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Senior Airman Daniel Wichers signals a B-52H Stratofortress with a light gun during Global Thunder 15 on Minot Air Force Base, N.D.,Oct. 26, 2014. Wichers is an air traffic controller assigned to the 5th Operations Support Squadron.

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Senior Airman Daniel Wichers signals a B-52H Stratofortress with a light gun during Global Thunder 15 on Minot Air Force Base, N.D.,Oct. 26, 2014. Wichers is an air traffic controller assigned to the 5th Operations Support Squadron.

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