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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Gattison, a crew chief with 14th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, assists strapping Lt. Col. Chris Ashby, deployed to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, into his Block 50 F-16 aircraft on Balad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 29, 2007, before departing on a combat mission over Iraq.

COMBAT MISSION

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Gattison, a crew chief with 14th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, assists strapping Lt. Col. Chris Ashby, deployed to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, into his Block 50 F-16 aircraft on Balad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 29, 2007, before departing on a combat mission over Iraq.

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