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Wreath Laying Ceremony Honors Fallen Alabama Bay of Pigs Airman

Retired members from the 117th Air Refueling Wing who participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion were present during a grave side wreath laying ceremony honoring Thomas Pete Ray. Ray was the only Alabama Airman who was killed during the invasion that was returned to the United States. Ray's grave site is located in Forest Cemetery overlooking the Birmingham Airport. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Ken Johnson/Released)

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Wreath Laying Ceremony Honors Fallen Alabama Bay of Pigs Airman

Retired members from the 117th Air Refueling Wing who participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion were present during a grave side wreath laying ceremony honoring Thomas Pete Ray. Ray was the only Alabama Airman who was killed during the invasion that was returned to the United States. Ray's grave site is located in Forest Cemetery overlooking the Birmingham Airport. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Ken Johnson/Released)

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Wreath Laying Ceremony Honors Fallen Alabama Bay of Pigs Airman

Retired members from the 117th Air Refueling Wing who participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion were present during a grave side wreath laying ceremony honoring Thomas Pete Ray. Ray was the only Alabama Airman who was killed during the invasion that was returned to the United States. Ray's grave site is located in Forest Cemetery overlooking the Birmingham Airport. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Ken Johnson/Released)

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Wreath Laying Ceremony Honors Fallen Alabama Bay of Pigs Airman

Retired members from the 117th Air Refueling Wing who participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion were present during a grave side wreath laying ceremony honoring Thomas Pete Ray. Ray was the only Alabama Airman who was killed during the invasion that was returned to the United States. Ray's grave site is located in Forest Cemetery overlooking the Birmingham Airport. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Ken Johnson/Released)

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Bay of Pigs Participants Honored During Dedication

Retired members from the 117th Air Refueling Wing who participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion are honored during a nose art dedication for the Alabama Air National Guardsmen who were shot down and killed during the invasion. They are a few of the last surviving participants of the secret operation that cost the lives of Thomas Pete Ray, Riley Shamburger, Leo Baker and Wade Gray. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Ken Johnson/Released)

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Bay of Pigs Participants Honored During Dedication

Retired members from the 117th Air Refueling Wing who participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion are honored during a nose art dedication for the Alabama Air National Guardsmen who were shot down and killed during the invasion. They are a few of the last surviving participants of the secret operation that cost the lives of Thomas Pete Ray, Riley Shamburger, Leo Baker and Wade Gray. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Ken Johnson/Released)

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Bay of Pigs Participants Honored During Dedication

Retired members from the 117th Air Refueling Wing who participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion are honored during a nose art dedication for the Alabama Air National Guardsmen who were shot down and killed during the invasion. They are a few of the last surviving participants of the secret operation that cost the lives of Thomas Pete Ray, Riley Shamburger, Leo Baker and Wade Gray. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Ken Johnson/Released)

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Bay of Pigs Participants Honored During Dedication

Retired members from the 117th Air Refueling Wing who participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion are honored during a nose art dedication for the Alabama Air National Guardsmen who were shot down and killed during the invasion. They are a few of the last surviving participants of the secret operation that cost the lives of Thomas Pete Ray, Riley Shamburger, Leo Baker and Wade Gray. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Ken Johnson/Released)

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Air Force Brig. Gen. Dawne Deskins, New York National Guard, spearheads SAPR Program

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Dawne Deskins spearheads the Air Force National Guard's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program for the 100,000 Air National Guard members. As the lead role in the program, Deskins will be able to influence the program at a higher level at a time when sexual assault in the military has garnered national attention. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Gonzalez)

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Airman Reaches South Pole

SOUTH POLE --Senior Master Sgt. Trey Hamm arrives here at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station in February 2014 where the temperature was minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit, with a minus 70 degree wind chill. Hamm was deployed to the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station in Antarctica as the Joint Ground Safety Manager for the Air Force and the Navy.

