Airmen deployed to the 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., wash a B-52 Stratofortess., which participated in Valiant Shield joint air operations. Valiant Shield is a exercise integrating an estimated 18,000 Navy, Air Force, Army and Marine Corps personnel, more than 200 aircraft and 19 surface ships, offering real-world joint operational experience to develop capabilities that provide a full range of options to defend interests and those of its allies and partners. ( Staff Sgt. William Banton

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