U.S. Air Force Maj. Cody Wilton, A-10 Demonstration Team pilot and commander, performs a demonstration over the flight line at Naval Air Station Oceana, Va., Sept. 18, 2020. NAS Oceana hosted a virtual airshow broadcasted through Live Air Show TV Sept. 19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristine Legate)
A Soldier conducts an airborne operation with an American flag in observance of 9/11 at Malmsheim Airfield in Stuttgart, Germany, Sept. 11, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Yvonne Najera)
A Soldier assists in the laborious and delicate art of rigging and packing a parachute. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Benjamin Vilchez)
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) steams alongside the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) during their Surface Warfare Advance Training (SWATT), Oct. 14, 2020. The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group is participating in SWATT off the coast of Virginia, to maintain readiness, proficiency and lethality. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Pedro A. Rodriguez)
Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) chock and chain an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the �Chargers� of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 in the Arabian Gulf. John Paul Jones is part of Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and Pacific Ocean through the western Indian Ocean and three critical chokepoints to the free flow of global commerce. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aja Bleu Jackson)
A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron takes off at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, Oct. 6, 2020. The 48th Fighter Wing conducts routine training to enhance combat readiness and increase the tactical proficiency needed to maintain a ready force capable of ensuring the collective defense of the NATO alliance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jessi Monte)
Special Operations Command Africa Airman is lifted up to a helicopter during a medical evacuation training exercise at Camp Simba, Manda Bay, Kenya, Oct. 2, 2020. Airmen practiced utilizing the hoist in the helicopter and quick patient responding tactics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Joshua Turner)
U.S. Marines fire an M252A2 81mm mortar at a live-fire mortar displacement range at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Oct. 1. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ujian Gosun
A U.S. Marine feeds a mule during an Animal Packer Course at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Oct. 8. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Rachel Young-Porter/
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans conducts a post-flight inspection after a first-light flight in the wake of Hurricane Delta, Oct. 10, 2020. The MH-65 helicopter is a short-range response helicopter, often used in search and rescue missions in the wake of hurricanes and tropical storms.
The Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser (WPC-1116) interdicts an illegal migrant voyage with 38 migrants Oct. 9, 2020, approximately 17 nautical miles northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. This was the first of three separate migrant interdictions within 72 hours in the Mona Passage by Coast Guard and Puerto Rico Police totaling 48 migrants, whom all claimed Dominican Republic nationality. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
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