Air Force 2011 Year in Pictures

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Staff

An A-10 Thunderbolt II with the U.S. Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., drops an AGM-65 Maverick missile during a close air support training mission Sept. 23, 2011, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. U.S. Air Force Weapons School students participate in many combat training missions over the range during the six-month, graduate-level instructor course held at Nellis AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman)

An A-10 Thunderbolt II with the U.S. Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., drops an AGM-65 Maverick missile during a close air support training mission Sept. 23, 2011, over the Nevada Test and Training Range.  This photo by Senior Airman Brett Clashman is just one of several eye-catching images released today by the Air Force as part of their 2011 Year in Pictures gallery.

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