BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Capt. Gabrielle Childs (left) and Staff Sgt. Becky Patterson sort sand flies and mosquitoes that will be tested for insect-borne diseases that threaten U.S. forces deployed to Iraq. They are assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Medical Squadron's public health flight. Captain Childs is deployed from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., and Sergeant Patterson is deployed from Maxwell AFB, Ala.



BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- (From front) Senior Airman Gary McCormick, Tech. Sgt. Xavier Sanford, Senior Airman Robert Welch and Staff Sgt. Stephen Manley present the colors during a change of command ceremony here May 15



OVER VIRGINIA -- Lt. Col. James Hecker (foreground) delivers the first operational F/A-22 Raptor to its permanent home at Langley Air Force Base, Va., on May 12. This is the first of 26 Raptors to be delivered to the 27th Fighter Squadron. The Raptor program is managed by the F/A-22 System Program Office at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Colonel Hecker is the squadron's commander.



LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- The Air Force Reserve "Above and Beyond Jet Car," powered by a 10,000 horsepower Westinghouse J-34 jet engine from a T-2C Buckeye aircraft, lights its afterburner in front of F-16C Fighting Falcons at the 2005 Air Power over Hampton Roads Air Show here May 14. (U.S. Navy photo by Pett Officer 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain)