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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col Geoffrey Maki, a pilot assigned to the 23rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, waits to depart Balad Air Base, Iraq, Feb. 21, 2008. Maki is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col Geoffrey Maki, a pilot assigned to the 23rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, waits to depart Balad Air Base, Iraq, Feb. 21, 2008. Maki is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.

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