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June 2016
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mya M. Crosby
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Keyon Mack, 354th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, pressure washes an A-10C Thunderbolt II on the flightline of Da- vis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 29, 2016. The squadron provides safe, properly configured aircraft in order to meet the flying hour program for three squadrons.
Children greet their father June 2 as he returns to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base from a 306th Rescue Squadron deployment to the Horn of Africa. As the ground force for the personnel recov- ery task force, the 306th RQS provided combat search and rescue and casualty evacuation to Department of Defense forces operating in an area the size of almost two million square miles. The terrain varied from 19,000-foot moun- tains to vast, unpopulated desert; thick jungle; and large cities to open ocean.
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Paul, assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron, greets his daughter after returning home from a 4-month-long deployment at Davis- Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 8, 2016. Two of the three 48th RQS rescue teams, as well as a support team, re- turned back from a 4-month-long de- ployment to Turkey.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Greg Gaunt
A little girl cannot contain her joy to see her father as he returns to Davis- Monthan Air Force Base June 2 from a 306th Rescue Squadron deployment to the Horn of Africa. The 306th RQS is part of the 943rd Rescue Group, the Air Force Reserve Command’s premier combat search and rescue group. As citizen Airmen, most of the men and women of the reserve rescue group here balance the unique requirements of a civilian career, a military career, and family.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chris Drzazgowski
An A-10C Thunderbolt II assigned to the 75th Fighter Squadron performs a low-angle strafe during the 2016 Hawgsmoke competition at Barry M. Gold- water Range, Ariz., June 2, 2016. Hawgsmoke took place over the course of two days and included individual and team scoring of strafing, high-altitude dive-bombing, Maverick missile precision and team tactics.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chris Drzazgowski
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Greg Gaunt
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mya M. Crosby
Members of local and interna- tional media photograph an A-10C Thunderbolt II during the 2016 Hawgsmoke competition at Barry M. Goldwater Range, Ariz., June 2, 2016. Thirteen A-10 units worldwide participated in this year’s competition.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chris Drzazgowski
An A-10C Thun- derbolt II from the 47th Fighter Squad- ron banks left after performing a low- angle strafe at the Barry M. Goldwater Range, Ariz., June 2, 2016. The 47th FS went on to win their second consecutive Hawgsmoke com- petition.
A Year in Photos