{"id":6658,"date":"2019-12-22T19:40:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T19:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/22\/best-pics-of-the-week-dec-22-2019\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:31:31","slug":"best-pics-of-the-week-dec-22-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/frontline-photos\/2019\/12\/22\/best-pics-of-the-week-dec-22-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Best pics of the week: Dec. 22, 2019"},"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-9804\" data-id=\"9804\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5996289.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5996289.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5996289.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5996289.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5996289.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5996289.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Recruits with Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion maneuver through mud and barbed wire during the Combat Endurance Course on Dec. 21, 2019, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. 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Tyler Hlavac\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" alt=\"Pennsylvania Air National Guard\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9814\" data-id=\"9814\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49228734072_4089ad9d3f_k.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49228734072_4089ad9d3f_k.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49228734072_4089ad9d3f_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49228734072_4089ad9d3f_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49228734072_4089ad9d3f_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,684 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49228734072_4089ad9d3f_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Tech. Sgt. Joshua Nordeen, a Pennsylvania Air National Guardsman, deices an aircraft early in the morning as the sun rises in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Dec. 12, 2019. (Staff Sgt. Bryan Hoover\/Pennsylvania Air 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=\"Santa visits McEntire JNGB, S.C.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9825\" data-id=\"9825\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191207-Z-VD276-9009.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191207-Z-VD276-9009.JPG.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191207-Z-VD276-9009.JPG.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191207-Z-VD276-9009.JPG.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191207-Z-VD276-9009.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191207-Z-VD276-9009.JPG.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Santa Claus waves as he arrives in a 169th Fighter Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., Dec. 7, 2019. 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Megan Floyd\/Air National Guard)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1413\" alt=\"NAS Pensacola Memorial\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9834\" data-id=\"9834\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49249327956_5c6903948e_k.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49249327956_5c6903948e_k.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49249327956_5c6903948e_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,207 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49249327956_5c6903948e_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,530 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49249327956_5c6903948e_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,707 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49249327956_5c6903948e_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1060 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Guests attend a memorial service in the National Naval Aviation Museum at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., on Dec. 19, 2019. The service was held for Ensign Joshua K. Watson, Naval Air Crewman (Mechanical) 3rd Class Mohammed S. Haitham, and Naval Air Crewman (Mechanical) 3rd Class Cameron S. Walters, who were killed during the Dec. 6, 2019, active-shooter incident. (Chief Mass Communication Specialist David Holmes\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9849\" data-id=\"9849\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1195346289.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1195346289.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1195346289.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1195346289.jpg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1195346289.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1195346289.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A member of the U.S. Air Force holds up a full-field American flag as it is displayed on the field before the Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl between the Washington Huskies and the Boise State Broncos at Sam Boyd Stadium on Dec. 21, 2019 in Las Vegas. (David Becker\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1189\" alt=\"USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9858\" data-id=\"9858\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49227764878_cbd7586b15_k.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49227764878_cbd7586b15_k.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49227764878_cbd7586b15_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,174 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49227764878_cbd7586b15_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,446 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49227764878_cbd7586b15_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,595 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49227764878_cbd7586b15_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,892 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An F\/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) on Dec. 12, 2019, in the Pacific Ocean. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Pyoung K. Yi\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Operation Toy Drop 2019\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9870\" data-id=\"9870\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5995966.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5995966.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5995966.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5995966.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5995966.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5995966.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A U.S. Army paratrooper lands at Alzey drop zone Dec. 18, 2019, after jumping off a C-160 during Operation Toy Drop 2019, at Alzey, Germany. (Staff Sgt. Sinthia Rosario\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Operation Toy Drop 2019\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9880\" data-id=\"9880\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5993677.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5993677.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5993677.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5993677.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5993677.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5993677.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. Army soldiers  and multinational partners walk to the rendezvous point during Operation Toy Drop near the town of Alzey, Germany, on Dec. 18, 2019. (Ismael Ortega\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Steel Knight 20 (SK20)\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9891\" data-id=\"9891\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191211-M-SP532-1409.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191211-M-SP532-1409.JPG.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191211-M-SP532-1409.JPG.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191211-M-SP532-1409.JPG.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191211-M-SP532-1409.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191211-M-SP532-1409.JPG.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Cpl. Rayfel Gonzalez digs an entrenchment for an M240B machine gun Dec. 11, 2019, during exercise Steel Knight 20 (SK20) on Marine Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. (Cpl. Sabrina Candiaflores\/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-9897\" data-id=\"9897\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5996214.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5996214.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5996214.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5996214.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5996214.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5996214.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter transports cargo to the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) from the USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8) during a replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Sea on Dec. 21, 2019. 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