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Al Udied AFB, Scotland, and England

The 145th Airlift Wing hosts family and friends as they bid farewell to deploying Airmen from the North Carolina Air National Guard base, Charlotte-Douglass International Airport on June 17, 2025. The Deployment consists of Airmen from multiple careerfields across the Air Force. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Nathan Clark)

made me think of the kids. and a nice piece of artwork, too.

Instruments like this were deployed overnight at selected locations to record hourly values of temperature, pH, specific conductance, and dissolved oxygen. With this technique we were able to capture the daily maximums and minimums in fluctuations in these parameters, thereby understanding better the importance of algae in the system.

yes, that abraham. really. the shrine off in the distance.

Rudy Closs, 31, holds his 8 1/2 month old daughter, Cali Closs, before the Headquarters and Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion 108th Infantry Deployment Ceremony Sunday. "That's the hardest part about leaving," he said "leaving my daughter."

Kathleen Duncan / Observer-Dispatch