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Reporting for duty, Sir!

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo --509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, maintainers and crew chiefs, prepare to receive a B-2 Stealth Bomber during Global Thunder 12 exercise Oct. 25. The exercise provides unique training opportunities for component, task force, unit forces, and command posts to deter, and if necessary defeat a military attack against the United States and to employ forces as directed by the president. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Laura Goodgame)

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Reporting for duty, Sir!

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo -- Master Sgt. Stewart Reiter listens to radio chatter while supervising the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, maintainers and crew chiefs, while they prepare B-2 Stealth Bombers for Global Thunder 12 exercise Oct. 25. The exercise provides unique training opportunities for component, task force, unit forces, and command posts to deter, and if necessary defeat a military attack against the United States and to employ forces as directed by the president. Sergeant Reiter is assigned to the 509th AMXS and is a specialist section supervisor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Laura Goodgame)

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Reporting for duty, Sir!

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo -- Master Sgt. Stewart Reiter waves to a passing B-2 Stealth Bomber during Global Thunder 12 exercise Oct. 25. The exercise provides unique training opportunities for component, task force, unit forces, and command posts to deter, and if necessary defeat a military attack against the United States and to employ forces as directed by the president. Sergeant Reiter is assigned to the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and is a specialist section supervisor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Laura Goodgame)

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Reporting for duty, Sir!

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo -- 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, maintainers and crew chiefs, prepare to receive a B-2 Stealth Bomber during Global Thunder 12 exercise Oct. 25. The exercise provides unique training opportunities for component, task force, unit forces, and command posts to deter, and if necessary defeat a military attack against the United States and to employ forces as directed by the president. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Laura Goodgame)

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Reporting for duty, Sir!

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo -- 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, maintainers and crew chiefs, prepare B-2 Stealth Bombers for Global Thunder 12 exercise Oct. 25. The exercise provides unique training opportunities for component, task force, unit forces, and command posts to deter, and if necessary defeat a military attack against the United States and to employ forces as directed by the president. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Laura Goodgame)

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Whiteman 509th Maintenance Squadron

Airmen with the 131st and 509th Maintenance Squadrons prepare a B-47 Stratojet static display for a paint job, Nov. 11. The 131st and 509th maintenance Airmen will continue prepping the B-47 over the next few weeks before performing a complete paint job. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Kenny Holston)(Released)

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Whiteman 509th Maintenance Squadron

Airmen with the 131st Maintenance Squadron sand down the rear portion of a B-47 Stratojet static display prior to performing a full paint job on the plane, Nov. 11. The B-47 entered service with the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command in 1951. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Kenny Holston)(Released)

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Whiteman 509th Maintenance Squadron

A tattered aviation symbol is displayed on the side of an old B-47 Stratojet prior to being sanded down for a new paint job, Nov. 11. The B-47 arose from an informal 1943 requirement for a jet-powered reconnaissance bomber, drawn up by the U.S. Army Air Forces to prompt manufacturers to start research into jet bombers. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Kenny Holston)(Released)

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Whiteman 509th Maintenance Squadron

An Airman with the 509th Maintenance Squadron grinds down a section of a B-47 Stratojet wing as a part of the pre paint job process, Nov. 11. The B-47 was a major innovation in post-World War II combat jet design and helped lead to modern jet airliners such as the B-2. The Stratojet now serves as a static display at Whiteman AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Kenny Holston)(Released)

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Whiteman 509th Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Jonathan Cooper, 131st Maintenance Squadron sands down the bottom of a B-47 Stratojet wing in preparation for a paint job, Nov. 11. The B-47 was a long-range, six-engine, jet-powered medium bomber built to fly at high subsonic speeds and at high altitudes and now serves as a static display across from the Whiteman flightline. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Kenny Holston)(Released)

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Whiteman 509th Maintenance Squadron

An Airman with the 509th Maintenance Squadron sprays down the top of a B-47 Stratojet static display after sanding it in preparation for a paint job, Nov. 11. The B-47 never saw combat as a bomber, but was a mainstay of Strategic Air Command bomber strength during the 1950s and early 1960s. It remained in use as a bomber until 1965. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Kenny Holston)(Released)

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Cleanliness is next to "stealthiness"

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Airman 1st Class Patrick Holter, a 509th Aircraft maintenance Squadron crew chief, scrubs down a B-2, Spirit of South Carolina, during a wash Aug. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)

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Cleanliness is next to "stealthiness"

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Airman 1st Class Patrick Holter, a crew chief assigned to the 509th Aircraft maintenance Squadron, scrubs down a B-2, Spirit of South Carolina, during a wash Aug. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)

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Cleanliness is next to "stealthiness"

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Airman 1st Class Matthew Womack, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, scrubs down a B-2, Spirit of South Carolina, during a wash Aug. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)

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Cleanliness is next to "stealthiness"

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Airman 1st Class Matthew Womack, a 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, scrubs down a B-2, Spirit of South Carolina, during a wash Aug. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica

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Cleanliness is next to "stealthiness"

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Airman 1st Class Christopher Williams, a crew chief assigned to the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, washes a B-2, Spirit of South Carolina, during a wash Aug. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)

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Cleanliness is next to "stealthiness"

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Members of the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron tow a B-2, Spirit of South Carolina, to the wash rack Aug. 27. The B-2 is scheduled for a wash, which is required every 180 days and takes one to two days to complete. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)

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Cleanliness is next to "stealthiness"

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Members of the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron tow a B-2, Spirit of South Carolina, to the wash rack Aug. 27. The B-2 is scheduled for a wash, which is required every 180 days and takes one to two days to complete. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)

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Cleanliness is next to "stealthiness"

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Crew Chiefs from the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to put a B-2 in a dock Aug. 27. Twenty B-2 Spirit aircrafts are assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing. The B-2's primary mission is to attack time-critical targets early in a conflict to minimize an enemy's war-making potential. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)

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Cleanliness is next to "stealthiness"

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Crew chiefs from the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to put a B-2 in a dock Aug. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)

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