Staff Sgt. Kyle Boddie, U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aircrew flight equipment technician, helps Tracey Pendley with her anti-gravity flight suit at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. on Oct. 11, 2019. The Hometown Hero program allows exceptional community members to be nominated for a familiarization flight in a Thunderbirds jet, an F-16 Fighting Falcon. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Kendra A. Ransum)

Air Force Reserve aerial transportation specialists approach a C-130J with a forklift to perform a combat offload method-B on a dirt landing zone Oct. 5, 2019, located on Fort Chaffee, Ark. Due to evolving combatant command requirements, the Air Force Reserves has increased focus on units operating effectively in degraded environments. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Maj. Ashley Walker).

Maj. Nick Foreman (left) and Maj. Chris Bean (right), 815th Airlift Squadron pilots, fly a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft toward Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Miss. Oct. 2, 2019. The 815th AS, aka ‘Flying Jennies,’ with the 327th AS, provided airlift and airdrop support for the U.S. Army’s Joint Forces Exercise Arctic Anvil, Oct. 1 to 6. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carranza)

Youth ask questions of Maj. Benjamin Calhoon, 22nd Air Force executive officer, regarding his experience as a space operations officer at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton, Ga., Aug 17, 2019. Maj. Calhoon served as capnote speaker for 4-H youth development event and shared opportunities for STEM related careers and space-related technology in the Air Force.

Staff Sgt. Jennifer Deimund, Air Force Reserve Recruiting, shares information about the Air Force Reserves to area high school students during the JROTC Day event at at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Oct. 8, 2019. More than 400 high school students from 11 schools across Missouri and Illinois learned about various careers in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Parr)