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A crew chief assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron removes the safety pins on an A-10 Thunderbolt II, Sept. 12, 2008, before a close air support mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

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A crew chief assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron removes the safety pins on an A-10 Thunderbolt II, Sept. 12, 2008, before a close air support mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

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