U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Colin McCready, 712th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintainer, inspects the wing of a C-17 Globemaster III during the Liberty Eagle Readiness Exercise at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 15, 2022. McCready is one of many maintainers from the 512th and 436th airlift wings who worked together during a simulated deployment to a forward operating base, located on Dover AFB, July 11-15, 2022. The purpose of this exercise was to validate both wings' ability to generate, employ and sustain airpower across the world in a contested and degraded operational environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ruben Rios)

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Remembering 9/11

"I was in geography class at University of New Orleans and someone ran in the classroom and shouted, 'Everyone leave the building! Something has happened! The school is on alert!' My professor was briefed about the incident and everyone was dismissed. At the campus bookstore, all of the televisions were tuned in to the footage of the towers. Amidst the mass hysteria on campus, all I wanted to do was reach my family back home in Newport News, Va., to know that they were ok." - Staff Sgt. Gwendolyn Blakely, 512th Airlift Wing Equal Opportunity "I was walking into homeroom and everyone was watching the events unfold on television. I thought it was a movie. When I asked, 'What movie is this?', my teacher said, 'This is not a movie. America is under attack.' I sat down in my seat, saddened and in disbelief." - Staff Sgt. Shacara Detrick-Johnson, 512th Airlift Wing Equal Opportunity

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