Big Brother is watching

An MQ-1B Predator taxis out to the runway for a routine push off mission Aug. 3, 2010, Joint Base Balad, Iraq. The MQ-1B Predator is a long-endurance unmanned aircraft system that conducts close-air support, air interdiction, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matt Coleman- Foster)

Opening ceremony for Air Force Week

At the Air Force Week New York City proclamation ceremony, an A-12 reconnaissance aircraft, the predecessor to the Air Force's SR-71, is on display on the USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Aug. 24, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

Rivet Joints in theater for 20 years

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- A RC-135 V/W Rivet Joint aircraft, flown by members of the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, prepares to land at an undisclosed location Aug. 9, 2010, after completing a mission. This mission marked 20 years of continuous operation in the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility for the aircraft from Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Spinner) RELEASED

45th RS

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Airmen assigned to the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron, prepare to leave on an RC-135 aircraft for a deployment. The 45th RS supports four mission platforms which involve strategic electronic reconnaissance, ballistic missile detection, nuclear debris detection and treaty verification. Squadron members must be ready to deploy at a moment's notice. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger

AWACS

An E-3 Sentry from the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron takes off from Kadena June 25. The E-3 Sentry is an airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft provides all-weather surveillance, command, control and communications needed by commanders of U.S., NATO and other allied air defense forces. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Amanda Grabiec)

62nd ERS reaches 250K flying hours in AOR

Members of the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron unit push an MQ-1 Predator toward a hangar for a routine maintenance inspection shortly after landing. The remotely piloted aircraft are launched, recovered and landed by members of the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron. The reconnaissance unit is comprised of deployed Air Force members from the 432nd Operations Group, Creech Air Force Base, Nev., and the 27th Special Operations Group, Cannon AFB, N.M. Additionally, the British Royal Air Force also operates RPAs from Creech AFB and they too are deployed to KAF. (U.S Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nancy Hooks)