Major Jay Spohn performs pre-flight tasks in an F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter in July during preparations to becoming the Guard’s first F-35 instructor pilot.

Major Jay Spohn performs pre-flight tasks in an F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter in July during preparations to becoming the Guard’s first F-35 instructor pilot. He finished his last of six flights Aug. 3 to become a part of aviation history. Spohn is a Florida National Guard member and is embedded in the 33d Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base where he is responsible for training up the fighter pilots who will fly the fifth-generation F-35 and will carry the U.S. Air Force into the next 50 years of air superiority. Photo by Major Karen Roganov, Team Eglin Public Affairs.

2012 K9 Trials

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Webster, master at arms and military working dog handler, carries Fergina, a 6-year-old patrol and explosives detection dog, as they compete during the Department of Defense Military Working Dog Trials at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, May 4, 2012. Military working dogs and their handlers from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines competed in the event. Webster is stationed at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Corey Hook)

DoD K9 Trials 2012

Army Sgt. Nathan Stanton and his military working dog search for narcotics during the Department of Defense Military Working Dog K-9 Trials held at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, May 4, 2012. The K-9 Trials are intended to showcase the best K-9 teams throughout the armed services. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Corey Hook)

K9 Trials 2012

A military working dog and his handler are ready to showcase their skills during the Department of Defense Military Working Dog K-9 Trials held at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, May 4, 2012. The three-day event will test the competitors with deployment-type scenarios and obstacles, as well as an iron dog competition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Corey Hook)

Nolan

Ten-year-old Lillian Bergman (top center), is the second oldest child of Eddie and Myrtle Bergman, of Brooklyn, N.Y. Today, Lillian Nolan, is the command historian for Air Education and Training Command and one of the senior ranking civilians in her career field. Nolan credits the opportunities she found with the Air Force for the many successes she's enjoyed over the past 27 years. (Contributed photo)

Nolan

(left to right) Air Force basic trainees Katie Morgan, Lillian Bergman and Earlene Holtz stop for a picture in front of the Alamo during their liberty from Basic Military Training in July 1968 at the height of the World's Fair. The three were assigned to Basic Military Training Squadron 3742, Flight WAF-39. Today Bergman, now Nolan, is the command historian for Air Education and Training Command. (Contributed photo)