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C-5 Galaxy crash "victims" await extraction from the simulated passenger cabin during Exercise "Aircraft Down," Oct. 19. More than 350 people took part in the largest exercise with the local community since 1998. Exercise “Aircraft Down” simulated the crash of a C-5 Galaxy in order to determine how the base and local community would respond.


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C-5 Galaxy crash "victims" await extraction from the simulated passenger cabin during Exercise "Aircraft Down," Oct. 19. More than 350 people took part in the largest exercise with the local community since 1998. Exercise “Aircraft Down” simulated the crash of a C-5 Galaxy in order to determine how the base and local community would respond.

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Staff Sgt. Joy Victoria and Staff Sgt. Maria Cook, use the milling machine to cut arch support inserts, Oct. 9 at the David Grant Medical Center brace shop. (US Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Liliana Moreno)
Tech. Sgt. Amy Touchette and Staff Sgt. Maria Cook, prepare to sand arch support inserts, Oct. 9 at the David Grant Medical Center brace shop. (US Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Liliana Moreno)
Staff Sgt. Sherice Lovato, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, poses Sept. 5, 2012, in front of the Travis control tower and a Travis fire truck. Lovato decided to join the Air Force after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Timothy Boyer)
Major Jeanette Watterson, 60th Medical Group executive officer to the commander, was getting ready for work as an academic research scientist when the 9/11 attacks happened. Watterson said it was a wake up call for her and she decided to join the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Liliana Moreno)
Senior Airman James Crosby, 60th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron, joined the Delayed Entry Program after the Sept. 11 attacks. In a period of 24 hours, Crosby said he went from being someone who would never join the military to someone who wanted to enlist immediately. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Liliana Moreno)
Senior Airman Adam Kinney, 60th Medical Operations Squadron family medicine medical technician, decided to join the Air Force after the 9/11 attacks. Kinney said he wants to do his part to keep terrorism at bay. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Liliana Moreno)
Senior Airmen Steven Lynch and Achabe Durante, 60th CE water and fuel systems maintenance craftsmen, use a vac-com hose to suck up excess water and mud out of a trench to have access to the broken pipe to fix it Aug. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nicole Leidholm)
Senior Airman Steven Lynch, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels maintenance craftsman, feels for a broken pipe after a water main break on base Aug. 27 to help the CE team decide their next course of action. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nicole Leidholm)
Airman 1st Class Abraham Sanchez, 6th Air Refueling Squadron aircrew flight equipment journeyman, sands down a mask July 10, 1012, that a C-17 Globemaster III pilot wears during flight. Aircrew flight equipment personnel issue, fit, repair, and maintain human-side flight equipment such as parachutes, helmets, oxygen equipment, anti-gravity garments, anti-exposure suits, aircrew ocular devices, survival kits, life preservers, rafts, electronic communications, helmet mounted weapons integration devices, and aircrew Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nicole Leidholm)
Airman 1st Class Lindsy Hall, 6th Air Refueling Squadron aircrew flight equipment journeyman, puts together a mask for a C-17 Globemaster III pilot Tuesday. AFE personnel are in charge of ensuring all flight equipment is in perfect working order, from flight helmets to oxygen masks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nicole Leidholm)
Maj. Patrick Van Dam, 9th Air Refueling Squadron pilot from the Royal Netherlands air force, and Flight Lt. Greg Ferguson, 9th ARS pilot from the Royal Australian Force, stand on the flightline June 27 near a KC-10 Extender. Van Dam and Ferguson are participating in pilot exchange program. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Nicole Leidholm)
Senior Airman Taylor Neill, 60th Communications Squadron ground radar maintenance, briefs U.S. Air Force Academy Cadets about a Digital Airport Surveillance Radar tower on base Tuesday as part of Operation Air Force. The radar is capable of controlling aircraft up to 240 nautical miles. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nicole Leidholm)