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Air Force Tech. Sgt. Becky Fitch gives the go ahead for Army vehicles to unload a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on March Air Reserve Base, Calif., during exercise Patriot Hook, March 15, 2013. Fitch is assigned to the 89th Airlift Squadron.

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Air Force Tech. Sgt. Becky Fitch gives the go ahead for Army vehicles to unload a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on March Air Reserve Base, Calif., during exercise Patriot Hook, March 15, 2013. Fitch is assigned to the 89th Airlift Squadron.

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