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Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis Bird conducts a routine seven-day maintenance inspection on an HH-65B Dolphin helicopter tail rotor on Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, June 26, 2012. Bird is an aviation maintenance technician.

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Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis Bird conducts a routine seven-day maintenance inspection on an HH-65B Dolphin helicopter tail rotor on Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, June 26, 2012. Bird is an aviation maintenance technician.

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