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ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Airman 1st Class
Favre Thomas, 703rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, gets Bobby Knight, head
coach for the Texas Tech University basketball team, to sign a Raider Red
mascot doll, at the fitness center here Nov. 21. Texas Tech team practiced on
Elmendorf for the annual Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout Basketball
Tournament Nov. 20-24 at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage. Texas Tech lost to
Butler University 81-71 in the championship game Nov. 24. (U.S. Air Force
photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Steffen) Download Full Image | E-mail a
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Members of the 3rd Communication
Squadron listen to David Pree talk about his military days during the Veteran
Appreciation Celebration at the Pioneer Retirement Home Nov. 9, 2007. Mr.
Pree enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was still active when it became the
U.S. Air Force in 1947. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tinese
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Airman 1st Class Christopher
Billings, 3rd Communications Squadron, serves ice cream to veterans at the
Pioneer Retirement Home during the Veteran Appreciation Celebration Nov. 9.
Residents were served cake and ice cream and listened to live music. (U.S Air
Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tinese Treadwell) Download Full Image | E-mail a
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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A 517th Airlift
Squadron C-17 Globemaster III from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, sits on
the tarmac here while the crate carrying Maggie, an 8,000-pound African
elephant, is off-loaded for transport to the Performing Animal Welfare
Society's ARK 2000 Wildlife Sanctuary. From Travis AFB, Maggie's crate was
loaded on a trailer where it made the two-hour drive to her new home. (U.S.
Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown) Download Full Image | E-mail a
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ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Airman 1st Class
Michael Lasseter, 732nd Air Mobility Squadron, helps secure the crate
carrying Maggie the Elephant to the floor of the C-17 that carried her to her
new home in California. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith
Brown) Download Full Image | E-mail a
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ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Master Sgt. Stephen
Mallory, a loadmaster with the 517th Airlift Squadron, helps secure the crate
holding Maggie, a 8,000-pound African elephant, to the C-17 Globemaster III.
Sergeant Mallory was one of four loadmasters on Maggie's flight. (U.S. Air
Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown) Download Full Image | E-mail a
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Fado, a 3-month-old English Bulldog, is the official
mascot of the 525th Fighter Squadron. He made his debut as a member of the
squadron during the activation ceremony Monday. (Photo by Airman 1st Class
Tinese Treadwell) Download Full Image | E-mail a
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Col. James Hecker, 3rd Operations Group commander,
presents the 525th Tactical Fighter Squadron flag to Lt. Col. Chuck Corcoran,
525th Fighter Squadron commander. Colonel Corcoran assumed command of the
525th FS during an activation ceremony here Monday. The squadron was
inactivated as the 525th TFS in 1992. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Tinese
Treadwell) Download Full Image | E-mail a
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Airmen of the 3rd Civil Engineer Squadron string lights
around the “Anchorage Welcomes You” sign near the Ted Stevens International
Airport. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Tinese Treadwell) Download Full Image | E-mail a
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Airmen of the 3rd Civil Engineer Squadron string
lights around the “Anchorage Welcomes You” sign near the Ted Stevens
International Airport. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Tinese
Treadwell) Download Full Image | E-mail a
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Maj. Byron Miranda, an Air Force
safety officer and C-17 Globemaster III pilot, listens to members of the
Alasaka Zoo and the Performance Animal Welfare Society, or PAWS, as they
answer questions about moving Alaska's only elephant, Maggie, to the PAWS
sanctuary in California. A 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III from
Elmendorf Air Force Base will transport the 8,000 pound African elephant
Thursday. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown) Download Full Image | E-mail a
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Maggie, Alaska's only elephant,
conducts crate training before being relocated to the Performing Animals
Welfare Society, or PAWS, in California. A 517th Airlift Squadron C-17
Globemaster III from Elmendorf Air Force Base will transport the 25-year-old
pachyderm Thursday in a crate specifically designed to transport elephants.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt Keith Brown)
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