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TAMPA, Fla. -- Members of the 927th Air Refueling Wing recently visited the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation, a 90,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility operated by University of South Florida Health September 14, 2012. The facility and the 927th ARW hope to form a partnership that will allow the medical personnel in the unit to take advantage of the simulators in the facility, valued at $38 million. (Official U.S. Air Force photo/Courtesy of Lt. Col. Dawn Moore)

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TAMPA, Fla. -- Lieutenant Col. Dawn Moore, commander of the 927th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, recently visited the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation, a 90,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility operated by University of South Florida Health September 14, 2012. The facility and the medical units of the wing hope to form a partnership that will allow medical personnel to take advantage of the simulators in the facility, valued at $38 million. (Official U.S. Air Force photo/Courtesy of Lt. Col. Dawn Moore)

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TAMPA, Fla. -- Representatives from each of the four medical units in the 927th Air Refueling Wing toured the new Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in downtown Tampa September 14, 2012. The reserve unit will make use of the state-of-the-art training facilities to prepare them for combat depoyments. (Photo Courtesy of Dr. Carrie Elk)

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Flying High with the Bucs

Tampa, Fla. -- Maj. Matt Parker, a pilot with the 91st Air Refueling Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., looks on toward the Tampa Buccaneers Stadium prior to a flyover September 7, 2012. He and other crew members flew the KC-135 Stratotanker over the stadium during the crescendo of the National Anthem at the beginning of the game. (Official U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Rhodes)

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Flying High with the Bucs

TAMPA, Fla. – A KC-135 Stratotanker descends upon the crowd at the Tampa Buccaneers Stadium September 7, 2012 at the beginning of a football game. The aircraft flew from MacDill Air Force Base over the stadium during the crescendo of the National Anthem. (Official U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jennie Chamberlin)

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Flying High with the Bucs

TAMPA, Fla. – MacDill Air Force Base sent one of its KC-135 Stratotankers to fly over the Tampa Buccaneers Stadium September 7, 2012. Looking down from the boom pod in the back of the aircraft, a boom operator has a bird's eye view of the stadium. (Official U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Shane Huff)

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Liberty Bells perform for 927th ARW

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Colonel Dave Pavey, commander of the 927th Air Refueling Wing, welcomed the Liberty Bells, the United Services Organization’s only chartered show troupe recently. From left to right, Heidi Marie Ferren, Alix Paige and Joanna Howard and performed classic and contemporary hits for the gathered audience. (Official U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Rhodes)

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Liberty Bells perform for 927th ARW

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The Liberty Bells, the United Services Organization’s only chartered show troupe, performed recently for troops of the 927th Air Refueling Wing. From left to right, Heidi Marie Ferren, Joanna Howard and Alix Paige performed classic and contemporary hits for the gathered audience. (Official U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Rhodes)

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Liberty Bells perform for 927th ARW

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The Liberty Bells, the United Services Organization’s only chartered show troupe, performed recently for troops of the 927th Air Refueling Wing. From left to right, Alix Paige, Heidi Marie Ferren, and Joanna Howard performed classic and contemporary hits for the gathered audience. (Official U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Rhodes)

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MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- When Senior Airman Andrea Lucy, right, graduated from basic military training, she had the full support of her mother, Cate Thorp, left. When Thorp discovered she was battling invasive cancer, the mother and daughter saw it as a challenge. The same spirit that inspires Lucy to serve as a reservist with the 927th Aerospace Medicine Squadron is used today to care for her mother so they can beat the disease together. (Official U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Rhodes)

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MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- When Cate Thorp, left, and her daughter, Senior Airman Andrea Lucy, right, discovered Thorp was battling invasive cancer, they saw it as a challenge. The same spirit that inspires Lucy to serve as a reservist with the 927th Aerospace Medicine Squadron is used to care for her mother so they can beat the disease together. (Official U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Rhodes)

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Not Standing Idly By

DACHAU, GERMANY – Shortly after Dachau’s liberation, American soldiers view the bodies inside one of the open railcars. Today, the U.S. Air Force educates all Airmen about how to intervene in small and large-scale situations to prevent the type of bystander behavior that allowed places like Dachau to exist. (Photo courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum/Eric Schwab)

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Not Standing Idly By

DACHAU, GERMANY – Shortly after Dachau’s liberation, American soldiers view the bodies inside one of the open railcars. Today, the U.S. Air Force educates all Airmen about how to intervene in small and large-scale situations to prevent the type of bystander behavior that allowed places like Dachau to exist. (Photo courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum/Eric Schwab)

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Serving God and Country

ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait -- Lieutenant Col. John Weller, wing chaplain with the 927th Air Refueling Wing, recently returned from a deployment where he led a team of chaplains and support staff, ministering to thousands of servicememebers. Weller left behind his family and congregation in Florida to serve as a citizen warrior. (Official U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Stacy Fowler)

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Serving God and Country

ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait -- Lieutenant Colonel John Weller, third from the left, led a team of chaplains and support personnel during a recent deployment. Weller left behind his congregation in Florida to serve as a citizen warrior with the 927th Air Refueling Wing. (Official U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Cari Brooks)

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Best In The Reserves

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Kyle Adams, a potential citizen-warrior, sits in the Tampa Air Force Reserve recruiting office, reviewing a pamphlet for the Pararescue enlistment option. The 22 year-old, like all potential Airmen that walk through the doors there, is met with a team of motivated recruiters that run the top recruiting station in the Air Force Reserves. (Official U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Rhodes)

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Best In The Reserves

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Shawn Rigney, left, and his friend Kyle Adams, right, sit with Tech. Sgt. Michael Gabryszewski, a member of the best recruiting team in the Air Force Reserves. The 927th Air Refueling Wing, a reserve unit stationed here, credits its recruiters’ success to effective management and allowing their recruiters to do what they do best – make sure the cream of the crop knows about the Air Force Reserves. (Official U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Rhodes)

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Best In The Reserves

Technical Sgt. Michael Gabryszewski, head recruiter for the Tampa Air Force Reserve recruiting station, meets with potential applicants Kyle Adams, left, and Shawn Rigney, right. Gabryszewski is a member of the team that claims the title of best recruiting station in the Air Force Reserve. (Official U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Rhodes)

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U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jennie Chamberlin

Brigadier General Gary Blaszkiewicz, Air Force Reserve Command Director of Logistics, meets with Senior Airman Charlie Lawson and other members of the 927th Logistics Readiness Traffic Management Office at MacDill Air Force Base August 4, 2012. The general spent a day touring the 927th Air Refueling Wing’s facilities, greeting Airman and learning about the 927th ARW’s training and mission capabilities.

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So they never forget

St. Petersburg, Fla. – Commanders of the 927th Air Refueling Wing recently toured the Florida Holocaust Museum, dedicated to educating people about the consequences of looking the other way. The Air Force now trains its members in bystander intervention, ensuring they know how to respond to offense words and actions. (Official U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Rhodes)

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