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U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman builds a fire to help combat the cold preventing frostbite and hypothermia during RED FLAG-Alaska 09-1 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008. Feeman is enacting the role of a pilot shot down behind enemy lines. To complete the training he must must survive, evade, resist and escape to successfully complete the training mission. Feeman is assigned to the 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Korea.

FIRE STARTER

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman builds a fire to help combat the cold preventing frostbite and hypothermia during RED FLAG-Alaska 09-1 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008. Feeman is enacting the role of a pilot shot down behind enemy lines. To complete the training he must must survive, evade, resist and escape to successfully complete the training mission. Feeman is assigned to the 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Korea.

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