9/18/2012 - U.S. Air Force Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Steven Nicolai, 17th Training Wing, cuts the Air Force birthday cake with Airman Keiona Aspaas, 17th Training Group student , and Col. Mark Damiano, 17th Training Wing commander, during the Goodfellow Air Force Base annual Air Force Ball Sept. 14 at the McNease Convention Center, San Angelo, Texas. Tradition dictates the oldest and youngest Air Force members join together to cut the cake. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Laura R. McFarlane)

9/18/2012 - U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Israel Del Toro, 342nd Training Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, is the guest speaker during the Goodfellow Air Force Base annual Air Force Ball Sept. 14 at the McNease Convention Center, San Angelo, Texas. Del Toro became the first 100% disabled Airman to re-enlist in the Air Force on Feb. 8, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Laura R. McFarlane)

9/18/2012 - Attendees take to the dance floor to music performed by the Air Force Band of the West during the Goodfellow Air Force Base annual Air Force Ball Sept. 14 at the McNease Convention Center, San Angelo, Texas. The ball was a celebration of the Air Force’s 65th birthday, Sept. 18. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Laura R. McFarlane)