Departments of Interior, Agriculture honor MAFFS 7 crew

The flag outside the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, flies at half-staff July 10, 2012, in honor of the four crewmembers of MAFFS 7 who were killed when their MAFFS-equipped C-130 crashed during a fire fighting mission in South Dakota July 1. (U.S. Forest Service photo by Mike Ferris)

Fire fighter

A C-130 Hercules equipped with a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System supports fire suppression efforts near Colorado Springs, Colo., June 27, 2012. Four MAFFS-equipped aircraft, two from the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing and two from the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing, flew in support of the U.S. Forest Service to fight fires in Colorado. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephany D. Richards)

Vigilant Shield 12

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Horacio Maysonet from the 51st Combat Communications Squadron, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., perform set up and testing on radio frequency modules (RFM) Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West, Fla., Nov. 5, 2011. The RFM consolidates radar feeds extending long distances into one air picture allowing higher headquarters to access and engage incoming threats. The exercise in Key West will be the "first-ever proof of concept" for the military's Joint Deployable Integrated Air and Missile Defense System, a collection of high-end radars and missile systems as well as aircraft that work in tandem in the event of a threat to the continental United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr./Released)

Exercise Vigilant Shield 12

U.S. Army Specialist Randal Clark does a function check on an Avenger Air Defense System during Exercise Vigilant Shield 12 on Naval Air Station Key West, Nov.3. The Avenger is a missile system which provides mobile, short-range protection. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Staci Miller/Released)

CONR marks 10th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

Senior Master Sgt. Rhonda McMichael rings a bell at 7:46 a.m. Central Standard Time Sept. 11, 2011, in honor of the men, women and children who perished when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City Sept. 11, 2001. The Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region-1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) held a ceremony to honor the memory of those who died during the worst terrorist attack on American soil. (U.S. Air Force photo by Angela Pope)

CONR marks 10th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

Tech. Sgt. Martha Dunning, a member of the 601st Air and Space Operations Center Honor Guard, lays a wreath at the 9/11 Memorial at the 601st AOC Sept. 11, 2011, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. The Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region-1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) held a ceremony to honor the memory of those who died during the worst terrorist attack on American soil. (U.S. Air Force photo by Angela Pope)