{"id":47884,"date":"2021-08-23T03:19:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T03:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/08\/23\/best-pics-of-the-week-aug-22-2021\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:52:08","slug":"best-pics-of-the-week-aug-22-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/frontline-photos\/2021\/08\/23\/best-pics-of-the-week-aug-22-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontline Photos: Aug. 22, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5308\" height=\"3539\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2359\" data-id=\"2359\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Helping-Hands.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Helping-Hands.jpg.jpg 5308w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Helping-Hands.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Helping-Hands.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Helping-Hands.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Helping-Hands.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Helping-Hands.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5308px) 100vw, 5308px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">UK coalition forces, Turkish coalition forces and U.S. Marines assist a child during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 20. 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Victor Mancilla\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2362\" data-id=\"2362\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Water-Relief.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Water-Relief.jpg.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Water-Relief.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Water-Relief.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Water-Relief.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Water-Relief.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Water-Relief.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit provides fresh water to a child during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 20.  (Sgt. Samuel Ruiz\/Marine Corps).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2366\" data-id=\"2366\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Safe-Slumber.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Safe-Slumber.jpg.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Safe-Slumber.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Safe-Slumber.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Safe-Slumber.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Safe-Slumber.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Safe-Slumber.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An Afghan child sleeps on the cargo floor of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, kept warm by the uniform of the C-17 loadmaster, during an evacuation flight from Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 15. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4610\" height=\"3073\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2369\" data-id=\"2369\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rainbow.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rainbow.jpg.jpg 4610w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rainbow.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rainbow.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rainbow.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rainbow.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rainbow.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4610px) 100vw, 4610px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3\/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast ropes aboard the amphibious assault ship America in the Solomon Sea, Aug. 6. (Lance Cpl. Malik Lewis\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2373\" data-id=\"2373\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nanook.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nanook.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nanook.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nanook.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nanook.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nanook.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder navigates through icebergs in the Labrador Sea during Operation Nanook Aug. 13. (U.S. Coast Guard)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2380\" data-id=\"2380\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Green-mile.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Green-mile.jpg.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Green-mile.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Green-mile.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Green-mile.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Green-mile.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Soldiers assigned to the 25th Infantry Division execute the Green Mile, a physical endurance course that concludes their training for the Jungle Operations Training Course Aug. 12 at Lightning Academy near Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. (MSG Lekendrick Stallworth\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3330\" height=\"2220\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2386\" data-id=\"2386\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Landing-craft.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Landing-craft.jpg.jpg 3330w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Landing-craft.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Landing-craft.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Landing-craft.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Landing-craft.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Landing-craft.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3330px) 100vw, 3330px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Sailors on the amphibious transport dock John P. 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(MC2 Curtis Spencer\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4036\" height=\"2691\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2390\" data-id=\"2390\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Smiling-Soldier.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Smiling-Soldier.jpg.jpg 4036w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Smiling-Soldier.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Smiling-Soldier.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Smiling-Soldier.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Smiling-Soldier.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Smiling-Soldier.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4036px) 100vw, 4036px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A U.S. Army soldier with Task Force Warrior smiles through a yellow smoke grenade while bounding with an M249 light machine gun during a live-fire exercise at Baturaja Training Area, Indonesia, Aug. 12. (Spc. Rachel Christensen\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6245\" height=\"4163\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2396\" data-id=\"2396\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Highway-A-10-jpg.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Highway-A-10-jpg.jpg.jpg 6245w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Highway-A-10-jpg.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Highway-A-10-jpg.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Highway-A-10-jpg.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Highway-A-10-jpg.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Highway-A-10-jpg.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6245px) 100vw, 6245px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An A-10 Thunderbolt II from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, prepares to land on a public highway Aug. 5 during Exercise Northern Strike 21-2. 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Scott Thompson\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3414\" height=\"2276\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2401\" data-id=\"2401\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/City-Lightsjpg.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/City-Lightsjpg.jpg.jpg 3414w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/City-Lightsjpg.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/City-Lightsjpg.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/City-Lightsjpg.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/City-Lightsjpg.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/City-Lightsjpg.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3414px) 100vw, 3414px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An F-16C Falcon fighter jet assigned to the 64th Aggressor Squadron taxis prior to a Red Flag-Nellis 21-3 mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug 4. 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