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U.S. Air Force Capt. Kurt Buggeman, with the 335th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, conducts preflight checks in an F15 Strike Eagle aircraft prior to a combat mission from an undisclosed operating location in Southwest Asia, Aug. 20, 2006.

PREFLIGHT CHECK

U.S. Air Force Capt. Kurt Buggeman, with the 335th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, conducts preflight checks in an F15 Strike Eagle aircraft prior to a combat mission from an undisclosed operating location in Southwest Asia, Aug. 20, 2006.

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