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A modified C-130 Hercules soars overhead as it prepares to spray herbicide at the Saylor Creek Training Range, Idaho, Sept. 17, 2016. The aircraft, from the 910th Airlift Wing, flys only 100 feet above the ground to spray aerial herbicide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Connor J. Marth/Released) Teaming-up to take down an invader
Idaho is home to thousands of acres of grassland teaming with sage brush, slickspot peppergrass and wheatgrass, but one species is claiming this unique landscape as its own.
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2016
Airman 1st Class Nkosi Jones, left, 61st Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons Airman, secures a panel while Staff Sgt. Martin De La Vara, 61st AMU crew chief, prepares to pull the chocks September 16, 2016, prior to launching an F-35 Lightning II at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Luke sent jets to Mountain Home AFB because it provides a unique opportunity for developing proficiency in the destruction of surface-to-air threats at their range complex. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Timothy Boyer) Luke F-35 pilots enhance capabilities at Mountain Home AFB
Seven Luke F-35s are at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, September 10 through 24, 2016, for pilot training. While this is not the first time Mountain Home AFB has supported F-35s, it is the first time the base has supported Air Education and Training Command pilot training. “The main objective of this training deployment was to increase our instructor pilots' proficiency in finding and destroying surface-to-air threats, which is a bread-and-butter mission for the F-35,” said Lt. Col. Michael Gette, 61st Fighter Squadron commander. “Mountain Home AFB provides a unique opportunity for this training due to their outstanding range complex, which includes several surface-to-air threats we can ‘fight’ in increasingly complex scenarios.”
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2016
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody talks to the 366th Fighter Wing during an all call May 5, 2016, at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Cody responded to various questions presented to him by airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Alaysia Berry/Released) CMSAF Cody discusses operations tempo with Mountain Home Airmen
Mountain Home AFB welcomed Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody May 5. During his visit, airmen from around the wing showed Cody current initiatives for readiness as well as quality of life improvements. “We are a great Air Force make no mistake about it,” Cody said to airmen during an all call. “We are great because of you; we are great
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