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Air Force Senior Airman James Vrtis descends a ground-to-air radio tower at the airfield systems maintenance compound on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Oct. 6, 2015. Vrtis is an airfield systems technician with the 57th Operations Support Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika

Towering Figure

Air Force Senior Airman James Vrtis descends a ground-to-air radio tower at the airfield systems maintenance compound on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Oct. 6, 2015. Vrtis is an airfield systems technician with the 57th Operations Support Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika

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