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A crowd gathers at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii to welcome home the crew of the EP-3 reconnaissance plane that collided with a Chinese fighter over the South China Sea. (TSgt. Paul Holcomb, USAF)

A crowd gathers at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii to welcome home the crew of the EP-3 reconnaissance plane that collided with a Chinese fighter over the South China Sea. (TSgt. Paul Holcomb, USAF)

A crowd gathers at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii to welcome home the crew of the EP-3 reconnaissance plane that collided with a Chinese fighter over the South China Sea. (TSgt. Paul Holcomb, USAF)

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