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Air Force Senior Airman Alexander Orchard communicates via headset to the F-35A Lightning II aircraft pilot before a training mission on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 2, 2013. Orchard, a crew chief, is assigned to the 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The F-35A is assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron and maintained by the 57 AMXS Lightning aircraft maintenance unit.

Air Force Senior Airman Alexander Orchard communicates via headset to the F-35A Lightning II aircraft pilot before a training mission on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 2, 2013. Orchard, a crew chief, is assigned to the 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The F-35A is assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron and maintained by the 57 AMXS Lightning aircraft maintenance unit.

Air Force Senior Airman Alexander Orchard communicates via headset to the F-35A Lightning II aircraft pilot before a training mission on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 2, 2013. Orchard, a crew chief, is assigned to the 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The F-35A is assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron and maintained by the 57 AMXS Lightning aircraft maintenance unit.

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