U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Austin Cox, 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft maintenance journeyman, preps a B-52 Stratofortress prior to takeoff at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, July 8, 2019. The 93rd Bomb Squadron was preparing to participating in Air Force Global Strike Command’s 2019 Global Strike Challenge. The Global Strike Challenge’s bomber operations competition is to accurately place inert, unguided munitions on a specific target. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ted Daigle)