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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Ashford checks for weather deterioration on a retired P-3 Orion aircraft at the Misawa Aviation and Science Museum in Misawa, Japan, June 26, 2013. Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Misawa sailors are renovating the aircraft after more than a decade of exposure to northern Japan winters.

WEATHER INSPECTIONS

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Ashford checks for weather deterioration on a retired P-3 Orion aircraft at the Misawa Aviation and Science Museum in Misawa, Japan, June 26, 2013. Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Misawa sailors are renovating the aircraft after more than a decade of exposure to northern Japan winters.

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