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Ready, Set, Fly! Checkered Flag 25-2

U.S. Air National Guard Airmen, low observable aircraft structural journeymen assigned to 187th Maintenance Group, prepare an F-35A Lightning II during Checkered Flag 25-2 on Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, May 5, 2025. Checkered Flag is a biannual joint force aerial exercise featuring over 60 fourth and fifth-generation fighter jets in large-force combat simulations to enhance joint domain combat airpower. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Andre Bordlee

PHOTO BY: A1C Andre Bordlee
VIRIN: 250505-Z-HU206-1112.JPG
FULL SIZE: 1.69 MB
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CAMERA

ILCE-7SM3

LENS

FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II

APERTURE

13

SHUTTERSPEED

1/800

ISO

640

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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