Looking through the Glass

Three Air Force Academy cadets gaze out a C-5 window as the Westover Galaxy taxis to the runway January 27, 2013. A Westover C-5 traveled to Colorado Springs Jan. 24 to pick up 20 Air Force Academy cadets for a three-day tour of Westover Air Reserve Base, Chicopee, Mass., and Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, Mass. The cadets were able to tour Westover's regional isochronal dock, the control tower, security forces, aerial port facilities and "flew" the C-5 simulator. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA. Kelly Galloway)

SrA. Cara Lustig

SrA. Cara Lustig (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by W.C. Pope)

WWII Veteran, Hobert Yeager

WWII Veteran, Hobert Yeager, was drafted in 1943 and served in the Pacific Theater where he fought battles on Leyte Island with the 21st Infantry Regiment which counted 2,133 enemy kills and 14 captured prisoners (42% of the division total). He received two purple hearts from wounds incurred during the battles and was sent to help occupied Japan in late 1945.

WWII Veteran, Hobert Yeager

WWII Veteran, Hobert Yeager, was drafted in 1943 and served in the Pacific Theater where he fought battles on Leyte Island with the 21st Infantry Regiment which counted 2,133 enemy kills and 14 captured prisoners (42% of the division total). He received two purple hearts from wounds incurred during the battles and was sent to help occupied Japan in late 1945.

Island Hopping

A boat full of travelers navigates the water around Grande Cayemite island, Haiti. Nearly three years after the devastating earthquake – and the Operation Unified Response relief effort, which the 439th Airlift Wing joined – Haiti shows signs of recovery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. James Bishop)

Relaxing in the Marketplace

In the marketplace in Pestel, Haiti, a young boy watches the activity. Nearly three years after the lethal earthquake – and the worldwide relief effort, which the 439th Airlift Wing joined – Haiti shows signs of recovery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. James Bishop)