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Maj. Ken Cates, 11th Bomb Squadron pilot, educates Lane Williams and Nathan Naranjo, Greenacres Middle School students, about the B-52H Stratofortress on the flightline at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Feb. 2. Williams and Naranjo toured the 11 BS building and climbed inside a B-52. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea F. Liechti)(RELEASED)

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Maj. Ken Cates, 11th Bomb Squadron pilot, walks with Lane Williams and Nathan Naranjo, Greenacres Middle School students, toward a B-52H Stratofortress on the flightline at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Feb. 2. The students came to Barksdale as part of their job-shadowing day program. They learned all about the education and training requirements needed to become a pilot in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea F. Liechti)(RELEASED)

Association helps museum make progress, preserve history

Visitors to the 8th Air Force Museum read about the B-24 Liberator, Louisiana Belle II, at the museum?s air park Feb. 12, at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The aircraft is one of only 17 of the B-24 series of bombers currently on display or in the restoration process worldwide. The original production amounted to more than 18,000 bombers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mike Andriacco)(Released)

National Honor of the Legion Of Honor

Monsieur Jean-Claude Brunet, consul general of France in New Orleans, La., pins the National Order of the Legion of Honor medal to World War II veteran Mr. William V. Hines during a ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Feb. 10. The honor, France's highest distinction, was established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802. Recipients are approved by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman La'Shanette V. Garrett)(RELEASED)

Silent destruction

Senior Airman Jose Pinzon-Galarza, 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron Pest Management Flight, assembles a drill on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Feb. 9. In order to deposit pesticides under a building, pest management Airmen must drill through the foundation to the soil below. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chad Warren)(RELEASED)

Silent destruction

Senior Airman Thomas Davis and Senior Airman Jose Pinzon-Galarza, 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron Pest Management Flight, don protective gear on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Feb. 9. The equipment is meant to protect the Airmen from potentially dangerous chemicals while handling pesticides. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chad Warren)(RELEASED)