Air Force Capt. Sky Lesh, 354th Fighter Squadron pilot, performs an operations check on an A-10C Thunderbolt II prior to takeoff during the annual Cactus Flag exercise at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Dec. 6, 2017. Cactus Flag is designed to ensure D-M is ready to provide attack airpower in support of combatant commanders anywhere in the world. ( Air Force

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