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Air Force Airman Dalvin Troublefield conducts a removal and installation of the tailhook damper on an F-15 Eagle while Airman Jonathan Sanchez reads step-by-step instructions on Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 1, 2012. Troublefield and Sanchez are assigned to the 362nd Training Squadron’s Fighter, A-10 Mission Ready Airmen Course.

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Air Force Airman Dalvin Troublefield conducts a removal and installation of the tailhook damper on an F-15 Eagle while Airman Jonathan Sanchez reads step-by-step instructions on Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 1, 2012. Troublefield and Sanchez are assigned to the 362nd Training Squadron’s Fighter, A-10 Mission Ready Airmen Course.

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