Team Travis conducts a mass launch of 12 mobility aircraft June 29, 2012, practicing the combat capability of safely and swiftly launching a large number of aircraft in an "elephant walk." (U.S. Air Force photo / Lt. Col. Robert Couse-Baker)
F-22 spouses watch an F-22 engine run at the Hush House. The spouses of active duty and Reserve F-22 pilots from the 525th and 302nd Fighter Squadrons received an up close look at the F-22 mission during the Spouses Blue Carpet day here Sept. 21. The tour consisted of a commanders briefing, and tours of the Air Traffic Control Tower, Egress Trainer and Hush House. (U.S. Air Force Reserve/Tech. Sgt. Dana Rosso)
Senior Airman Antonio Ortega (left), Master Sgt. Nelson Rodriguez (center), and Senior Airman Christian Marrero-Santana (right), load a GBU-54 bomb onto an F-16 during the 482nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s quarterly Load Crew Competition at Homestead Air Reserve Base, July 15. The winning load crews for each quarter will compete against each other at the end of the year for Homestead Air Reserve Base’s Best Load Crew of the Year title.
9/28/2012 - ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Three Air Force Reserve units are highlighted in the Sept. 28 edition of Air Force Week in Photos.
This week's slideshow includes a photo by Lt. Col. Bob Couse-Baker, 349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, Calif., showing KC-10 and C-5s lining up for a mass launch exercise; Tech Sgt. Dana Rosso, 477th Fighter Group, Joint Base Elemendorf Richardson, Alaska, captured a group of Air Force spouses observing an F-22 fighter engine run in the "hush house" engine test facility; and Senior Airman Jacob Jimenez, 482nd Fighter Wing, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., caught an F-16 bomb load crew in action on the Homestead flight line as they practice loading a GBU-54 bomb during a load crew competition.
