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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Tony Gross, left, and Airman 1st Class Laurence Tognetti, right, stand guard in front of a KC-135R Stratotanker during a readiness exercise on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Nov. 1, 2008. Gross is assigned to the 354th Security Forces Squadron and Tognetti is assigned to the 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.

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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Tony Gross, left, and Airman 1st Class Laurence Tognetti, right, stand guard in front of a KC-135R Stratotanker during a readiness exercise on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Nov. 1, 2008. Gross is assigned to the 354th Security Forces Squadron and Tognetti is assigned to the 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.

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