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Samford University Athletic Scholarship Fund receives check

HOMEWOOD, Ala. -- The Samford University Athletic Scholarship Fund is presented a check for $3,000 here on April 3, 2014 from the 2013 Whaley Memorial Golf tournament. An equal amount was presented to Susan G. Komen in support of cancer research earlier this year from the tournament. Over $110,000 in donations have been raised for charities since the inception of the Whaley Memorial Golf Tournament.

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The 117th Air Refueling Wing Remembers Fallen Airmen

Tech. Sgt. Aaron Sharit, a crew chief from the 117th Maintenance Group paints nose art on a KC-135R commemorating the 117th Air Refueling Wing's participation in the 1961 Bay of Pigs operation. The design, created by Sharit, was inspired by a combination of logos and graphics that were used on some of the aircraft during the invasion. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Ken Johnson/Released)

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The 117th Air Refueling Wing Remembers Fallen Airmen

Students and directors from the University of Alabama-Birmingham paint nose art on a KC-135R aircraft. The design commemorates the 117th Air Refueling Wing's participation in the 1961 Bay of Pigs operation. Tech. Sgt. Aaron Sharit, a crew chief from the 117th Maintenance Group, created the design and was inspired by a combination of logos and graphics that were used on some of the aircraft during the invasion. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Ken Johnson/Released)

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The 117th Air Refueling Wing Remembers Fallen Airmen

Students and directors from the University of Alabama-Birmingham paint nose art on a KC-135R aircraft. The design commemorates the 117th Air Refueling Wing's participation in the 1961 Bay of Pigs operation. Tech. Sgt. Aaron Sharit, a crew chief from the 117th Maintenance Group, created the design and was inspired by a combination of logos and graphics that were used on some of the aircraft during the invasion. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Ken Johnson/Released)

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The 117th Air Refueling Wing Remembers Fallen Airmen

Students and directors from the University of Alabama-Birmingham paint nose art on a KC-135R aircraft. The design commemorates the 117th Air Refueling Wing's participation in the 1961 Bay of Pigs operation. Tech. Sgt. Aaron Sharit, a crew chief from the 117th Maintenance Group, created the design and was inspired by a combination of logos and graphics that were used on some of the aircraft during the invasion. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Ken Johnson/Released)

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The 117th Air Refueling Wing Remembers Fallen Airmen

Students and directors from the University of Alabama-Birmingham paint nose art on a KC-135R aircraft. The design commemorates the 117th Air Refueling Wing's participation in the 1961 Bay of Pigs operation. Tech. Sgt. Aaron Sharit, a crew chief from the 117th Maintenance Group, created the design and was inspired by a combination of logos and graphics that were used on some of the aircraft during the invasion. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Ken Johnson/Released)

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The 117th Air Refueling Wing Remembers Fallen Airmen

Students and directors from the University of Alabama-Birmingham paint nose art on a KC-135R aircraft. The design commemorates the 117th Air Refueling Wing's participation in the 1961 Bay of Pigs operation. Tech. Sgt. Aaron Sharit, a crew chief from the 117th Maintenance Group, created the design and was inspired by a combination of logos and graphics that were used on some of the aircraft during the invasion. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Ken Johnson/Released)

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The 117th Air Refueling Wing Remembers Fallen Airmen

Students and directors from the University of Alabama-Birmingham paint nose art on a KC-135R aircraft. The design commemorates the 117th Air Refueling Wing's participation in the 1961 Bay of Pigs operation. Tech. Sgt. Aaron Sharit, a crew chief from the 117th Maintenance Group, created the design and was inspired by a combination of logos and graphics that were used on some of the aircraft during the invasion. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Ken Johnson/Released)

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Airman of the Quarter

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Staff Sgt. Jeremy J. Brush was recently selected as the 117 ARW “Airman of the Quarter” NCO category. Brush saved the life of an infant by immediately applying life-saving techniques while deployed in September 2010. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Farson/Released)

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Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Majors accepts award for the Maintenance Person of the Year

Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Majors of the 117th Maintenance Group accepts the Maintenance Person of the Year award on February 8, 2014. Majors won the award through a nomination presented on a shop towel. This nomination method is encouraged by senior leadership in the to drive home peer recognition. (photo by: Airman 1st Class Wesley A. Jones/Released)

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