Happy birthday Air Force
Two 9th Air Force Airmen, Senior Airman Ryan Broach, protocol specialist, and Col. Timothy Hannus, director of operations, cut a cake during a celebration of the Air Force’s 65th birthday Sept. 18, 2012, at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. The gentlemen represented the unit’s youngest and oldest available Airmen. The U.S. officially became an independent military branch Sept. 18, 1947. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Currier/Released)