Frontline Photos: Sept. 18, 2017

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  • U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers flanked by U.S. Marine Corps F-35 Lightning II and Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2 fighters execute a bilateral mission over the Pacific Ocean on Sept. 18, 2017, conducted in direct response to North Korea’s intermediate range ballistic missile launch, which flew directly over northern Japan on Sept. 14. (Staff Sgt. Steven Schneider/Army)
  • Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Kenneth Rettig, right, and Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Gerald Vaughan, both assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), fire a .50-caliber machine gun at a “killer tomato” target off the ship’s forecastle Sept. 15, 2017, during a live-fire exercise in the Pacific Ocean. (MC3 Jonathan Clay/Navy)
  • Staff noncommissioned officers with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, compete against officers in tug-o-war during physical training at Naval Base Guam, Sept. 5, 2017. (Cpl. Amaia Unanue/Marine Corps)
  • U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform a mirror-image maneuver during the 2017 Andrews Air Show: Air and Space Expo Sept. 15, 2017. (Senior Airman Delano Scott/Air Force)
  • Chief petty officers gather around Chief Logistics Specialist Andres Matos on Sept. 16, 2017, to take a selfie after Matos was advanced to chief petty officer during a promotion ceremony aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) in the Arabian Gulf. (MC3 Lucas T. Hans/Navy)
  • A route-clearing team with the Florida National Guard’s Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Emergency Response Force-Package worked with crewmembers of the USS New York, USS Iwo Jima and the Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 26 to clear a port at Naval Air Station Key West. Hurricane Irma rendered the port inaccessible to goods and supplies needed for recovery efforts. (David Sterphone/National Guard)
  • A 4th Fighter Wing F-15E Strike Eagle heritage paint scheme aircraft disconnects after refueling from a 916th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker, Sept. 14, 2017, in the skies above North Carolina. Members of the 4th Equipment Maintenance Squadron fabrication flight worked more than one month to complete the paint scheme in honor of the 4 FW’s 75th anniversary. (Airman 1st Class Victoria Boyton/Air Force)
  • Lt. Col. Nick “Miles” Edwards, left, and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein brief President Donald Trump on the F-35A Lightning II during the Chief’s Airpower Demonstration designed to highlight current and future national defense requirements Sept. 15, 2017, on Joint Base Andrews, Md. (Scott M. Ash/Air Force)
  • Sailor clears debris at a boat ramp on Sept. 12, 2017, in Key West, Fla. (MC1 Shamira Purifoy/Navy)
  • Senior Airman Antonio Samuels, 453rd Electronic Warfare Squadron, bows his head as he and fellow Airmen carry a casket out of a hearse during an honor guard graduation ceremony at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Sept. 8, 2017. The graduation performance included flag detail, rifle volley, pall bearers and bugle demonstrations. (Samuel King Jr./Air Force)
  • Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Ronald L. Green shakes hands with Congressional Gold Medal recipient George G. Cranberry Jr., a Montford Point Marine, during Marine Week Detroit, Sept. 9, 2017. (Lance Cpl. Danny Gonzalez/Marine Corps))
  • The 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) and members of the International Federation of Mountain Soldiers (IFMS) take part in a wreath laying ceremony to commemorate mountain soldiers around the world who have made the final “Climb to Glory” at Fort Drum Memorial Park in Fort Drum, N.Y., Sept. 14, 2017. (Army)
  • Air Force senior leaders hike on a glacier near Illulissat, Greenland, Sept. 12, 2017. The senior leaders were in Greenland, Canada and Alaska as part of Operation Uggianaqtuq, an Arctic Security Expedition to better understand the challenges of working in the climate and to build relationships with allies and partners there. (Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook/Air Force)