Image 0 of 10A USAF Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II causes vapour aka fluffing to bounce off its wings as it flies at 500 knots during a low level training sortie through the Mach Loop in an area of the Snowdonia National Park in Wales, United Kingdom, Feb. 10, 2022 (Thomas Winstone/News Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images) Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jake Rambow performs lookout duties from inside an MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter above the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 4, 2022. (MCS3 Novalee Manzella/Navy) A soldier assigned to Kentucky National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Brigade, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 29th Infantry Division, reacts to a Molotov cocktail while undergoing fire phobia training at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany, Feb. 11, 2022. Fire phobia training is conducted during mission rehearsal exercises prior to deployment, to prepare and familiarize soldiers in reacting to incendiaries during civil unrest riots. (Sgt. Marla Ogden/Army) Marines conduct combat rubber raiding craft operations from the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship Green Bay in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 6, 2022. (MCS2 Jonathan D. Berlier/Navy) Airmen assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing Security Forces Squadron in Madison, Wisconsin, participate in water survival training off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii Jan. 12, 2022. Forming a chain and counting off one-by-one ensured all members were accounted for before they swam together to a nearby life-raft. (Tech. Sgt. Andrea Rhode/Air National Guard) Soldiers fire a cannon during training at Konotop Range, Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, February. 4, 2022. (Spc. Hedil Hernández/Army) Sailors assigned to the “Golden Swordsmen” of Patrol Squadron 47 work to de-ice a P-8A Poseidon on the flight line at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, Feb. 12, 2022. (MCS1 Brandon J. Vinson/Navy) Marine Corps Cpl. Adrian Nieves conducts night watch during a joint command and control exercise at Quaid Range, Djibouti, Feb. 8, 2022. (Staff Sergeant Katelynn Moeller/Air Force) Space Force Spc. Brannon Kan assists a student in assembling a model rover during the interactive rover exercise at a school in Aurora, Colo., Feb. 4, 2022. (Airman 1st Class Shaun Combs/Space Force) A sailor reunites with family at Naval Air Station North Island, Feb. 14, 2022, following an eight-month deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group in the Indo-Pacific region. (MCSN Elizabeth Grubbs/Navy)
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