170914 - USAF Birthday Cake

170914-F-JW079-2014

Air Force Col. Bradley W. McDonald, 88th Air Base Wing commander, speaks at a cake-cutting celebrating the 70th birthday of the U.S. Air Force Sept. 14, 2017, in the base club at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The Air Force was created by a realignment of the U.S. armed forces in 1947. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

170914-F-JW079-2016

Air Force Col. Bradley W. McDonald, 88th Air Base Wing commander, speaks at a cake-cutting celebrating the 70th birthday of the U.S. Air Force Sept. 14, 2017, in the base club at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The Air Force was created by a realignment of the U.S. armed forces in 1947. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

170914-F-JW079-2020

Air Force Airman Soterra Vith, 88th Force Support Squadron, speaks at a cake-cutting celebrating the 70th birthday of the U.S. Air Force as Col. Bradley W. McDonald, 88the Air Base Wing commander, holds the microphone for her Sept. 14, 2017, in the base club at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. It is a tradition to have the youngest, active-duty Airman on an installation to join with the commander in cutting the cake. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

170914-F-JW079-2023

Air Force Airman Soterra Vith, 88th Force Support Squadron, speaks at a cake-cutting celebrating the 70th birthday of the U.S. Air Force as Col. Bradley W. McDonald, 88the Air Base Wing commander, holds the microphone for her Sept. 14, 2017, in the base club at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. It is a tradition to have the youngest, active-duty Airman on an installation to join with the commander in cutting the cake. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

170914-F-JW079-2025

Air Force Col. Bradley W. McDonald, 88th Air Base Wing commander, and Airman Soterra Vith, 88th Force Support Squadron, cut a cake Sept. 14, 2017, in the base club at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio celebrating the 70th birthday of the U.S. Air Force. It is a tradition to have the youngest, active-duty Airman on an installation to join with the commander in cutting the cake. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)