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Air Force Lt. Col. Clayton Percle talks about his life-long love of fighter planes, triumph over adversity and the flight that made him the first U.S. Air Force active-duty pilot to break 1,000 flight hours in the F-22 Raptor on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Ala. Percle is the commander of the 525th Fighter Squadron.

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Air Force Lt. Col. Clayton Percle talks about his life-long love of fighter planes, triumph over adversity and the flight that made him the first U.S. Air Force active-duty pilot to break 1,000 flight hours in the F-22 Raptor on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Ala. Percle is the commander of the 525th Fighter Squadron.

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