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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dusty Filemoni and Staff Sgt. Brandon Smith replace the chaff and flares on a 36th Fighter Squadron F-16C Fighting Falcon during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 18, 2012. Filemoni and Smith are aircraft armament systems specialists assigned to the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Osan Air Base, South Korea.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dusty Filemoni and Staff Sgt. Brandon Smith replace the chaff and flares on a 36th Fighter Squadron F-16C Fighting Falcon during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 18, 2012. Filemoni and Smith are aircraft armament systems specialists assigned to the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Osan Air Base, South Korea.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dusty Filemoni and Staff Sgt. Brandon Smith replace the chaff and flares on a 36th Fighter Squadron F-16C Fighting Falcon during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 18, 2012. Filemoni and Smith are aircraft armament systems specialists assigned to the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Osan Air Base, South Korea.

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