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Airman 1st Class Kendel Coen, a surveillance technician with the 728th Air Control Squadron, takes notes in front of her scope prior to the squadron’s final mission Jan. 31 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 62-year-old squadron, an air command and control unit, will be deactivated in May. Their final mission was to control 33rd Fighter Wing F-35s for a tactical intercept mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Tops in Blue

Tech. Sgt. Michael Menges and another Air Force Tops in Blue Airman pose in front of the 33rd Fighter Wing’s F-35A Lightning II during a visit to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 22. The group visited Menges’ home station and wing and thanked his shop for allowing him to join the entertainment group for their 2012 season. Menges joined the group as a lighting and sound technician in February of last year. The tour was a short stop before their performance at the Emerald Coast Conference Center in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Speedy delivery

Soldiers from the Army Detachment of the Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal deliver toys to the Airman’s Attic at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Nov. 20. The toys, costing no more than $15, are donations to the Attic for distribution to active-military families on Nov. 29th. (U.S. Air Force photo/Randy Gon)

Baring gifts

More than 300 Soldiers from the Army Detachment of the Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal march toward the Airman’s Attic on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Nov. 20. The highlight of this formation was an opportunity to deliver toys, costing no more than $15, as holiday donations for active-military families Nov. 29th. The detachment belongs to a Navy-managed command, jointly staffed by Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps personnel schoolhouse for future military EOD technicians (U.S. Air Force photo/Randy Gon)

Fire preparation

A member of the Combustion-Atmospheric-Dynamics-Research-Experiments team prepares the highly-instrumented plots prior to a prescribed fire conducted at Eglin Air Force Base Nov. 11-12. More than 90 scientists from the RxCADRE team, sent from institutions all over the world, set up instruments to record meteorology, smoke particulates and other fire phenomena. (U.S. Air Force photo/Randy Gon)

The fire rises

Fire consumes a 300-acre forest during a prescribed fire conducted at Eglin Air Force Base Nov. 11-12. More than 90 scientists from the Combustion-Atmospheric-Dynamics-Research-Experiment team, sent from institutions all over the world, set up instruments to record meteorology, smoke particulates and other fire phenomena. (U.S. Air Force photo/Randy Gon)