This Year in Photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America.

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The Flying Wing in the air above Gillespie Field, El Cajon, CA. At the "Wings Over Gillespie" air show. Unfortunately, this aircraft was destroyed in a fatal crash on 04/22/2019 in Norco, CA. R.I.P. to the pilot, and sympathy to his family.

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Bird man; the flying apparatus of Ellyson, a mechanic from Munich. Germany, 1932” From the excellent xplanes.tumblr.com

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