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USAF Cadets Earn Jump Wings
U.S. Air Force Academy Jumpmaster Cadet 1st Class Lindsey Robinson briefs Cadet 3rd Class David Barron during Airmanship 490, Basic Parachuting - an airmanship program where cadets earn their basic jump wings after successfully completing five free-fall jumps at the academy in Colorado, July 7, 2008.U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 3rd Class Cody Moorhead receives free-fall techniques training from Staff Sgt. Joseph Valente, an airmanship instructor at the academy in Colorado, July 7, 2008.U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 3rd Class James Aultman and several other cadets sit in the Twin Otter aircraft awaiting take off at the academy in Colorado, July 7, 2008. U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 3rd Class Brett Boudreaux clears the jump plane trainer during Airmanship 490, Basic Parachuting, at the academy in Colorado, July 7, 2008. U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 3rd Class David Barron smiles after completing his fourth free-fall jump during Airmanship 490, Basic Parachuting, an airmanship program where cadets earn their basic jump wings after successfully completing five free-fall jumps at the academy in Colorado, July 7, 2008.
U.S. Air Force Academy Jumpmaster Cadet 1st Class Lindsey Robinson briefs Cadet 3rd Class David Barron during Airmanship 490, Basic Parachuting - an airmanship program where cadets earn their basic jump wings after successfully completing five free-fall jumps at the academy in Colorado, July 7, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan