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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Donald Sweeney performs preflight checks on an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 26, 2015. Sweeney is a crew chief assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Donald Sweeney performs preflight checks on an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 26, 2015. Sweeney is a crew chief assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys

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