Airman 1st Class Tyric Fisher, 55th Force Support food services apprentice, Col. Michael Manion, 55th Wing commander, and Lt. Col. James Parrish, 55th Wing head chaplain, pose for a photo before the cutting the cake during the 71st Air Force Birthday Ball celebration Sept. 22, 2018, at CHI Health Center, Omaha, Nebraska. The ball celebrated the establishment of the Air Force, which began on Aug. 1, 1907 when the Army Signal Corps created the Aeronautical Division that eventually became the Air Force on Sept. 18, 1947.

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