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Aven Sanders, a summer-hire crew chief at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., conducts a T-38 Talon preflight inspection Aug. 10, 2010, with her father, Air Force Lt. Col. Patrick Sanders, a T-38 instructor pilot with the 5th Flying Training Squadron. Aven had the opportunity to launch her father’s jet several times during her temporary summer job. U.S. Air Force photo by Joe B. Wiles

Aven Sanders, a summer-hire crew chief at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., conducts a T-38 Talon preflight inspection Aug. 10, 2010, with her father, Air Force Lt. Col. Patrick Sanders, a T-38 instructor pilot with the 5th Flying Training Squadron. Aven had the opportunity to launch her father’s jet several times during her temporary summer job. U.S. Air Force photo by Joe B. Wiles

Aven Sanders, a summer-hire crew chief at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., conducts a T-38 Talon preflight inspection Aug. 10, 2010, with her father, Air Force Lt. Col. Patrick Sanders, a T-38 instructor pilot with the 5th Flying Training Squadron. Aven had the opportunity to launch her father’s jet several times during her temporary summer job. U.S. Air Force photo by Joe B. Wiles

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