Talking with the TACPs

U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Hostage, commander of Air Combat Command, speaks with tactical air control party Airmen at Fort Polk, La., Jan. 24. TACP Airmen showcased their equipment they use for daily operations and when dropping bombs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joseph A. Pagán Jr./Released)

Green Flag's Gecko

U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Hostage, commander of Air Combat Command, exits a SA-8 Gecko surface-to-air missile system at Fort Polk, La., Jan. 24. Hostage was briefed on the capabilities and threat representations for a Green Flag exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joseph A. Pagán Jr./Released)

Hello Huey

U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Hostage, commander of Air Combat Command, exits a UH-1N Huey at Fort Polk, La., Jan. 24. Hostage visited Green Flag East to see the new capabilities of the base and observe Airmen training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joseph A. Pagán Jr./Released)

Predator Cessna

U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Hostage, commander of Air Combat Command, tours the inside of a Surrogate Predator Cessna 182 at Fort Polk, La., Jan. 24. Civil Air Patrol members explained how the airborne platform of the Cessna 182 replicates predator operations using a manned platform. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joseph A. Pagán Jr./Released)

Eyes in the sky

An E-8C test aircraft is displayed during a Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System exhibition in a hangar at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Dec. 18, 2012. Joint STARS provides wide area situational awareness and early warning for U.S. and multinational maritime task forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Krystie Martinez/Released)

ACC Safety tour

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward, Air Force Chief of Safety, left, escorted by Col. Sidney Mayeux, Air Combat Command Safety director, tours ACC Safety headquarters, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Nov. 27, 2012. Woodward visited as a part of her safety initiative to meet all Air Force major command safety teams and discuss proactive initiatives. . (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Krystie Martinez/Released)

Meet and greet

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward, Air Force Chief of Safety, left, meets the Air Combat Command Flight Safety Division team during a tour of ACC Safety headquarters, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Nov. 27, 2012. The flight safety team consists of seven Airmen focusing on all aspects of flight related safety. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Krystie Martinez/Released)

Combat Edge

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward, Air Force Chief of Safety, comments on a Combat Edge magazine layout during a tour of Air Combat Command Safety headquarters, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Nov. 27, 2012. Combat Edge is the official ACC Safety magazine distributing safety messages, firsthand accounts, and advice across the command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Krystie Martinez/Released)

Wheel of Fortune

U.S.Air Force Col. Jennifer Kilbourn, Headquarters ACC Resources Division Deputy Chief, and her mother Denise Vandermark film a special edition of Wheel of Fortune honoring military families in Los Angeles, Oct. 17. Wheel of Fortune's military families week airs Nov. 12-16, with Kilbourn’s kicking off the celebration Nov. 9. (Courtesy photo)

Chained

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Smith, left, and Staff Sgt. Alexis Lopez, right, 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron water fuels systems journeymen, chain a water pump onto a trailer prior to transport at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Nov. 2, 2012. The 633rd CES team transported the equipment in support of Hurricane Sandy disaster relief in New York. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Krystie Martinez/Released)

Display booths

Bryan Lopatic, the 30th annual Hampton Bay Days festival poster contest winner, uses booths to display, sell and create his artwork in Hampton, Va., Sept. 8, 2012. Lopatic, a U.S. Air Force supervisory illustrator, uses mediums such as ground metal, airbrush and spray-paint to create his art. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Krystie Martinez/Released)

10 hidden “30s”

Bryan Lopatic, a U.S. Air Force supervisory illustrator and Air Combat Command Multimedia Center section chief, reveals to festival patrons 10 hidden “30s” placed within his winning poster design, at the 30th Hampton Bay Days festival in Hampton, Va., Sept. 8, 2012. Lopatic placed the number within the poster design to commemorate the festival’s anniversary, which began in 1982. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Krystie Martinez/Released)