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WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Capt. Lance Orr, 303rd Fighter Squadron fighter pilot, adjusts his field radio during a class designed to equip fighter pilots with the skills needed to survive if their aircraft ever went down behind enemy lines, Sept. 16. Captain Orr and other 303rd pilots were instructed by Staff Sgt. Michael Garcia, 509th Operations Support Squadron search and rescue specialist. They participated in extensive class room and field training. The 303rd fighter pilots are stationed at here and fly the A-10 Warthogs.(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenny Holston)


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WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Capt. Lance Orr, 303rd Fighter Squadron fighter pilot, adjusts his field radio during a class designed to equip fighter pilots with the skills needed to survive if their aircraft ever went down behind enemy lines, Sept. 16. Captain Orr and other 303rd pilots were instructed by Staff Sgt. Michael Garcia, 509th Operations Support Squadron search and rescue specialist. They participated in extensive class room and field training. The 303rd fighter pilots are stationed at here and fly the A-10 Warthogs.(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenny Holston)

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U.S. Air Force Col. Christine Kress, 509th Medical Group commander, left, and Col. Brian Borgen, 442nd Fighter Wing commander talk with Senior Airman Jerrod Sherrill, an aerospace medical technician with the 509th Medical Operations Squadron, about the decontamination process during a total force mass casualty exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Dec. 3, 2016. Whiteman leadership discussed the benefits of reservists, guardsmen and active-duty Airmen training side-by-side to improve interoperability and communication. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Missy Sterling)
A volunteer victim gets his vitals checked by a 509th Medical Operations Squadron member during a total force mass casualty exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Dec. 3, 2016. Volunteer victims acted-out injuries ranging from no physical harm to severe burns and severed limbs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Missy Sterling)
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Chris Stangl, right, a public health technician, and Senior Airman Dylan Kielcheski, an aerospace medical technician, both with the 509th Medical Operations Squadron, help hold a volunteer victim on their side to decontaminate all areas of the victim during a total force mass casualty exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Dec. 3, 2016. Volunteer victims were brought through a decontamination line before being admitted into the clinic. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Missy Sterling)
A volunteer victim receives medical attention during a total force mass casualty exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Dec. 3, 2016. More than 40 volunteers participated to help the 509th Bomb Wing, 131st Bomb Wing and 442nd Fighter Wing medical personnel prepare for emergency situations and strengthen their relationships in order to provide efficient, quality care in a real-life event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Missy Sterling)
Volunteers get in position during a total force mass casualty exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Dec. 3, 2016. More than 40 volunteers acted like they were family members riding in a bus to the flightline to see their deployers off when a car hit the back of the bus and detonated a radiological dispersible device. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Missy Sterling)
Medical personnel respond to a simulated mass casualty scenario during a total force exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Dec. 3, 2016. Volunteers were given different roles to simulate the varying degree of victims' temperaments and injuries. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Missy Sterling)
U.S. Air Force Maj. Connie Chism, the infection preventionist and laboratory services supervisor with the 131st Medical Group, Missouri Air National Guard, explains to a volunteer how to act-out his symptoms for emergency and medical responders during a mass casualty exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Dec. 3, 2016. Members from the Guard, Reserve and Active-Duty Air Force participated together for Whiteman's first total force mass casualty exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Missy Sterling)
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Capt. Jeffery Kelly, chief of the 442d Fighter Wing’s Public Affairs Office, spends time with some of the Afghan youth who have benefitted from his charity work while he’s deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan. Kelly earned a master of science in Kinesiology degree from Georgia Southern University and understands the physiological, mechanical, and psychological benefits of giving Afghan youth constructive physical activity (photo submitted by Capt. Jeffery Kelly)
Capt. Jeffery Kelly, chief of the 442d Fighter Wing’s Public Affairs Office, spends time with some of the Afghan youth who have benefitted from his charity work while he’s deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan. Kelly earned a master of science in Kinesiology degree from Georgia Southern University and understands the physiological, mechanical, and psychological benefits of giving Afghan youth constructive physical activity. (photo submitted by Capt. Jeffery Kelly)
Maj. Rick Mitchell and Capt. Sven Loeffler, both A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots with the 303d Fighter Squadron, 442d Fighter Wing out of Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., made history Aug. 26 at Leilvarde Air Base in Latvia being the first U.S. fighter pilots to land a jet at the airfield. The mission is part of Operation Atlantic Resolve where U.S. forces are partnering with European allies to meet possible future challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Denise Haeussler)