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Auto Crafts Center holds front-brake class

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas –Second Lt. Mike Mayor, 47th Operations Support Squadron, works on the front brakes of a car at the Auto Crafts Center here, Jan. 16. The Center held the two-hour class to teach Airmen how to properly install new brakes on their own vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Charlie Miller)

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Avoiding health hazards

Senior Airman Samantha Parkhurst, 47th Medical Operations Squadron bioenvironmental engineering technician, tests the chemical balance of tap water at the medical clinic on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, June 28, 2016. Bioenvironmental engineering specialists focus on reducing health hazards in the workplace and the surrounding areas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ariel D. Partlow)

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Award winning 1Charlies

Laughlin’s aviation resource management, also known as “1Charlies” were recognized as the winners of the 2018 Sgt. Dee Campbell Outstanding Small Unit Award. Laughlin Air Force Base is in the business of training the best military pilots in the world –but training pilots isn’t as cut and dry as getting in a plane and flying. As one could imagine, there are mountains of paperwork required to keep student pilots on the right track, and the 47th Operations Support Squadron aviation resource managers are the gatekeepers of Laughlin’s flight records. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin N. Valmoja)

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Awareness

Col. Brian Hastings, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, reads the Domestic Violence Proclamation before signing it on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 30, 2014. The month of Oct. is recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month to provide support to survivors of domestic violence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Steven Doty) (Released)

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B-26

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B-26 Marauder

B-26 Marauder (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Baby on Board! Laughlin instructor pilot makes history with groundbreaking policy change

U.S. Air Force Capt. Tabitha Letourneau, 86th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, poses in front of a T-1A Jayhawk at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, January 9, 2024. Letourneau worked with the Women’s Initiative Team to invoke changes on the Air Force’s medical waiver guide, allowing her and other female instructor pilots to fly with unrated student pilots in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kailee Reynolds)

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Baby on Board! Laughlin instructor pilot makes history with groundbreaking policy change

U.S. Air Force Capt. Tabitha Letourneau, 86th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, inspects the tail of a T-1A Jayhawk at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 9, 2024. Letourneau is the first instructor pilot to fly with an unrated student pilot in the Air Force, a new change in policy brought to fruition by Letourneau and the Department of the Air Force Women’s Initiative Team. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kailee Reynolds)

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Baby on Board! Laughlin instructor pilot makes history with groundbreaking policy change

U.S. Air Force Capt. Tabitha Letourneau, 86th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, inspects the tail of a T-1A Jayhawk at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 9, 2024. Letourneau is the first instructor pilot to fly with an unrated student pilot in the Air Force, a new change in policy brought to fruition by Letourneau and the Department of the Air Force Women’s Initiative Team. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kailee Reynolds)

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Baby on Board! Laughlin instructor pilot makes history with groundbreaking policy change

U.S. Air Force Capt. Tabitha Letourneau, 86th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, inspects the exterior of a T-1A Jayhawk before flying at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, January 9, 2024. Letourneau is the first Air Force instructor pilot to fly with an unrated student pilot thanks to recent changes on the Air Force’s medical waiver guide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kailee Reynolds)

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Baby on Board! Laughlin instructor pilot makes history with groundbreaking policy change

U.S. Air Force Capt. Tabitha Letourneau, 86th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, poses in front of a T-1A Jayhawk at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, January 9, 2024. Letourneau worked with the Women’s Initiative Team to invoke changes on the Air Force’s medical waiver guide, allowing her and other female instructor pilots to fly with unrated student pilots in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kailee Reynolds)

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Baby on Board! Laughlin instructor pilot makes history with groundbreaking policy change

U.S. Air Force Capt. Tabitha Letourneau, 86th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, inspects the left wheel of a T-1A Jayhawk at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, January 9, 2024. Letourneau worked with the Women’s Initiative Team to invoke changes on the Air Force’s medical waiver guide, allowing her and other female instructor pilots to fly with unrated student pilots in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kailee Reynolds)

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Baby on board! Laughlin instructor pilot makes history with groundbreaking policy change

U.S. Air Force Capt. Tabitha Letourneau, 86th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, inspects the tail of a T-1A Jayhawk at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 9, 2024. Letourneau is the first instructor pilot to fly with an unrated student pilot in the Air Force, a new change in policy brought to fruition by Letourneau and the Department of the Air Force Women’s Initiative Team. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kailee Reynolds)

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Back in uniform

Christopher Koons, 47th Flying Training Wing chief of personnel security, poses for a photo while at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. of 2015. During his six-month deployment, Koons wore the same uniform and worked side by side with his military counterparts. (Courtesy photo)

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Back to the firefight

A P-19r is being loaded on to a tractor-trailer on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, March 14, 2016. The P-19r was pulled from the decommission roster and revamped by members of Laughlin before being deployed to support construction operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brandon May)

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Back-to-school

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas –Angelina Maldonado, daughter of Angela and Tech Sgt. Alberto Maldonado, 47th Installation Support Squadron; Ashley Batton, daughter of Michele and Victor Batton, 47th Maintenance Directorate; Caitlin Ogden, daughter of Bonnie and Senior Master Sgt. Michael Ogden, 47th ISS, and Jessyp Brown, son of Brenda and Master Sgt. G. Marshall Brown, 47th ISS, get ready for their first day back-to-school by racing to answer various academic questions at the Youth Center here Aug. 17. Children at the Youth Center refresh their memories to prepare for their first day of school that starts Aug. 24. Drivers are reminded to keep a careful eye out as children will be to and from bus stops in the mornings and afternoons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sara Csurilla)

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Back-to-school health fair

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas –Master Sgt. Monique Johnson, 96th Flying Training Squadron, helps hand out school supplies to children in the local community during the 3rd Annual Back-to-School Health Fair in Del Rio, Texas August 6. The fair provided more than 1800 students with a pair of shoes and more 3400 students with free school supplies, physical exams, haircuts and much more to the Del Rio community to help them get ready for the new school year that starts August 24. The event relied on nearly 200 volunteers and nearly half of which came from Laughlin to help set up, take down and ensure everything went smoothly, said Ray Torres, Laughlin’s exercise physiologist with the Health and Wellness Center event and volunteer coordinator. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sara Csurilla)

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BADD helps save lives

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – Members of Base Airmen Against Drunk Driving set up a sign in front of a wrecked truck parked just before the main gate here to help promote the Base Airmen Against Drunk Driving program for the holidays Dec. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sara Csurilla)

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BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Laughlin Airman 1st Class Danielle Gorrell, deployed to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base, Iraq, maintains control of her aircraft during a shift at the Center Enroute Radar Approach Control, or CERAP, here. On average, these Airmen control as many as 20 aircraft at once. Approximately 10,000 aircraft are controlled in a given week including cargo, fighter, rotary wing and unmanned aerial vehicles. Balad Air Base has the busiest single-runway operation in the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Balancing act

Airman 1st Class Kevin Shifflett, 47th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, attempts to sit cross legged from the standing position on a slack line by the front gate at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 12, 2013. Shifflett enjoys the challenge of maintaining balance while performing maneuvers on the slack line. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jimmie D. Pike)

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