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Mid-cycle inspections

Senior Airman Jack Sellers checks the receptacle of the refueling boom assembly of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during mid-cycle inspection at March Air ARB, Oct. 5. Airman Sellers is a member of the 452nd Maintenance Squadron’s aircraft pneudraulics systems shop. (U.S. Air Force Photos by Val Gempis)

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MONGOLIA

March aircrew and aerial port members load a maintenance pallet onto a C-17 Globemaster III, Wednesday, August 24, 2011, in preparation for a mission to pick up cargo in Mongolia for NASA. An Air Force Reserve crew from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., flew a C-141 Starlifter into the landlocked nation in July 1991 and were the first U.S. military aircraft to land there. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Linda Welz)

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MONGOLIA SPACE DEBRIS MISSION

On Aug. 30, 2011, Dan Reichel, ManTech SRS Technologies, presented a poster of the a satellite launch seven years ago to the March Air Reserve Base crew who retrieved its expended rocket parts. Reichel traveled from Coca Beach, Fla., to Los Angeles International Airport to identify the space debris the crew delivered from Mongolia as Air Force property. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Linda Welz)

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MONGOLIA SPACE DEBRIS MISSION

Air Force reservists hoist a 480-pound rocket part into a C-17 Globemaster III, Aug. 26, 2011. The aircraft was in Mongolia from the 729th Airlift Squadron at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to retrieve fallen space debris. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Linda Welz)

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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)

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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)

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MONGOLIA SPACE DEBRIS MISSION

During a space debris retrieval mission in August, 2011, veteran airlift crew members from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., said Mongolia seemed much unchanged since the military's first flight into the country in 1991. Here a village sits on a hill overlooking the Chinngis Khaan International Airport in Mongolia, Aug. 26, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Linda Welz) A Mongolian village sits on a hill overlooking the airport where the March C-17 picked up the rocket debris.

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MONGOLIA SPACE DEBRIS MISSION

(clockwise from back left) Master Sgt. Lance Augustine, Tech. Sgt. Ronald Dunn, Tech. Sgt. John Lowe and Staff Sgt. Renee Young discuss a plan for loading expended rocket parts onto the C-17 Globemaster III, in Mongolia, Aug. 26, 2011. The rocket parts had fallen to earth and landed in Mongolia last summer. The March aircraft and crew were selected for the retrieval mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Linda Welz)

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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)

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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)

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New retractable barrier system opens at March

An F/A-18D Hornet from Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, Calif., conducted the initial certification of the north end retractable barrier at March Air Reserve Base last week. Construction for the south end barrier will begin in late June. (U,S. Air Force photo by Amy Abbott, 452 AMW/PA)

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Patriot Hook's a joint success

Several members of Navy and Air Force Reserve forces utilize the Naval Air Station, North Island, flightline to upload “Mystic,” a Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle, onto a C-5 Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The reservists are all participating in Patriot Hook 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mary D. Woolstenhulme

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Pilot and Sensor Operator School House Within Wing’s Reach

Maj. Eric Fagerland, a 163d Reconnaissance Wing Predator Pilot, conducts a mission briefing at the March Field Air Museum during an Open Aircraft Day this month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eduardo Cervantes)

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Pilot and Sensor Operator School House Within Wing’s Reach

A 163d Reconnaissance Wing hanger sits empty at Southern California Logistics Airport. The wing, which is located at March Air Reserve Base, will use the airport as part of the Predator schoolhouse in the near future. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Mark Moritz)

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Pilot logs in 5,000 hours: one of five people in the Air Force to fly 5,000 hours in the C-17

Maj. Dan Nichols, an evaluator pilot with the 729th Airlift Squadron, talks with the local children during an air show in the Czech Republic. He helped to create tactics, techniques and procedures for the C-17. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman David K. Flaherty)

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Pilot logs in 5,000 hours: one of five people in the Air Force to fly 5,000 hours in the C-17

Maj. Dan Nichols, an evaluator pilot with the 729th Airlift Squadron, performs a preflight check before an aerial demonstration during an air show in the Czech Republic. He helped to create tactics, techniques and procedures for the C-17. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman David K. Flaherty)

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Predator preview

With all of the 163rd Air Refueling Wings remaining KC-135R tankers scheduled to be dispersed to other organizations by the beginning of June, the team received a briefing on their new Predator mission. The wing will soon be redesignated and transferred to Air Combat Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. D. Clare)

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Reconnaissance Wing, Aero Club begin Predator chase plane partnership

An Air National Guard 163rd Reconnaissance Wing MQ-1 Predator and a 452nd Air Mobility Wing Aero Club T-41C Cessna are parked together in a hangar at March Air Reserve Base. A memorandum of agreement helps the Guard save money on its chase plane contract while the Aero Club gains business that helps keep the club running. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Paul Duquette)

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Reconnaissance Wing, Aero Club begin Predator chase plane partnership

An Air National Guard 163rd Reconnaissance Wing MQ-1 Predator and a 452nd Air Mobility Wing Aero Club T-41C Cessna are parked together in a hangar at March Air Reserve Base. A memorandum of agreement helps the Guard save money on its chase plane contract while the Aero Club gains business that helps keep the club running. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Paul Duquette)

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REFUELING AT NIGHT

A KC-135R Stratotanker from the 336th Air Refueling Squadron at the 452nd Air Mobility Wing at March Air Reserve Base conducts night aerial refueling training with an A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 355th Fighter Wing, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, over southern Arizona. Lt. Col. David Bell and Capt. Sean Ferguson are the pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Dennis Martin)

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