Air Force Senior Airman Brianna Striplin, left, 4th Special Operations Squadron special missions operator, and Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chelsea Kessner, 19th Special Operations Squadron special missions aviator instructor, conduct a pre-flight inspection on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 26, 2021. The special missions aviators were part of an all-female aircrew operating the Ghostrider, the first mission of its kind in the history of the airframe.

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