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Last two USMC WSO have graduated

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The last two weapons systems officers (WSO) for the U.S. Marine Corps have graduated on Sept. 24.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2021) Marine 1st Lt. John Roger Rueckel III is pinned with his weapons systems officer (WSO) Wings of Gold during a ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Sept. 24, 2021. Rueckel became the last Marine to graduate from the “Sabrehawks” of Training Squadron 86 at NAS Pensacola as the Marine Corps transitions from the F/A-18 Hornet to the F-35 Lightning II. VT-86, located at NAS Pensacola, trains the world’s finest combat-quality naval flight officers, committed to global security and prosperity, and projecting naval air power worldwide. (U.S. Navy photo by Jason Bortz)

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The last of 17 B-1s that are to be retired has left Barksdale

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The U.S. Air Force has completed its divestiture of 17 B-1B bombers on Sept. 23 with the last aircraft departing for the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base via Edwards.

A B-1B Lancer, tail number 85-0074, taxis at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 23, for its final flight. The aircraft is the last of 17 Lancers previously identified for divestiture by Air Force Global Strike Command and flew to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. (Air Force photo by Clay Cupit)

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