187th FW

230707-F-RL243-1413.JPG Photo By: Airman 1st Class Mason Hargrove

JFHQ - U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Savannah Raskey, 187th Fighter Wing student pilot, prepares for her first F-35 Lightning II flight, July 7, 2023, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The 56th Fighter Wing routinely trains alongside Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard to better integrate all Airmen in the Total Force effort. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mason Hargrove)

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Sgt. Lisa Arnett, a CH-47 Chinook crew chief with the ALNG’s B Co. 1-169th Aviation Regiment, talks about her life, career, and motivations at Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base in Birmingham, Alabama, Feb. 8, 2022. Arnett’s childhood of trauma and abuse in the foster care system led her to service in the Alabama National Guard, which turned her story into a positive force of change for others like her.

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