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An aerial view of Big Country Appreciation Day, the annual open house at Dyess Air Fore Base, Texas. This month they celebrate the tenth anniversary of the bomber's arrival and a welcome home celebration of the two B-1B Lancer bombers of the 9th Bomb Squadron, after completing their around the world mission. The exercise included five in-flight refuelings, and three "no-drop" bombing exercises. In doing so they set an (unofficial)around the world speed record in this weight category

An aerial view of Big Country Appreciation Day, the annual open house at Dyess Air Fore Base, Texas. This month they celebrate the tenth anniversary of the bomber's arrival and welcome home celebration of the two B-1B Lancer bombers of the 9th Bomb Squadron, after completing their around the world mission. The exercise included five in-flight refuelings and three "no-drop" bombing exercises. In doing so they set an (unofficial) around the world speed record in this weight category

Kids and adults climb on a tank parked in front of a C-5 Galaxy. The community of Abilene, Texas enjoys the opportunity to visit Dyess Air Force Base during Big Country Appreciation Day, the annual open house. This month they celebrate the tenth anniversary of the bomber's arrival

A member of the British Army Parachute Regiment freefall team, the Red Devils, displays the American flag

Dyess Air Force Base, Texas celebrates the 35th anniversary of the C-130 Hercules as well as taking time to remember Dyess' fallen heroes. Fallen heroes were remembered by a moment of silence, followed by the placing of a wreath and one yellow rose for each fallen airman. The ceremony has held at the Dyess Linear Air Park

US Army (USA) paratroopers with the XVIII Airborne Corps, Ft Bragg, North Carolina (NC), relax prior to boarding an aircraft for a jump onto the Iron Mike Drop Zone (DZ) to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of D-Day. More than 650 paratroopers jumped for the event near St Mere Eglise, France (FRA)

Nine Royal Air Force (British) BAe Hawk aircraft assigned to the Royal Air Force Red Arrows flight demonstration team, in flight in a high show bomb burst during the Open House Air Show

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Andy Leake, US Special Operations Command's (USSOCOM) parachute demonstration team, a.k.a. the Black Daggers, glides over the crowd with the American Flag during opening ceremonies at the Thunder Over the Red River Air Show at Grand Forks Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND). The Thunder Over the Red River Air Show is the 26th air show on this years schedule opening Grand Forks Air Force Base to 87,000 spectators from the surrounding community. The event highlighted multiple static displays as well as feature demonstrations from the US Air Force (USAF) Thunderbirds and the USA Black Dagger parachute demonstration teams

US Army (USA) Soldiers, 1ST Battalion (BN), 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), re-enact the D-Day parachute drop near Amfreville, France (FRA), from a US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft. This is part of a 16 aircraft paratroop drop during the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day Normandy invasion during World War II (WWII)

The "Red Devils" parachutists from British Army drop in at the Big Country Appreciation Day, the annual open house at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. Here, the Abilene, Texas community enjoy a full day of meeting military members and enjoying food booths, aerial demonstrations and fun. This June they celebrate the tenth anniversary of the bomber's arrival

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Subject Operation/Series: CORONET BAT

Base: Dyess Air Force Base

State: Texas (TX)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Justin Trantham

Release Status: Released to Public

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