIS MISSION

A local representative observes Tech. Sgt. John Lowe as he weighs a hydrogen fuel tank at the Chinngis Khaan International Airport, Mongolia, Aug. 26, 2011. Lowe was part of a 15-person Air Force Reserve crew that departed from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., on a mission to Mongolia to retrieve fallen satellite parts for NASA. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Linda Welz)

MONGOLIA SPACE DEBRIS MISSION

Master Sgt. Lance Augustine, a 729th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, measures the dimensions of an expended stage II rocket in Mongolia, Aug. 26, 2011. Augustine was part of a 15-person Air Force Reserve crew that departed from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., on a mission to Mongolia to retrieve fallen satellite parts for NASA. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Linda Welz)

MONGOLIA SPACE DEBRIS MISSION

At the Chinngis Khaan International Airport, Tech. Sgt. John Lowe, 50th Aerial Port Squadron, inspects a satellite rocket's expended hydrogen tank, Aug. 26, 2011. The tank and two other pieces of debris fell onto Mongolian soil after orbiting the Earth for nearly a decade. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Linda Welz)

Giving the Blackbird a home indoors

Volunteers from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, 163rd Reconnaissance Wing and local community helped move a March Field Air Museum SR-71A Blackbird inside the museum’s hangar, July 8. The Blackbird accumulated 82 sortie marks and logged 2,854 flight hours, 743 of which were more than Mach 3. (U.S. Air Force photos / Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

KC-135 Refurbishment

Tech. Sgt. Ronn Hutchinson leverages the navigator's into place in the flight cabin of a newly refurbished KC-135 Stratotanker at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., July 19, 2011. Hutchinson is a crew chief with the 752nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Megan Just)