Airmen congratulate Lt. Col. Timothy Schepper, 28th Operations Group senior evaluator, on being the first person to achieve 5,000 hours flying B-1 bombers at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., July 15, 2013. Schepper’s accomplishment is one of the many milestones for the B-1, which includes eight years of consecutive deployment and racking up nearly 10,000 combat missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Hada/Released)