Sam Mathis (right), Air Force Academy cadet 2nd class, sits in the pilot’s chair next to a flight instructor inside the 36th Airlift Squadron’s C-130J Super Hercules flight trainer as part of Operation Air Force at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 28, 2022. Operation Air Force is a two week long academy summer program that sends cadets entering their third and fourth years of training to bases around the world to experience what active duty Airmen from all areas of expertise do to support the Department of Defense mission for Military Forces.

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