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Students from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering and Management gather for a group photo at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, March 26, 2026. The graduating class included 181 students along with international partners from Australia, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Brazil and Israel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jack Gardner)

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Students from the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management stand for the presentation of the colors at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, March 26, 2026. The graduating class included 181 students along with international partners from Australia, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Brazil and Israel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jack Gardner)

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Dr. Walter F. Jones, director and chancellor of the Air Force Institute of Technology, congratulates students for their success and dedication to their studies in the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, March 26, 2026. The graduating class included 181 students along with international partners from Australia, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Brazil and Israel.(U.S. Air Force photo by Jack Gardner)

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The Air Force Institute of Technology hosts its annual awards ceremony for students in the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, March 26, 2026. The graduating class included 181 students along with international partners from Australia, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Brazil and Israel.(U.S. Air Force photo by Jack Gardner)

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A large group of people, men and women, some military uniforms, other civilian attire, use one large pair of scissors to cut a red ribbon

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A woman, wearing a military camouflage uniform, stands behind a podium speaking into a microphone

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A man, wearing a military camouflage uniform, raises his right hand high as he speaks behind a podium

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A group of three Airmen sit at a table as another Airmen bends over to sign a piece of paper. Many more people can be seen in the background

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Two men, wearing military camouflage uniforms, and a woman, wearing grey apron, stand behind tables with informational material as a woman, wearing a military uniform stands in front

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