Cadet 1st Class Tyler Stecker creates an umbilical pairing for the flight model of FalconSAT-5 at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., March 17. The umbilical pairing will allow the satellite's batteries to be continually charged until launch. FalconSAT-5 is slated for launch in December. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dave Armer)
Master Sgt. Ryan Yeggy and Senior Airman Alii Chun pull together the front flaps of a 4,000 square-foot dome shelter while Staff Sgt. Timothy Robinson laces the panels together during a construction project April 1 at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan. Two of the structures are being erected in preparation for the increased number of coalition personnel transiting through Manas to and from Afghanistan. The Airmen are assigned to a nine-person Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources team deployed to Southwest Asia. All of the team members are deployed from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phyllis Hanson)
Security personnel accompany an Iraqi national policeman of the criminal investigations division on a walking patrol. They are meeting Iraqi civilians and handing out leaflets in the Rashid community of southern Baghdad, Iraq, December 2008. The Airmen are assigned to Detachment 3, 732 Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron with the 716th Military Police Battalion. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Todd Frantom)