A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft with the 107th Airlift Wing fires off flares during a night formation training mission. A flare is an aerial infrared countermeasure to counter and infrared homing (heat seeking) surface-to-air or air-to-air missile. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Ray Lloyd)
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Since its early days as a service, the Air Force has embraced technological advances in air and space capabilities and played an integral role as a global airpower. In honor of the service’s 65th birthday on Sept. 18, Airman is launching Airman Aerials, a photographic art gallery, featuring some of the best aerial photography from around the service in recent history.
The staff plans to continually expand the gallery with new aerial art from some of the most talented Air Force photographers in the service today, so keep checking back for the latest Airman Aerials images.