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U.S. Air Force Col Ryan Messer, 53rd Wing Commander, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Justin Apticar, 53rd Wing Command Chief, pose on an F-15E Strike Eagle for a command team photo. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt Savanah Bray)

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81st ACS Activation Ceremony

As a formal recognition of the hard work and efforts of the 53rd Wing Airmen at Tyndall Air Force Base in the 81st Range Control Squadron, the 81st RCS deactivated, then reactivated as the 81st Air Control Squadron during a ceremony on September 23, 2019.

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81st ACS Activation Ceremony

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81st ACS Activation Ceremony

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81st ACS Activation Ceremony

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81st ACS Activation Ceremony

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81st ACS Activation Ceremony

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81st ACS Activation Ceremony

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A B-52 from Barksdale Air Force Base, La. sits on the ramp at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. on July 30, 2016. Aircrew brought the 53rd Wing bombers to allow wing personnel an opportunity to see one of their geographically separated aircraft up close. (U.S. Army photo/SGT Michael Parnell)

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From right, The last active-duty Air Force pilot to fly the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, Lt. Col. Ron "Elvis" King of the 82nd Aerial Target Squadron Detachment 1, Lt. Col. (Ret) Jim “WAM” Harkins, Lt. Col. Mike "Dirty" Driscoll and Col. Ryan "Shooter" Craycraft return to the flightline at Holloman AFB, N.M., Dec. 16, 2016. The F-4 Phantom II entered the U.S. Air Force inventory in 1963 and was the primary multi-role aircraft in the USAF throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The F-4 flew bombing, combat air patrol, fighter escort, reconnaissance and the famous Wild Weasel anti-aircraft missile suppression missions. The final variant of the Phantom II was the QF-4 unmanned aerial targets flown by the 82nd at Holloman AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)

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160219-F-LW859-052

An F-35A is parked on the flight line at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, Feb 19, 2016. Six operational test and evaluation F-35s and more than 85 Airmen of the 31st TES travelled to Mountain Home AFB to conduct the first simulated deployment test of the F-35A, specifically to execute three key initial operational capability mission sets: suppression of enemy air defenses, close air support and air interdiction. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)

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Aircraft maintainers, SSgt Thomas Stewart, left, Sr Airman Justin Wilmarth and SSgt Chris Mauldin, on ladder, prepare to tow an F-35A of the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, a tenant unit at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, Feb 19, 2016. Six operational test and evaluation F-35s and more than 85 Airmen of the 31st TES travelled to Mountain Home AFB to conduct the first simulated deployment test of the F-35A, specifically to execute three key initial operational capability mission sets: suppression of enemy air defenses, close air support and air interdiction. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)

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B-1B and B-52 visit the 53d Wing at Eglin AFB

A B1-B Lancer from the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas and a B-52 from Barksdale Air Force Base, La. sit on the ramp at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. on July 30, 2016. Aircrew brought the 53rd Wing bombers to allow wing personnel an opportunity to see one of their geographically separated aircraft up close. (U.S. Army photo/SGT Michael Parnell)

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