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Faces of Global Thunder 26

U.S. Airmen assigned to 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron smile before performing maintenance operations during Operation Bully Stick near Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Oct. 23, 2025. Operation Bully Stick is an exercise designed to test the wing’s ability to rapidly generate intercontinental ballistic missile readiness under agile combat employment concepts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Vincent Padilla)

PHOTO BY: Airman 1st Class Vincent Padilla
VIRIN: 251023-F-YE967-2286.JPG
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CAMERA

NIKON Z 6_2

LENS

VR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G

APERTURE

5

SHUTTERSPEED

1/1000

ISO

64

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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