{"id":6372,"date":"2021-06-06T19:09:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T19:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/06\/best-pics-of-the-week-june-6-2021\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:47:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:47:51","slug":"best-pics-of-the-week-june-6-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/frontline-photos\/2021\/06\/06\/best-pics-of-the-week-june-6-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Best pics of the week: June 6, 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=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8369\" data-id=\"8369\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210518-A-DO439-001.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210518-A-DO439-001.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210518-A-DO439-001.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210518-A-DO439-001.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210518-A-DO439-001.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210518-A-DO439-001.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Alabama Army National Guardsman Spc. Dexter Hanson meshes his ghillie suit with the surrounding brush for better concealment during a training exercise in Xanthi, Greece, May 18, 2021. (Sgt. 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(1st Lt. Ricki Sidorov\/Air Force)<\/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-8377\" data-id=\"8377\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210527-M-MT228-0217M.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210527-M-MT228-0217M.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210527-M-MT228-0217M.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210527-M-MT228-0217M.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210527-M-MT228-0217M.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210527-M-MT228-0217M.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Marines navigate combat rubber raiding craft during small boat tactics training at White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa, Japan, May 27, 2021. (Sgt. 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(Cpl. Ian M. Simmons\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1270\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8402\" data-id=\"8402\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/army_black_hawk.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/army_black_hawk.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/army_black_hawk.jpg.jpg?resize=300,186 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/army_black_hawk.jpg.jpg?resize=768,476 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/army_black_hawk.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,635 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/army_black_hawk.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,953 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A Task Force Phoenix UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, from the 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, is prepped for a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in the Middle East, May 22, 2021. (2nd Lt. Kyle Gallagher\/Army National Guard)<\/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-8414\" data-id=\"8414\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210515-M-LE234-2099M.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210515-M-LE234-2099M.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210515-M-LE234-2099M.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210515-M-LE234-2099M.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210515-M-LE234-2099M.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210515-M-LE234-2099M.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Marines offload a light armored vehicle during an expeditionary advance base exercise at San Clemente Island, Calif., May 15, 2021. (Sgt. Alexis Flores\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1542\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8426\" data-id=\"8426\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navy_great_lakes.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navy_great_lakes.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navy_great_lakes.jpg.jpg?resize=300,226 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navy_great_lakes.jpg.jpg?resize=768,578 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navy_great_lakes.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,771 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navy_great_lakes.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1157 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A recruit chief petty officer stands at the lead of her formation May 13, 2021, before there pass-in-review graduations ceremony at Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill. (MC1 Spencer Fling\/Navy)<\/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-8441\" data-id=\"8441\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/usaf_lancer_test.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/usaf_lancer_test.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/usaf_lancer_test.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/usaf_lancer_test.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/usaf_lancer_test.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/usaf_lancer_test.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Ground crews move a B-1B Lancer into position at the Benefield Anechoic Facility on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., May 20, 2021. The B-1B, assigned to the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron, 53rd Wing, out of Dyess AFB, Texas, will be used to conduct testing of Pre-processor Flight Software 6.42. (1st Lt. Christine Saunders\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8462\" data-id=\"8462\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/army_fort_greely.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/army_fort_greely.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/army_fort_greely.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/army_fort_greely.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/army_fort_greely.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/army_fort_greely.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Paratroopers exit a CH-47 Chinook on May 10, 2021, as they conduct an air assault during exercise Northern Edge 21 at Fort Greely, Alaska. 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