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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ritchie Videna, left, and Staff Sgt. Matthew Crabtree perform a chaff and flare operations check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 8. 2016. Videna and Crabtree are avionics systems technicians assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys

Chaff Check

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ritchie Videna, left, and Staff Sgt. Matthew Crabtree perform a chaff and flare operations check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 8. 2016. Videna and Crabtree are avionics systems technicians assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys

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