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A U.S. airman helps rebuild the wings of a C-130 Hercules on Yokota Air Base, Japan. U.S. Air Force maintainers assigned to the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron spent two months and roughly 5,000 hours completely rebuilding the aircraft’s wings.

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A U.S. airman helps rebuild the wings of a C-130 Hercules on Yokota Air Base, Japan. U.S. Air Force maintainers assigned to the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron spent two months and roughly 5,000 hours completely rebuilding the aircraft’s wings.

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