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Air Force Staff Sgt. Clark Collins gives a thumbs up on a request for close air support during Operation Northern Strike 2014 near Grayling, Mich., Aug. 13, 2014. Collins is a joint terminal air controllers assigned to the 118th Air Support Operations Squadron.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Clark Collins gives a thumbs up on a request for close air support during Operation Northern Strike 2014 near Grayling, Mich., Aug. 13, 2014. Collins is a joint terminal air controllers assigned to the 118th Air Support Operations Squadron.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Clark Collins gives a thumbs up on a request for close air support during Operation Northern Strike 2014 near Grayling, Mich., Aug. 13, 2014. Collins is a joint terminal air controllers assigned to the 118th Air Support Operations Squadron.

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